User talk:2603:7000:9840:C8:54AA:4F45:A194:BC18

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I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Ann Laura Stoler, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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I affirm that this is not a conflict of interest. I am not the subject, nor am I being compensated in any way for editing. I have tried to address tone and to add more citations from interviews, books reviews, and newspaper articles. Much of the deleted section on collaborations cannot be sourced other than the facts of join-authorship that were included in citations to article DOIs or status of collaborative projects like journals, conferences, and institutes (which were linked to). If that is not sufficient, there are no objections to keeping that section deleted. 2603:7000:9840:C8:54AA:4F45:A194:BC18 (talk) 20:09, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your reply. In that case—that you don’t have a personal relation to the subject that would raise a COI issue—it would be great to have your help. (Actually it would be great to have your help either way—for future reference, if ever you do have a COI, that’s ok, we just ask in order to manage it—we ask those folks to propose changes on the the talk page rather than editing directly.) This is a great collection of material but in current form will be hard for anyone else to improve without deleting because of lack of access to your sources. There are two main things it would be really super to have help with.

• The first is making sure that every piece of analysis is sourced—for the books, that means to book reviews. Wikipedia has a policy of WP:No original research, meaning users should never add their own interpretations, but rather describe the findings of reliable secondary sources. If you could reference the claims about her books that can be referenced and trim out the analysis that is your, that would be a huge help.
• Second is that the encyclopedia writes for lay readers, rather than specialists. Everything should be phrased so that if a curious 11th-grader reads the biography, they can understand everything. That’s where the tone tag is coming from.

As far as the deleted section, if there’s no independent source indicating the significance, it should probably stay out. Stoler has done so much work that has attracted secondary source commentary that unfortunately it is WP:OR to pick out those pieces if no reliable source has done so. If someone writes about her students/influence at some point, that would be great to add with the source.

Please let me know if I can answer any other questions. I know editing Wikipedia can be pretty counterintuitive. Cheers, Innisfree987 (talk) 20:40, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

This is really helpful- thank you. Will make edits when time permits to book sections for tone and to eliminate what might be considered original research and trim out my analysis, and make sure it is less specialist. Thanks for explaining to a newbie. 2603:7000:9840:C8:54AA:4F45:A194:BC18 (talk) 20:58, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

I’m so happy to help! I saw the addition because the subject area interests me and I often think about all the people out there who have a really, well, encyclopedic! knowledge of the sources. If I can help people like you bring that knowledge to the WP, I’m delighted. Thanks for responding. You might like to make a (free!) account just because IP addresses can change so it might make it easier to keep the conversation together. Recommended but not required! Happy editing, Innisfree987 (talk) 21:28, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Another project

I know you have plenty to work on but just in case you’re interested, I recently began an entry for Carolyn Dean and thought the related work on French history and affect might be within your areas of expertise. Would welcome your help if you have time and inclination! Cheers, Innisfree987 (talk) 13:59, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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