Talk:Peter May (writer)

message: In all innocence, I contributed to this article.  I thought as Peter May's web master that I was well equipped to contribute to an article about him.  But as has been pointed out to me this has given rise to the problem of a conflict of interest.
In my defence I made no attempt to hide my identity, and I took great pains to write objectively.  As a writer by profession, I took this very seriously.  
I believe that the article is a fair representation of a notable person.  He is an award-winning writer.  His novels are published in the UK the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Norway, Russia, China, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Switzerland and others.  He is one of the most prolific Scottish television writers with more than 1000 TV credits.  
I didn't embellish his biographical details in any way.  And I have cited further references to help the article's credibility.  But I fear that making any other contributions will only exacerbate the COI problem.  So it seems obvious that I should refrain from contributing from now on.
Janice.hally (talk) 15:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Janice, it's nothing personal, it's simply part of our WP:COI policy that strongly recommends family members of notable subjects avoid editing those articles...  You could, however, happily suggest here on the talk page articles which may support the notability of Mr May and leave it to other editors to decide whether they are worthy of inclusion?  Seems a reasonable compromise?  The Rambling Man (talk) 15:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Sorry to be dull, but we have (yet another) policy about reliable sources.  I guess you need to spend a few moments getting through that before you can decide whether your reference meets the policy.  If so then I'd advocate its use in the article! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No need to apologise, it's a little daunting with the number of policies and the volume of people coming and going here to analyse (it feels like) your every move.  Firstly, yes, here's a good place to alert others to good references.  Also, no harm in notifying editors directly on their talk pages.  They can then check the sources meet their own interpretation of the policies and, if need be, include them.  I reckon that's the best way forward! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:21, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI issue 

message: I submitted this article for assessment by the WikiProject biography, and I made sure that they were aware of who I was, and the COI thing, and the whole history, so that they could give it proper attention. Now I see they've checked it over and assessed it as "start-class", does that mean that the the consensus is it's now okay on the verification and NPOV side of things?   If so...  is it possible that those warnings at the top of the article might be removed by someone with the power to do so? Burntfingers (talk) 16:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  De-listing possibility? 

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