User talk:Rmbart

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Hello, Rmbart, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Tobe Hooper, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Suggestion for how to resolve the issues with the Tobe Hooper article

Hi R,

Thanks for your message. What I recommend is talking to the Volunteer Response Team. They are the ones who can actually confirm people's identities and deal with biographical issues privately. As for the average editor, we can only go by what is reported in the media. Wikipedia's standard is not absolute truth, but rather verifiability. Since the majority of Tobe Hooper's obituaries show that he had two children and that his birth name was William, it's likely your changes will keep being reverted. That doesn't mean you're wrong, it's just a matter of editors in good faith using the best sources they have available. So, again, I would open a help desk case with the Volunteer Response Team. I have seen them resolve similarly difficult biography issues in the past. The first page I linked above has instructions on how to go about this and, perhaps more helpfully, a link to contact a volunteer in case you don't feel like weeding through the lengthy information.

Best wishes, GentlemanGhost (converse) 19:50, 11 September 2017 (UTC)