User talk:Dariv

Welcome, Dariv!

I'm Haza-w, and I noticed that you haven't been welcomed yet, so I thought I'd drop you a note. We do have a lot of users, and are currently working on 6,825,906 articles, so things can be a little intimidating... but don't worry! We love to help out, and we'll try our best to make your stay here as comfortable as possible.
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You should sign your name on talk pages, discussions and votes by typing ~~~~; our software automatically converts it to your username and the date. Also, if you don't want to jump right into editing articles right now, why not check out the sandbox? Feel free to make test edits there.

I know it's a lot of information, but there are two more things I recommend you take note of while editing Wikipedia - cite references wherever possible, and avoid allowing personal biases interfere with your editing.

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We hope you stick around, and make sure you enjoy yourself! Cheers, haz (talk) 16:04, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

June 2009[edit]

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Dana Ivey, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should 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;
participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant 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 conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. ukexpat (talk) 02:24, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: only interested in one site[edit]

Hey, Dariv. Wikipedia has built-in safeguards which prevent newer accounts from uploading images, moving pages or editing some controversial articles – this is due to people creating accounts solely for the purpose of abusing pages. Unfortunately, this means that you're currently unable to upload any images yourself.

If the photo you were planning on using is your own work and is not copyrighted, then we can use it without any issues – if you send me a link to the image, then I will be more than happy to take care of the upload. If the photo is a copyrighted image, the only way in which we can accept the image is if you grant express permission for Wikipedia to use that image. In that case, I will take you through the process by which you can release the image for use on Wikipedia.

To get back to me, either post your reply here, or feel free to e-mail me through this link. haz (talk) 14:43, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Autobiography[edit]

You should wait for others to write an article about subjects in which you are personally involved. This applies to articles about you, your achievements, your band, your business, your publications, your website, your relatives, and any other possible conflict of interest.

Creating an article about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you create such an article, it might be listed on articles for deletion. Deletion is not certain, but many feel strongly that you should not start articles about yourself. This is because independent creation encourages independent validation of both significance and verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.

If you are not "notable" under Wikipedia guidelines, creating an article about yourself may violate the policy that Wikipedia is not a personal webspace provider and would thus qualify for speedy deletion. If your achievements, etc., are verifiable and genuinely notable, and thus suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles.) Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:03, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Patricia Elliott[edit]

@Dariv: If you have a reference attributing Ms. Elliott to LAMDA, please bring it to the Talk Page here: Patricia Elliot Talk Page. I'll help you insert the inline citation reference with the content you wish to include. On a personal note, if you are the Dana Ivey, I loved you in Sunday in the Park with George, Happy Days and The Importance of Being Earnest. If you are not, you've got one heck of a name! Maineartists (talk) 19:13, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Dariv: I saw your message on my userpage. If that's all you are trying to add for Ms Elliott, I will do the research for you. If you look on your own page here: (click on this link) Dana Ivey. You will see under the section Early life and family the sentence: "... and earned a Fulbright grant to study drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[4]" The little number "4" (click on it) is an inline citation that links to an online reference supporting the claim. That is what I will be looking for in regards to Ms. Elliott. The semantics of placing the reference within the line are simple; so please do not worry. I will try my best to find the appropriate reliable source. If you have any other issues with Wikipedia, please don't hesitate to ask on my Talk Page here: Talk Page and I'll be glad to assist. Best. Maineartists (talk) 22:06, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ADDENDUM: it was very easy to find the reliable source to back this claim (there were many). I used the New York Times for the inline citation. Please see here: Patricia Elliott that it is now included under Early Life. I also fixed her Awards / Nominations section (which seemed to be incorrect). Best. Maineartists (talk) 22:21, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]