Wikipedia:Editor review/Reechard

Reechard

Reechard (talk · contribs) New BLP for Sarah Cahill (pianist) Reechard 11:55, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

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• Review by Moonriddengirl Your writing is clear and concise and your formating by and large demonstrates familiarity with Wikipedia's policies. I notice you refer to Sarah Cahill as "Sarah" at points throughout Sarah Cahill (pianist), which is an informality Wikipedia does not promote inmanual of style guidelines for biographies. Sourcing on that article could use some additions–Wikipedia prefers sources with editorial oversight, so newspaper or magazine articles, scholarly books, are highly regarded. You have the subject's website, a promotional blurb by what I presume is her publisher & a programme with a reference to her. Particularly with biographies, more is better. It would help to substantiate her notability per the notability guidelines on musicians as well to demonstrate widespread media attention. You might want to consider adding inline citations to help with verifiability.

In regards to your specific questions, Wikipedia:Disambiguation sets out policies regarding how to determine which article should come first in the event of a shared name. The base page is the one that might reasonably be expected to be the subject of the search. Sarah Cahill (pianist) may well eventually prove more prominent in that regard (today the pianist has the first google hit for the name, but the beauty queen turned actress gets the next three, excluding the Wikipedia article). I would respectfully suggest that, exhortations to "be bold" notwithstanding, it is prudent to discuss such changes as moving Sarah Cahill to Sarah Cahill (beauty queen) on the article's talk page a couple of days before doing so. That's the best way to build consensus. Even when you expect such a change to be uncontroversial, others may not perceive it that way, and as it happens your name change does not seem to adequately reflect the other Sarah Cahill's status, given her budding (?) acting career. There is not necessarily a "first come/first served" policy on naming, but given that you were bringing a new change in over an established page, I think it reasonable to presume that the burden of evidence is on the one seeking change.

You might want to expand your usage of edit summaries. When you use them, they seem descriptive, but sometimes you omit that step. It might be useful to you to go to "editing" under preferences on your top tab and have Wikipedia prompt you. Sometimes we all forget. :)

I hope this has been in some way useful to you. If I have been unclear on any point, please feel free to contact me for clarification at my talk page. --Moonriddengirl 16:34, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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Questions

1. Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   
   

   Sarah Cahill (pianist)

   
   

2. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   
   

   Yes, I have had issues, mostly around the exising BLP for Sarah Cahill (pageant titleholder) and the admin After Midnight.

   
   

   After reading a lot about wiki goals and policies I find it absurd to argue with that User about the relative notability of Sarah Cahill pianist vs. pageant titleholder.

   
   

   I'd like some feedback on the entry for Sarah Cahill (pianist). I'd also like feedback on the issue of two BLPs needing some disambiguation and when one can expect a person to be "moved". Is there a first-come-first-served policy for BLP names?

   
   

   It seemed at first impression that After Midnight was either confused as to my motives or had motives of his own, perhaps being less than impartial around beauty pageant related wiki pages.

   
   

   Thank you for your attention!