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*If you honestly thought that you were writing the article from a neutral point of view, then that is a good illustration of one of the main reasons why Wikipedia's policy on conflict of interest discourages us from writing on subjects to which we have a close personal connection. A person with such a close connection is very often unable to stand back from the subject far enough to see how it will look from the detached perspective of an uninvolved observer, and very often such a person will write in a way that seems highly promotional to others, even if they sincerely thought they were writing neutrally. It is impossible to point out exactly why the article reads that way, as it is a question of the overall tone of the whole article, rather than specific details, but to give you a couple of pointers, it is very unlikely that any piece of writing peppered with such expressions as "internationally renowned" and "very successful" will be neutral, and use of the word "unfortunately" clearly indicates that an opinion or judgement is being expressed. <small>''The editor who uses the pseudonym''</small> "[[User:JamesBWatson|JamesBWatson]]" ([[User talk:JamesBWatson#top|talk]]) 15:21, 2 January 2015 (UTC)


== Managing a conflict of interest ==
== Managing a conflict of interest ==

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Help me!

Happy New Year,

I am sorry but I am again asking for further help: OK I am almost ready to submit the article: I have my article ready to go in a word processor. It is a biography The article in the print lay out consists of 13 pages that include also the references and the list of publications. I have the same article in web lay out. The size of the letters I used are 12. I shall copy and paste the text through the search box. 1st question: What size of letters are required? Should the letters be bold or regular?

2nd question: If I copy and paste just the text and would like to add the references and publications by using templates, what steps should I use? I read everything related to templates and I still don't understand (after submitting this article for publication I think I will have a lobotomy - ha! ha! ha!). I don't understand how to use Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).. I would appreciate if you can explain this step by step-----or should I copy and paste through the search box also the references and list of publications?

I apologize for all the disturbance; I hope that I am not a nuisance, and I appreciate all your help. Waiting for the answer that will come in 2015 (here we are still in 2014 - Dec 31, 8:30 PM.

Thank you and Happy New Year!

Wphelp46660


Please help me with submitting a biography, the article is ready written, it meets all your rules and conditions. I have an account but I am not confirmed. Where and how do I submit my article about a very prominent person who is deceased?...

Erica Blatt Harkins (talk) 05:51, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! We have an article wizard - click on the link. But if you have already created the article in a word processor, I suggest you type in the Wikipedia search window: Draft:Your article title, then click on the red link in the resulting page, which should take you to an empty edit field. Paste your text in there. At the top copy and paste this: {{subst:submit}}. Then click Save page. I suggest an edit summary like "Creating new article draft from off-wiki draft". Your article will then be submitted for approval through the articles for creation process; it will be evaluated and will be created after it is judged to be ready. This is the safe way to do it; you can simply create the article, but if there are big problems with it it runs a risk of being deleted before someone can help you fix them. I hope that answers your question? Yngvadottir (talk) 06:07, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Help me!

Please help me with how to submit the following biography:
First happy New Year,
I have a biography that I would like to submit for publication. I am finally auto confirmed. The biography is about a prominent world wide know physician who was also a victim of the cold war. He has over 400 publications. He died 50 years ago. His biography does not figure anywhere in Wikipedia. The biography meets all your requirements. I have written the biography in a word processor and I have added manually at the end all the references and a list of his major publications.

Here are my questions:

1. May I copy and paste the text (about 20 pages) with the references and list of publications (about 10 pages) that I wrote in the word processor into the space provided by the wizard page? or must I re-write word by word my text into the space provided by the wizard page, with the references and and publications? or should I do it another way?
2. Can pictures be uploaded in the text prior to submitting my text (in other words can I submit the text with the pictures at the same time? or must I submit the text and after upload the pictures?
Please help. I worked a long time to reach this stage.
Thank you very much.
Erica Harkins

