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:Done. It was Sir [[Patrick Walker (MI5 officer)]]. "On leaving the Colonial Service he joined MI5 where he was Director-General from 1988 to 1992." Author of ''Towards Independence in Africa''. <b><font color="green">[[User:Esowteric|Esowteric]]</font>+<font color="blue">[[User talk:Esowteric|Talk]]</font></b> 11:14, 15 September 2012 (UTC) |
:Done. It was Sir [[Patrick Walker (MI5 officer)]]. "On leaving the Colonial Service he joined MI5 where he was Director-General from 1988 to 1992." Author of ''Towards Independence in Africa''. <b><font color="green">[[User:Esowteric|Esowteric]]</font>+<font color="blue">[[User talk:Esowteric|Talk]]</font></b> 11:14, 15 September 2012 (UTC) |
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I do not understand what is happening here. Potentially libellous statements regarding myself and my work are being left on my wikipedia page, and I cannot remove them. This is grossly unfair, unjust and biased. Simply because an article appears in a newspaper does not make it true. Please could you assist me in resolving this issue. Many thank. R J Ellory. |
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Eric, do you have any info on how official that official Facebook page is? The About section of the page doesn't tell us very much, and it links to Wikipedia. JN466 11:21, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Jayen, as far as I am aware, the Facebook page is legitimate and official. There's an Idries Shah Foundation web site in the pipeline and a link to that will no doubt replace the link to Wikipedia. imo, the source is more reliable about this minor fact than other RS. But feel free to revert. Regards, Esowteric+Talk 11:26, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Have any of his children, or anyone else involved in the administration of his estate, ever acknowledged the Facebook page? If not, could you drop Tahir a line (if you're still in touch with him) so he could confirm? I am only asking because sometimes, these Facebook pages spring up by themselves and the info on them often is not reliable, or taken from Wikipedia (which makes for citogenesis and circular sourcing). Cheers, JN466 13:57, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Jayen, if you check out Tahir Shah's Facebook author page and his personal profile, you'll find personal invites to the new "official Idries Shah page". At the top of the page, you'll also see a row of Idries Shah's original manuscripts which are in the possession of the Estate. One thing Tahir Shah might do is click one of the options to publicly acknowledge ownership of the page? Regards, Esowteric+Talk 14:39, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- I'll see if he'll own the page. Sheesh! If I can figure out where you do this, myself :) Esowteric+Talk 14:40, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Have any of his children, or anyone else involved in the administration of his estate, ever acknowledged the Facebook page? If not, could you drop Tahir a line (if you're still in touch with him) so he could confirm? I am only asking because sometimes, these Facebook pages spring up by themselves and the info on them often is not reliable, or taken from Wikipedia (which makes for citogenesis and circular sourcing). Cheers, JN466 13:57, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Eric, As you've seen, I responded to 76.102.49.177, both on Kristin's page and on this talk page. He's not written back. I don't want to step on any toes, but I wonder what you'd advise me to do about adding links to author pages for interviews on the NBN. I don't want to revert before 76.102.49.177 responds or until it gets kicked up to an admin. What do you think? MarshallPoe (talk) 18:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Marshall, thanks for getting in touch. I'm sorry, I know little about such policing myself: I concentrate mostly on editing. I do, however, know an experienced editor Jayen466 and I'll see if he can have a look at the talk page and history and offer a few words of advice. He's a busy guy, so there may be a delay. Regards, Esowteric+Talk 18:44, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much! MarshallPoe (talk) 20:17, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Eric, thanks for your help on everything. For someone who claims to be semi-retired, you are pretty active! I have a quick question...I just created the page for Rachana Shah, and it's been marked for speedy deletion. Do you have any suggestions on what details I should add to keep it up there? Thanks so much!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hewagpc (talk • contribs) 15:37, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry, have been out of radio contact today, visiting my daughter Tamzin. Will have a look and at least copy the content to look at while it's still there. Regards, Esowteric+Talk 16:07, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
- First of all -- the easy part -- begin the lead with [bold] Rachana Shah [/bold] is a ... whatever to clarify what the article is about and suggest notability. Then -- the harder part -- you need to find reliable sources to establish her notability. With that in place, the speedy deletion can be contested. Good luck! Esowteric+Talk 16:15, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, it's all about these criteria for speedy deletion. Esowteric+Talk 16:30, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
- See Wikipedia notability (people): Creative professionals, Esowteric+Talk 16:39, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, so far I've drawn a blank. The only way forward I can think of is if we can cite notable works that Rachana has illustrated, or awards: unfortunately, the cover or book designer seems to be a largely unsung hero whilst the author gets the accolades (which seems like a bias against a class of graphic designers)? In the case of Saira Shah's bio, you can build up notability with a few big hits, whilst her sister Safia's bio was built from a whole constellation of minor impacts. Alas, here I'm stuck. I don't know about you, but I don't like to let these things beat me. Esowteric+Talk 17:09, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
- NB, just visited Rachana Shah's site and will try a list of notable works. Esowteric+Talk 17:26, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Eric! I just came back after a little break as I was feeling frustrated with this whole thing! Will take a look at it now and do some research to see what I can do. Thanks so much for your wonderful help!! Hewagpc (talk) 17:32, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Thanks for helping fix up Rachana Shah :). Ironholds (talk) 23:56, 11 September 2012 (UTC) |
- Thank you. Much appreciated. Esowteric+Talk 23:58, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
- I was about to go "no, thank you!" but I noticed you'd already used the italics. I don't want to send us down an endless trail of increasingly exhuberant thanks, so I'll just say how happy it makes me to see people who reach out to new editors and help them do better. Ironholds (talk) 00:06, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
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- Done. It was Sir Patrick Walker (MI5 officer). "On leaving the Colonial Service he joined MI5 where he was Director-General from 1988 to 1992." Author of Towards Independence in Africa. Esowteric+Talk 11:14, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
I do not understand what is happening here. Potentially libellous statements regarding myself and my work are being left on my wikipedia page, and I cannot remove them. This is grossly unfair, unjust and biased. Simply because an article appears in a newspaper does not make it true. Please could you assist me in resolving this issue. Many thank. R J Ellory.