Talk:Michael Attree

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A member of the Guild of Copy Editors, Dthomsen8, reviewed a version of this article for copy editing on 13 May 2014. However, a major copy edit was inappropriate at that time because of the issues specified below, or the other tags now found on this article. Once these issues have been addressed, and any related tags have been cleared, please tag the article once again for {{copyedit}}. The Guild welcomes all editors with a good grasp of English. Visit our project page if you are interested in joining!
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"His Italianate perennial home"[edit]

The article reads, in part: "Attree's formative years were spent in Oxford at his Italianate perennial home (designed by Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis of Portmeirion and The Prisoner acclaim)."

Should that really be "perennial", or is it "parental" that is meant? One usually grows up with one's parents, and he seems to have lived in a lot of other places -- London, the isle of Iona, Brighton and whatnot -- ever since the early eighties (i.e, for over twenty years), so that capital-i Italianate Oxford home doesn't seem to have been all that ever-lasting... (Furthermore, he isn't even fifty yet, so it remains to be seen what was his "perennial" home, doesn't it?)--CRConrad (talk) 11:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whole sesquipedalian article[edit]

Was obviously written by Michael Attree. Rather vainglorious and caddish to do such a thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.32.128 (talk) 15:39, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why does this person merit an article?[edit]

I believe this article should remain. As an individual, Atters has (and continue to have) a counter cultural influence in many areas and therefore I believe an article is of singular note. The contributor (Douglas) who was the source of the professional affiliation concern has removed his external link and clearly addresses the close connection concern (which does appear completely genuine). I have also addressed the other issues flagged (replacing and/or removing IMBD references and adding stronger ones available and I have edited article to comply with Wikipedia’s style and tone). Poncklepops (talk) 12:56, 11 May 2014 (UTC)Poncklepops[reply]

Completely agree, seems very much like a vanity page. 94.7.88.213 (talk) 19:57, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest[edit]

It appears that editor Douglas L Smythe has some connection to the topic of this article, as declared here. I've tagged this page and the article accordingly. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:58, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request edit on 4 May 2014[edit]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined.

I am not affiliated with Atters and was not advised or given any information for the Michael Atters Attree page by him. I simply interviewed him recently for my own blog. I then asked him if he minded if I put it on social media and wiki entry on him and he said that was fine! That was all i meant by his permission... Permission for the link -I have never met him or worked with him except for that fun interview!

Later I edited down his entry and updated broken links but this was after the interview-he had NO knowledge of this edit and we had NO contact regarding my edit.

I have removed the interview link now as this appears to be the cause of the trouble. Again- I have not and am not affiliated or acting on behalf of atters-I just have a interest in this British writer/character.

I hope this prevents deletion.

Douglas L Smythe - USA _____________________________________________________________________ Douglas L Smythe (talk) 00:11, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Douglas. I've declined the requested edit tag, as it doesn't appear that you were requesting a new change. More generally, there isn't a problem with adding a link to an interview, although Wikipedia tends to be a bit restrictive on the subject, as it is possible for people to link to highly problematic material. Thanks you for clarifying your situation - generally, if you have interviewed someone you don't have a COI in regard to the person, although you might in regard to the interview and how it is used. And you don't need a person's permission to edit an article about them - the problem you have run into is not because you edited it, but because you gave the impression from your comments of editing it on his behalf. That said, it is great that you were able to help out with the article.

Any deletion discussion won't be based on anything you've done - the issue is only about the existence of independent reliable sources on the subject, mostly because Wikipedia needs them to validate that content is accurate. It looks like that might not be a major issue, though. - Bilby (talk) 02:18, 20 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Bilby for the kind response and I'm glad to hear there should hopeful be no major issues with this article now (or my edits on Wikipedia in general!). Douglas L Smythe _________________________________________________________________

May 2014's C.I.O./Close Connection concern tags now removed as issues since explained and removed by Douglas L Smyth (as aknowledged above) and in turn facilitate the clean-up request (since flagged above from a member of The Guild of Copy Editors).

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.41.15.170 (talk) 13:16, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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