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Your submission at Articles for creation: Cal Barnes has been accepted

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Astrid Experience (January 12)

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Managing a conflict of interest

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Astrid Experience (February 11)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Astrid Experience (February 28)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: True Grandeur (February 29)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Astrid Experience (May 17)

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Your draft article, Draft:True Grandeur

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Astrid Experience (November 18)

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ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (。◕‿◕。) 07:34, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

Conflict of interest

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You need to clarify your conflict of interest here, as you have pretty much only edited or created articles about or related to Cal Barnes. Are you Barnes, someone affiliated, or are someone who was otherwise asked or hired to edit pages? You can edit with a conflict of interest but you MUST be transparent about it. To be very honest, it looks extremely likely that you do have a strong conflict of interest here. Again, it's fine to edit with a conflict of interest as long as you are transparent - trying to hide or otherwise evade concerns about the conflict of interest is what can get you in trouble and end up getting you blocked. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (。◕‿◕。) 07:37, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Reader of the Pack. Thank you for taking the time to give great notes on my sources for 'The Astrid Experience'. I knew Cal Barnes briefly growing up, but I would not consider us close friends. I love films, and he is one of the only notable actors ever from my hometown, so I enjoy doing it. I am not affiliated with his career or employed with his business in any way. I also make other edits from time to time - mostly on films - but because of the childhood connection I mainly just focus on things he does, as I work several jobs and don't have much spare time. I hope that clarifies. Thank you. TheUnlimitedGod 18 November 2020 (UTC)

  • Understandable - I don't really think that this would pose any real conflict of interest in my opinion. (ie, you're not in contact with him and you don't benefit from the articles financially or professionally.) I can understand wanting to write about someone you knew! Just be careful with sourcing and the like since it could technically be seen as a mild COI. Definitely feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Film articles are really my jam. I'm more focused on horror movies, but I'm generally good with other genres. This brochure on editing film articles may be pretty helpful and while it's written for students, these training modules give a general overview of editing and may fill in any gaps you may have with editing and such. (Used to work for the organization that made them, but found them so helpful I've kept them bookmarked.) ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (。◕‿◕。) 10:58, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
    • Hi Reader of the Pack. Thank you for sharing. Look like we both have a love for movies and for those who make them! I'll be sure to reach out with anymore questions. Thank you.

TheUnlimitedGod 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Book articles

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Hey, thought I'd give you some help with the book article, Draft:True Grandeur, and help explain why it keeps getting declined.

  • I retitled the editions section as "publication" since this was more to the point. I also streamlined the content to be a bit more to the point and in keeping with other book articles. I clarified that the hardback was a collector's edition and sourced it to the book itself and the official website. I removed mention of where to buy the book, since that can seem a little spammy. It also saves us from having to correct it when/if the book becomes available elsewhere in digital format.
  • The plot section needs to be whittled down to a basic synopsis. In most cases the synopsis only needs to be about 4-5 paragraphs long max, otherwise it runs the risk of being too detailed and bogging down the article.
  • The characters section is OK, but be careful of original research - by which I mean interpretations that we come up with on our own. It's also good to be careful of writing too in-universe or adding too many minor details.
  • Make sure that you italicize the book title.
  • The review section needs to be overhauled. Many of the sources aren't usable since they're self-published sources such as book blogs. The thing about book blogs is that anyone can make one and they undergo little to no editorial oversight, so most won't be considered reliable sources as far as Wikipedia goes. This is pretty much the case for blogs in general, to be honest, and it's really difficult to establish a blog as a reliable source because we have to be able to show where they're routinely described as a reliable source by other reliable sources. This can often mean showing where the blog has been cited as a source by academic and scholarly sources (since they tend to be very discerning with sourcing) and/or received or been nominated for major awards for news/blogging. For example, a sci-fi book blog could be seen as unusable on its own, but if we can show where it's been cited in multiple academic sources such as a book published by Routledge (major academic publisher) and it was up for a Hugo Award for Best Fanzine, then we can make a strong argument for its reliability. Since there are typically more blogs than outlets or awards that would cover them, most typically won't be seen as reliable. It's a frustrating and often lengthy process to get one of these seen as reliable and in most cases, it ends up being unsuccessful.
Many of the reviews are paid, so they wouldn't be seen as reliable because of the conflict of interest. For example, Reader's Favorite is seen as a vanity site since they never give a book less than 4 stars and are very well known for giving out good reviews and awards to anyone willing to pay. They do offer one free review, but that's still considered suspect since the goal with that is to get the person to go on to their paid services. In other words, paid reviews are extremely unlikely to give negative reviews of the books or cushion any negative remarks with plenty of positive ones as they want the author/publisher to continue using their service and recommend it to others. Negative reviews are rarely met with good reception, even if it's a case of someone just being honest and not unkind. With Kirkus, if you're wondering, there are two parts: Kirkus and Kirkus Indie. The first is the main parent organization - they don't charge a fee for books reviewed through this portion. Kirkus Indie is a paid review service, so reviews from this end aren't seen as reliable. This book was reviewed through Kirkus Indie, so it isn't really usable.
In My Area is a bit weird, so it would need to be run through reliable sources noticeboard to see if it's reliable. International Writers Inspiring Change is also questionable - there's no information about their editorial process and some of the links don't work, which isn't a good sign when it comes to reliability. Still, I'd run it by the reliable sources noticeboard as well.
  • The development section uses a book blog and a site that uses a basic form for interviews. This isn't ideal, but it could probably squeak by since we could argue that since it's an interview, it's more of a primary source than one that would be used to establish notability. The main issue with this would be verification, since presumably the sites don't really vet the information.

Ultimately the biggest issue here is one of notability, since the article relies heavily on book blogs, paid review sites, and similar to establish notability. It can be difficult to establish notability for books and in the past I've actually ended up having to delete drafts sitting in my userspace after years of searching for sourcing. The more indie or niche a book is the less likely it seems like it will receive coverage, unfortunately.

My recommendation here would be to boil this all down into a single paragraph and add it to Barnes's article, however you've already done this so unless more sourcing becomes available there's not much to be done. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (。◕‿◕。) 11:45, 18 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Reader of the Pack. Thank you for all the great information and clarification on this subject. Barnes published True Grandeur in 2017. Does it carry any weight if the book is authored by a notable person? In this case, a notable actor and filmmaker? It is clear that Barnes has since moved on to other projects, so it is uncertain if there will be any more coverage on the novel. I suppose it is possible with his growing body of work that larger review publications will find it in the future and review it, as I've seen it happen many times with actors and writers. As their careers continue to grow, people discover their past works. TheUnlimitedGod 19 November 2020 (UTC)

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