User talk:Susandecastrogierach

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

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was John Gierach, 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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October 2024

Hello, I'm AntiDionysius. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, John Gierach, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. AntiDionysius (talk) 20:22, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I am Susan de Castro Gierach. I am the wife of outdoor author, John Gierach. John and I live in Lyons Colorado and have lived here for over 25 years. I can provide you with my marriage license if that would help. I tried to correct numerus mistakes in the bio you have for my husband who recently died on Oct. 3 in a hospital in Longmont Colorado. You have numerous errors in you copy and have lift out listing me as his wife. I am the editor and publisher of the Redstone Review, a monthly newspaper in Lyons Colorado. We are a member of the Colorado Press Association. Please reinstate my corrections to John's bio. I as his wife, want accuracy. John wrote a monthly column for the Redstone Review. There is a mistake in the place where he was born, his age, not listing his wife, and other things. How is it fair to allow mistakes and deny corrections from his wife? Susan de Castro Gierach Susandecastrogierach (talk) 14:41, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Hello. Your edits were reverted largely because you did not provide a source for the information you added; everything added to Wikipedia needs to be verifiable with reference to a source. I hope you can understand why; otherwise, someone could pop up, claim to be the family/friend of an article subject who therefore knows what they're talking about, and then add whatever they wanted.

As explained in the welcome message above, your relationship with the subject of the article means you have what Wikipedia calls a Conflict of Interest. This means, among other things, that you should refrain from editing the article directly. You can, however, go to Talk:John Gierach and request changes to the article, with reference to reliable sources, and other editors will be more than happy to make the changes on your behalf.

It should be noted though that leaving out mention of Gierach's wife was not a mistake as such. The general practice on Wikipedia is not to mention the names of spouses, children or other family members unless those people have their own Wikipedia article. AntiDionysius (talk) 21:27, 13 October 2024 (UTC)