Talk:International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

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Can you advise me on how to improve the tone? i think I have done all I can to try to do this.--Kameyer (talk) 15:13, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you to the administrators for advice on how to improve the article. I have already made some changes, in an attempt to make the tone of the article more neutral, and will continue to try to improve the text.

As the ITF has, until now, been a relatively low profile IGO, much of the information used to write the article was taken from their own literature. This was unavoidable if I wanted to provide a full account of the way the orgsanisation functions. I have tried to edit out some of the more subjective - rather than purely factual - sections of the article, and will continue to look for other (external) sources on the organisation.

The Conflict of Interest issue - caused by a badly chosen username - is, of course, an important one. Where the editor shares the views of/sympathises with the organisation being written about, a conflict of interest may always be perceived. However, I would suggest that the fact that I support the organisation's ideas and work is not sufficient to be interpreted as a conflict of interest. I still believe that this is an important topic for a wikipedia article - the ITF is an inter-governmental organisation, in which 34 governments actively participate, it surely therefore merits a page in its own right. The aim of the page is in no way promotional (the ITF is not an organisation that seeks financial or other support - it is self-sustained by the contributions of its member states). Any suggestions on how to edit the page to avoid misinterpretation are very welcome.--Kameyer (talk) 07:57, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A further issue: many of the wiki-links in this page go to empty spaces (ie. pages are not yet written). I see how this is a problem! Is there any problem with me also writing the missing pages (which I believe are worth writing in themselves)? --Kameyer (talk) 08:00, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]