Treasures1950

August 2011

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to John Flowers with this edit, did not appear to be constructive, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you.   — Jeff G.  ツ 03:11, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for taking the time to provide me with those details! Considering the speech was to a parliment and does detail information that is in public interest, will providing the direct link to the speech on the NSW parliament's website stop this from being removed?

In general, external links should only be made to sites that provide expanded encyclopedic detail. Articles on politicians aren't meant to be repositories for their speeches or political platforms and should not link to such activities. As a side note, it is extremely inadvisable for staff members of politicians to edit their Wikipedia articles: there have been negative press repercussions over such activities in the US Congress and UK parliament. Public figures do not get editorial approval or control over their articles, rather the opposite: it is not possible to "lock" their desired content in the article. Please be careful, and we strongly recommend that you avoid editing on this particular subject at all. Please remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free webhost. Acroterion (talk) 03:50, 25 August 2011 (UTC)