User talk:Tdreyer

February 2008

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The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): rule: '\bblogspot\.com' (link(s): http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/back-in-business-of-stirring-up-trouble.html) . If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, or similar site, then please check the information on the external site thorougly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creators copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).

Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! XLinkBot (talk) 14:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image source problem with Image:The rag.gif

Image Copyright problem

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File copyright problem with File:Rag Covers.jpg

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Margaret Webb Dreyer

Hi. Great article! I've finished Wikilinking it for you. Please check through and see if there any I have missed. Cheers, --Kudpung (talk) 05:52, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome (belated)

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Potential conflict of interest

Hello, Tdreyer. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may need to consider our guidance on conflicts of interest.

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 21:06, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Red Pen and Welcoming Committee. I have been engaged in a discussion with PeterWesco, but I don't know if you see that conversation. So I'd like to share what I just said to him:

I just want you to know that all the work I've done on Wikipedia has been in absolute good faith. I did read the guidelines about COI and other relevant issues and I understood them to be cautions, with the bottom line being that the work be compatible with the aims of Wikipedia -- that it be accurate and neutral. I do not believe that I have violated that dictum in any of my work here -- but if you believe that I have, then I must say that it was never my intent. I understand and respect what you are doing with this discussion. I use Wikipedia every day in my work and if I couldn't trust its reliability, it would be useless to me. I understand that it is the responsibility of Wikipedia and its editors to make certain that the work is accurate and unbiased and is presented in a neutral fashion. And you have necessary procedures in place to carry out that task. I would hope that the process could be cooperative, however, and not adversarial. Please let me know when I can be of any assistance. Tdreyer (talk) 05:10, 18 December 2012 (UTC)Tdreyer[reply]

COI Discussion

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. PeterWesco (talk) 23:41, 16 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I would like to talk about this issue of conflict of interest but I find the discussion process confusing. (I find it less user-friendly than the actual editing!) What is the appropriate way for me to respond to PeterWesco and TheRedPenOfDoom? Thank you. Tdreyer (talk) 00:42, 17 December 2012 (UTC)Tdreyer (talk)[reply]

Hello, here is the noticeboard: Conflict of interest noticeboard and here are the posted policies regarding the topics discussed: WP:COI WP:AUTO WP:SPIP WP:SPA PeterWesco (talk) 04:15, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I appreciate your assistance. My reading of Wikipedia COI (and other) guidelines is that, after other considerations are taken into account, the final criterion is that work should meet Wikipedia standards. That it should be accurate, objective, and verifiable. I have been editing on Wikipedia for more than two years and I am unaware of my work ever having been questioned or reedited for reasons of accuracy or bias. And everything I have done has been backed up with extensive referencing from highly-credible sources. Are there specific questions of accuracy regarding any editing that I have done? Tdreyer (talk) 20:38, 17 December 2012 (UTC)Tdreyer[reply]

The issue with WP:COI and WP:AUTO is that once they are discovered the articles are going to be edited and cleaned up. It did take a while for someone to notice, but now that is has been noticed it has the potential of causing the original editor a lot of pain/stress/aggravation when WikiPedia editors start to rewrite the articles for WP:NPOV and WP:GNG. For instance, the articles are full of WP:WEASEL words, vast sections are unsourced, vast sections are opinion, vast sections are going to be removed, and in the end they potentially will not look anything like they do today. Additionally, when someone starts editing Margaret Webb Dreyer it might be too much for someone who is directly related to her to handle... especially if she or her son is simply put up for AfD (Articles for Deletion) and the articles are deleted from Wikipedia. It is for all of these reasons that WP:AUTO, WP:SELF, WP:COI are highly cautioned against/prevented from doing. PeterWesco (talk) 21:18, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just want you to know that all the work I've done on Wikipedia has been in absolute good faith. I did read the guidelines about COI and other relevant issues and I understood them to be cautions, with the bottom line being that the work be compatible with the aims of Wikipedia -- that it be accurate and neutral. I do not believe that I have violated that dictum in any of my work here -- but if you believe that I have, then I must say that it was never my intent. I understand and respect what you are doing with this discussion. I use Wikipedia every day in my work and if I couldn't trust its reliability, it would be useless to me. I understand that it is the responsibility of Wikipedia and its editors to make certain that the work is accurate and unbiased and is presented in a neutral fashion. And you have necessary procedures in place to carry out that task. I would hope that the process could be cooperative, however, and not adversarial. Please let me know when I can be of any assistance. Tdreyer (talk) 04:30, 18 December 2012 (UTC)Tdreyer[reply]

Understood on all issues. PeterWesco (talk) 06:31, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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