User talk:Electricleo5

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Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Alan foley. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:32, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

i actually know that all the information is fact and true.. and hardly promotional...— Preceding unsigned comment added by Electricleo5 (talk • contribs) — Electricleo5 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Let's see, there's "prestigious Fellowship" "prestigious school" "the great" "the leading" "Ireland's leading" "garnering much accolade and praise from media and critics" "the hugely successful" Need I go on? We don't need paycock words; no need to gild refinéd gold, to paint the lily. What we require is references to reliable sources. I'm as proud of a great Irishman as the next Hibernian; but we have our rules and standards here. Read WP:BIO for more guidance. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:04, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

i always write the page and then insert all the sources after rather than as i go, and i got it all from his two books, i would have inserted the sources had i the chance, but it was gone before i could....— Preceding unsigned comment added by Electricleo5 (talk • contribs)

The subject's own writings are generally not reliable sources; we need solid, impartial third-party sources with a neutral point of view; and no promotional language. The thing to do as a rule is to work on a draft in a sandbox such as User:Electricleo5/Alan Foley (note the capitalisation of the F), invite other editors to look at it, and then move it into article space. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sign your posts, please

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:06, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]