User talk:Wikioncc

reworking page

christine cusanelli

I appreciate that Bearcat. What is the best way to work this through. As you can probably tell, I have little expertise on this site so, where to begin?

Wikioncc (talk) 05:03, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Help me!

I am trying to modify damaging/false information that is written on a Wikipedia page created

Please help me with... Modifying or deleting the page entirely

Wikioncc (talk) 02:42, 31 March 2016 (UTC)cc

Hello and welcome. I am assuming you are refering to Christine Cusanelli. First of all, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a promotional site or one that hosts official profiles. We try to fairly and neutrally report what independent reliable sources have said on a topic. As a former minister, Cusanelli is a notable public figure and so it is very unlikely the article about her will be deleted. While it is important to be sensitive regarding the reputations of living people, her role in expense scandals in Alberta was reported in the CBC, a very reliable source. The paragraph as written now is quite balanced and reflects the source IMO. It presents adequate balancing material pointing to the fact she was likely unaware of the rules, and did repay the money involved. The extra paragraph about the hotel deposits was poorly sourced and user:Bearcat very properly removed it.

However, the information you added was sourced to non-independent sources and seemed to go into unreasonable amounts of detail on matters of her schooling and employment history which were never noted by third-party sources. The fact that the information was in a promotional tone and formatted like a CV did not add to the neutrality of the article.

Essentially, articles, especially those about controversial topics or living people should be well sourced, using independent sources as much as possible. They should be written neutrally. If you have further concerns about the article, I suggest you discuss directly with Bearcat as they are more familiar with the situation and are very experienced. Happy editing! Happy Squirrel (talk) 03:30, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

I'm actually not the original writer of the page, or of any of the content you've taken issue with — I really haven't ever had very much involvement with the article at all, except for the occasional touch of formatting, category or template maintenance. I do understand your issue with some of the content, but Wikipedia articles aren't allowed to simply be completely overwritten with a person's own résumé or with content that reads like a campaign brochure. We'd be more than happy to work with you to improve the article in a way that still follows our content and sourcing and formatting rules, I assure you, but we do have to be just as cautious about not tipping over into pure public relations fluff as we do about not tipping over into attack page territory. Bearcat (talk) 04:48, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

I appreciate that Bearcat. What is the best way to work this through. As you can probably tell, I have little expertise on this site so, where to begin?

Wikioncc (talk) 05:24, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

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Autobiography

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