Erica Blatt Harkins (talk) 21:12, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Erica: You will have to do the pictures separately, and then insert them in the article. See Wikipedia:Uploading images. Be sure you understand the copyright issues discussed there.
You can write an article in a word processor and then upload it, yes. I did that with my first article. But turn off "smart quotes"; we prefer straight quote marks and apostrophes, and the Mediawiki software uses them in groups of 2 and 3 to make italics and boldface - slanted marks don't work for those purposes. It is better not to type out the footnotes, but to insert them using <ref></ref>. But if you type them out instead, it can be fixed. Don't use the footnoting capability of the word processor.
It sounds like rather a long article draft, and the question for Wikipedia is not so much how many publications he had or whether he was interesting as whether he was distinguished - held a named chair at a major university, made important discoveries - or whether he was written about a lot (for example, is much discussed in books or received an obituary in at least one major newspaper). For the first kind of "notability", see WP:PROF; for the second, see WP:GNG. And the article should be written neutrally and factually - with no personal interpretation and the minimum of quotations - so your draft may well be too long. For both these issues, I strongly recommend you create the article at Draft:Person's Name and submit it for vetting through the Articles for Creation process. This can be done by adding this to the top of the page: {{subst:submit}}. If you prefer, you can simply create it at Person's Name, but there is always a risk that new page patrollers will find problems with it. To do either of these, type the title - with or without the Draft: prefix as applicable - in the Wikipedia search bar. That will take you to a page saying we don't have a page of that title, and suggesting articles where his name does occur, or where similar names occur. There will be a red link near the top of that page on the exact title you typed; click on that to get an input box. The Article Wizard is similar but has preformatted sections to help you.
I hope this response helps. I'm going to bed now, but you can put a follow-up question either here or on my talk page and someone will help. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:52, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

On word processors and references

I have left a reply to your message at User talk:108.243.204.13. Huon (talk) 05:18, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help me!

I just wrote the draft of part of a biography entitled "Professor Doctor Nicholas Blatt" through the space given by the search box for page creation and I pushed the save button. Everything was all right but then under "Adulthood" second paragraph: "While living in Tirgu Mures, Dr. Blatt performed, a very successful emergency Retinal Detachment surgery, on one of the members of the Greek Royal family, and a close relative of Queen Helen of Romania and of Queen Mary, who was traveling through Romania visiting the area. The surgery lasted 7 hours. As a result in 1931 Dr. Blatt was invited to move to Bucharest with his wife, to undertake the position of Official Ophthalmologist to the Romanian Royal Court"; it went into a special box and the whole paragraph went over the side limits of the page. It did that also in a few other spots. Why? what did I do wrong? and what does this mean? Please help! Thank you very much and Happy New Year! Please help me with...

Erica Blatt Harkins (talk) 02:21, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That happens when you have leading whitespace at the beginning of a line. Fuhghettaboutit fixed it with this edit (and improved the layout a little), but you may want to take note of the edit summary: I have to agree that the article's tone is wildly inappropriate for an encyclopedia. We're here to neutrally report facts, not to sing Blatt's praise. An even more severe problem is that the article does not cite any references whatsoever. Without reliable sources our readers cannot verify the draft's content. Huon (talk) 02:43, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy New Year Mr. Huron! Thank you for your response. In my article "Nicholas Blatt" I don't try to "praise" anybody. I am just factually listing the facts as they developed to the best of my ability. I did not submit yet this biography for publication. I presented it through the search box to create the page. That is what I was advised to do by a few volunteers, and I was told that from there I can edit it as much as I need taking the time I need. If you feel that it needs to be shortened or do something else please advise, what and how, and I thank you in advance. for that. I was inspired for the text by other bios in Wikipedia that looked to me very similar. What concerns the references and publications I have a lot that apply to every fact that i am listing but i did not put them in yet because I did not finish yet. Since this is an open page that I can continue editing I planned to add all the references in the following days. In a previous communication with you I asked you for help with the references. I am looking forward to your very kind advice. Again Have a very Happy New Year1 and thank you.

Please help me with...

Erica Blatt Harkins (talk) 03:41, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • If you honestly thought that you were writing the article from a neutral point of view, then that is a good illustration of one of the main reasons why Wikipedia's policy on conflict of interest discourages us from writing on subjects to which we have a close personal connection. A person with such a close connection is very often unable to stand back from the subject far enough to see how it will look from the detached perspective of an uninvolved observer, and very often such a person will write in a way that seems highly promotional to others, even if they sincerely thought they were writing neutrally. It is impossible to point out exactly why the article reads that way, as it is a question of the overall tone of the whole article, rather than specific details, but to give you a couple of pointers, it is very unlikely that any piece of writing peppered with such expressions as "internationally renowned" and "very successful" will be neutral, and use of the word "unfortunately" clearly indicates that an opinion or judgement is being expressed. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:21, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Information icon Hello, Erica Blatt Harkins. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Nicolas Blatt, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about ensuring their edits are verified by reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

  • Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
  • Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
  • Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies. Note that Wikipedia's terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation.

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. Bazj (talk) 09:45, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]