Cryptozoo
Me again. I haven't reverted any of your recent edits - other editors have been watching your page (and you can see who has been doing what by clicking on the "History" tab at the top of the article). However, I do understand their reasoning. It's not wrong to provide updated information about your books and research, but some of your edits do sound like you're trying to sell a product. For example, that bit about the "new paperbound edition" of Mysterious America definitely strikes me as an advertisement. You may (and should) mention the book in the article and use it as a source, but you don't need to announce that a new edition is coming out. We're not Amazon.com, and it's just unencyclopedic. Also, when you write that "Loren Coleman is considered to be the world's leading cryptozoologist," or something to that effect, provide an outside source to show exactly who considers you to be the world's leading cryptozoologist, because otherwise, it sounds like self-promotion (which means someone is going to delete it). Just some friendly advice. :)
If you chose to respond, I'd prefer that you leave a message on my talk page. Just edit it like you would any other page; I don't care how you format the message.
Thanks, Zagalejo 04:07, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
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