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Viacom Intl Page

HI, I understand your removing the spam comment I put on the Viacom Intl page. However, they refuse my opt out requests. Every few months they send another unsolicited material from one of their media channels. Signing up with them is a source of spam. I believe users should beware of such tactics. Plus the comment I leave has a very tiny chance of getting them to change this slimy corporate behaviour. Henryec350.0.72.64 (talk) 04:43, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

The description of the reasons for your edits is exactly why the edit was reverted. Misplaced Pages is not a mechanism for your opinions and/or activism. Thanks. --TRL (talk) 01:01, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

NodeWorx/SiteWorx redirect speedy deletion?

Hi, I'm confused by the speedy deletions that you flagged and your notes on my page. Beneath the second, you mentioned "do not simply create the same content again". I believe there may be some confusion. NodeWorx and SiteWorx are two different things. They are commonly confused interfaces to a piece of software, called InterWorx, but not separate software. The exact same thing had been requested on the talk page and enacted for their competitor, cPanel, for the interface WHM; my intent was to use the more-complete article as a model for the incomplete article. Rather than build new pages while I was expanding the stub, it seemed to make sense to consolidate a common article. Can you explain what guideline that you believe this to be in violation of? BrandonSaad (talk) 22:57, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Please ensure you contest the speedy deletion on the talk pages per the instructions in the tags. The discussion of competitors starts to make this sound like direct advertising... in which case all of these articles should be removed. If there is a discussion that allows the redirects, that is fine... cite those in the discussions on the speedy delete tags. The tags were applied because there were multiple redirects created at the same time and it appeared to be Spam and Advertising. Which it sounds like may be the case... --TRL (talk) 15:32, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

confused from FastEddieB aka Ed Buckner

All, especially (I hope) Trlovejoy,

I'm quite new to Misplaced Pages as an account holder or editor, though I've used Misplaced Pages as a resource for many years. I'm not just willing but eager to make articles better for all, not just create self-serving ego-booster material.

I've known there was an article on me for a couple of years or so, but i had nothing to do with posting it or editing it until the last few days. (Material on that page, probably a fair amount of it, originated with me a remove or two back, as people asked me for bio information to help publicize a talk or a debate I was in, or a book or chapter I've written--and I've been in debates or given talks or made news all over the USA and occasionally in the United Kingdom, etc., had several books I've written or contributed chapters to published, etc.) The only thing I've ever posted to "my" page was to add a factually accurate statement indicating where I went to high school and that I was on the debate and football teams there. I was a good debater and a mediocre (at best) football player, but I offered no qualitative assessments.

Where i may have inadvertently violated Misplaced Pages standards is on the Clear Creek High School (League City, Texas) article. A reporter for an area paper asked me, in relation to a guest editorial I wrote for the Galveston newspaper--see http://www.galvestondailynews.com/opinion/guest_columns/ for June 15, 2014--what my local connections, if any, were. I told him I graduated from CCHS in 1964 and tried to post a citation to myself as a "Notable alumni" --since I've spoken and been quoted in newspapers world-wide, am a published author, earned a Ph.D., etc., I assumed I'd pass muster as "notable"--but perhaps that's not for me to say. I have no citation for my having gone to CCHS--it was fifty years ago, I no longer even have any high school yearbooks (or can't find them in my cluttered basement if I do).

So, what should I do to correct my grievous errors?

Regards,

Ed B.

ED BUCKNER Author (with Michael E. Buckner) of In Freedom We Trust: An Atheist Guide to Religious Liberty (Prometheus Books, 2012) Former President American Atheists www.atheists.org ebuckner@atheists.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by FastEddieB (talk • contribs) 20:40, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Hello, please review the articles I linked in my notice on your talk page regarding the issues. Specifically review the section "If Misplaced Pages already has an article about you". This section details the steps you should take to mitigate your conflict of interest and bias. If you familiarize yourself with these articles and ensure you prevent a bias you should be fine. The key is not introducing bias, promotion, or original research. Your indication that you are interested in improving your article so that it can be used as a biography source for other work is not really the purpose of the article. You can self-publish the promotional bio that you want used, rather than using the wikipedia article. --TRL (talk) 21:56, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Cal Wilson edit

My edit was perhaps not the most constructive, but the page listed 'Cal Wilson' as her birth name, which is not accurate. As Cal does not tell people her birth name, I believe displaying it as redacted is more accurate than leaving it as 'Cal'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.140.181.4 (talk) 00:27, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Why would you display it as redacted? That makes no sense. --TRL (talk) 00:29, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

I would argue it makes more sense than having wrong information there. What would you suggest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.140.181.4 (talk) 00:48, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Edit it to correct the name. Add your comments as to why in the edit summary. Rather than Redaction!--TRL (talk) 00:57, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Your incessant use of Huggle on vandals does not go unappreciated. Keep at it. Tutelary (talk) 02:20, 20 June 2014 (UTC)