Talk:David King Dunaway

Conflict of interest

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Please also note that our Terms of Use state that "you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation." An editor who contributes as part of his or her paid employment is required to disclose that fact. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:56, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Edit request

• Information to be added or removed: David King Dunaway is an American historian and professor of English at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico; he was previously...
• Explanation of issue: Editing the syntax of the page's first sentence.
• References supporting change: https://english.unm.edu/about-us/people/faculty/dunaway-david.html

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrtgsw (talk • contribs) 21:13, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

No, the syntax is correct. He's a historian, full stop (that's a permanent or very long-term state). He is a professor etc (that is a state which may change at any time). To combine them under one verb would be a kind of zeugma. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:00, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Edit request

To Wikipedia:

Hello. My name is Dr. David K. Dunaway, and my Wikipedia page has generated some correspondence with the Editors and Administrators in the past few months. I’m writing this letter to confirm what happened on my end, as well as to ask what we can do to ensure my page is written accurately as per Wikipedia guidelines.

Many years ago, someone unbeknownst to me created a Wikipedia page for me. My page had the general idea right, but I asked one of my assistants to correct several errors on it, as well as add a section documenting my radio projects. More recently, a banner appeared on my page indicating we had to add references to my page, which another of my assistants did. However, these corrections were immediately removed from my page, leaving it “bare bones.”

I understand these corrections and additions were removed because my assistants, who have professional relationships with me, implemented them. However, my concern is how to proceed from here. I would like my Wikipedia page to reflect my work accurately, but I’m unsure of who is now qualified to edit my page. Specifically, I would like to have the section on my radio projects added back in — but how and by whom? My assistants and I are willing to comply with any and all of Wikipedia’s guidelines to generate as neutral and accurate a page as possible, with full primary and secondary documentation.

Thank you,

David K. Dunaway
Professor of English
University of New Mexico
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrtgsw (talk • contribs) 17:24, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Reply 9-APR-2019

Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged. Editing a biography about yourself is acceptable only if you are removing unambiguous vandalism or clear-cut and serious violations of our biography of living persons policy.

If you have been published elsewhere on a topic, we welcome your expertise on the subject for Wikipedia articles. However, every Wikipedia article must cover its subject in a neutral, fair, and comprehensive way to advance knowledge of the subject as a whole. The correct process to having information added to an article is use edit requests to propose changes to the article. Those may be made here on the talk page using the format of "change x to y using z" shown below.

Change x to y using z

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Using this format, a third party editor will be able to review the changes to ensure that they meet the content requirements of WP:WEIGHT, WP:NPOV and WP:V. Please feel free to begin this process by adding a {{request edit}} template along with your suggestions here on the talk page. Regards,  Spintendo  19:42, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

References

Some proposed changes

Information to be added or removed: Radio section following the present "Books" section
Explanation of issue: In addition to publishing multiple books, David King Dunaway has also produced award-winning radio documentary series, which he would like added to his Wikipedia page. Particularly, one of these radio series is on folksinger Pete Seeger, and with Seeger's centenary in two days, Dunaway would like this radio series to be mentioned(not announced, publicized, or marketed in anyway, just mentioned).
References supporting change: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19376521003733459 ; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19376521003733459 Wrtgsw (talk) 18:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Reply 2-MAY-2019

  Edit request implemented  

• A detailed listing of all the changes made with this edit can be found in the article's edit history.

Regards,  Spintendo  07:30, 2 May 2019 (UTC)