User talk:Sam.pitroda

Welcome![edit]

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I am trying to update the page with more information I don't understand why you are trying to undo it. I will add references and pictures today. I do not find the text to be biased in any way and if so please let people edit it, but do not undo the entire thing. Please explain what the issue is. This is very confusing. Thank you

Conlict of interest[edit]

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August 2014[edit]

Hello, I'm WikiDan61. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Sam Pitroda, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Addition of unsourced material is especially problematic where biographies of living persons is involved, and where the added material is deemed promotional. If there are factual errors on the page (facts out of date, etc), please raise the issues at the talk page and allow a disinterested editor to evaluate the issues and make the necessary changes. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:49, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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I have references for most everything, I just need some time to add them. I was working on adding images this morning. I will focus on the references first, then. What else can I do to ensure the page is within rules and reason? Thanks

As a person with a conflict of interest, you should truly not be editing the article at all. Wikipedia is not a social media website where subjects get to control the text of articles about them. It is an encylopedia where we attempt to build a neutral and unbiased article about a subject based on available reliable sources. That being said, if you find that the article contains factual errors (information that is out of date, or incorrect facts such as your date of birth), you may mention such things on the article's talk page. But you should not be the person to perform a wholesale rewrite of the article. Such an act can only be seen as a sign of attempt self-promotion or whitewashing. Let uninvolved editors update the article.

By the way, you're not using the {{Talkback}} template correctly. You're supposed to place that on another user's talk page when you have responded to their comment here. But you don't need to do that for me; I'm already watching this talk page and will know when you've responded. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:06, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am honestly, sincerely trying to improve the amount of information on the site in the most encyclopedic way. Please allow me to work on it and hopefully the next version will be ok. Thank you.

I don't doubt the sincerity of your efforts, but your end result is poor. It is for this reason that we generally discourage people from writing about themselves on Wikipedia. You are having difficulty identifying what is encyclopedic, and what is personal reflection and memoir. The latter have no place in a Wikipedia ariticle.

If you truly insist on writing your own article on Wikipedia, I would recommend that you create your version in your own userspace and allow a disinterested editor to review it before updating the mainspace article. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:48, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]