User talk:Barkleyr
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Regarding the entry on Russell Barkley Ph.D.
[edit]Prof. Barkley (assuming it is you), after doing a google search, I have no doubt on your notability (I changed my position after initially thinking the article as a hoax). An article on you is definitely possible. However, the article you created was directly copied from WebMD, and there was no clear proof of the copyright permission from WebMD. The page where it was taken from shows a copyright notice from WebMD and that all rights are reserved. It is not possible for wikipedia to use such copyrighted material, without WebMDs permission to release it under GFDL. As for your question of creating the entry, it is common for people to become suspicious when someone creates an entry for them. Wikipedias official guidelines discourage people from writing about themselves. See Wikipedia:Autobiography. Also, I'm quoting from Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Dealing_with_articles_about_yourself:
- You should not write about yourself, since objectivity on the subject is hard — but you can assist by providing references, by challenging unsourced statements, and by assisting other editors. The appropriate place for such communication is the talk page of the article concerned. Although you might want to draw attention to any concerns by leaving a brief note on the talk pages of particular editors, lengthy discussions anywhere else than the article talk page will likely go un-noticed.
- Also, Wikipedia:Autobiography states that
- Creating or editing an article about yourself, your business, your publications, or any of your own achievements is strongly discouraged. If you do create an article about yourself, it will likely 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 both of significance and of verifiability. All edits to articles must conform to Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:Verifiability.
- If you or your achievements are verifiable and notable; and are thus are suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, someone else will create an article about you sooner or later. (See Wikipedia:Wikipedians with articles).
- Similar principles apply to articles about works that you are primarily responsible for — the company you run, the website you started, the book you wrote; any possible conflict of interest. Use common sense.
- Note that anything you submit can be edited by others. Several autobiographical articles have been a source of dismay to their original authors after a period of editing by the community, and in at least four instances have been listed for deletion by their original authors. In some cases the article is kept even if the original author requests otherwise. People are generally unable to determine whether they are themselves encyclopedic.
So, you are welcome to correct the articles facts, but getting involved in writing about yourself is not considered a good thing. I have looked into your research and other notable activities, and definitely someone will write about you (I'd love to start writing one). Your edits in ADHD related articles are also very welcome, considering your experience. So, don't let the AfD become a big issue, this is about the original article, not about you as a person. The original article was a copyvio, so a non-copyvio article will definitely be created. Thanks. --Ragib 03:37, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
rewritten article Russell Barkley
[edit]I just wanted to let you know that the original article Russell Barkley Ph.D. has been deleted as a result of copyright violation. In its place, I have rewritten a new article, Russell Barkley. If there is any factual errors there, let me know, but please do not edit or expand the article by yourself. Such moves are almost always seen by others as self promotion, whether that's true or not. I'll keep expanding and editing the article, so let me know if anything is factually incorrect there. Thanks. --Ragib 01:54, 10 January 2006 (UTC)