User talk:Whhapubl

Associated with the White House?

Hello, are you associated with either the White House, White House Historical Association, or Mr. Seale? CApitol3 (talk) 19:31, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes

I work for the White House Historical Association (Whhapubl (talk) 19:46, 6 October 2008 (UTC))

Hello. Wiki articles are best written by others with third-party references. Writing about one's self, or one's organization is not really independent and is discouraged by Wikipedia policy precisely because the author does not provide an external, subjective point of view. It is easy to understand how someone within an organization might feel who would know their organization, or themselves, better. Edits or corrections by members of organization or by the subject of an article (say William Seale) can be discussed on the article's discussion page.

I am a member a member of the faculty of a local university and at one time thought I would "clean up" and make more substantial the wiki article on our university. That process was my own discovery of the policy, which I have come to understand, and largely agree with. Editing by a member of an organization is termed "apple polishing" on Wikipedia, even when it is seemingly not complimentary. Last winter the New York Times carried articles on the subject of organizations whose employees monitored and edited their articles. More recently the Wikipedia article on Sarah Palin was the subject of several newspaper articles and an article on NPR because it had been extensively edited towards a particular political point of view, during the two day period before Senator McCain announced her candidacy.

Rereading your edits in the WHHA, WHH, and William Seale articles, it is difficult to say exactly what suggested it was being self-edited, and I am in no way at all suggesting your intent was to apple polish. CApitol3 (talk) 20:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

A final note, it is entirely appropriate for employees of the WHHA, or William Seale, to edit articles on the White House, its history, architecture or decorative arts. James Abbott, author of "Designing Camelot" has edited the article on the Green Room. But it would be inappropriate for him to edit an article about the organization he presently works for, or an article about himself. It would be wonderful to have a member of the WHHA help photo-illustrate some of the rooms and garden articles as the sources from the White House website are very much out of date. The Green Room being a prime example, or recent images of theLincoln Sitting Room. CApitol3 (talk) 20:17, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Images

Hello Whhapubl. The images illustrating many of the White House rooms do not represent the changes made during the administration of President George W. Bush. The Green Room,. President's Dining Room, Lincoln Sitting Room, Vermeil Room, and West Sitting Hall all have Clinton administration photographs. CApitol3 (talk)

Image copyright problem with File:WHH20.jpg

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