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October 2011

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Commedia dell'arte, as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Sudo Ghost 13:43, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

Regarding this edit [1], please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest policy. It is self-evident from your user name and your editing history that you are either Paul Castagno, or someone editing on his behalf. And no, Wikipedia is not an 'open forum', it is an online encyclopaedia, where self-promotional editing is against policy. If 'language playwrights' are indeed as significant in contemporary theatre as you suggest, this will be indicated in secondary sources, and can be written about by people not trying to publicise their own works. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:14, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is no conflict of interest. The importance of the language playwrights over the past twenty five years is documented in major sources from American Theatre to Theatre Topics to the New York Times, etc.. To numerous OBIE award winning playwrights who have shaped the landscape of American playwriting. That Andy would proffer his own ignorance before investigating this major development in American playwriting is unfortunate. To eradicate sources that other playwrights might find useful in their own work is unconscionable. So, the site becomes a petty battleground with ignorance prevailing over knowledge. Instead of spending a few hours looking into the significance of language playwriting (before his knee jerk reaction) or perhaps, even reviewing the source materials...Andy puts his ego above the most compelling ideas in American theatre today. Please note Andy the policies request some discernment and discussion before simply ripping something off the site. I would suggest you spend a few days reading up on the importance of playwrights like Young Jean Lee, Eric Overmyer, Paula Vogel, and Sarah Ruhl before shutting down this fountain of creative artists who need to be brought to light on this site. Castagno's work has been declared canonical by major writers and theatre artists, so you should look that up as well before denouncing what you don't know.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pcastagn (talk • contribs)

None of that is of any relevance whatsoever to the fact that self-promotion is a violation of Wikipedia conflict of interest policy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:58, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If your work, as you say, has been declared canonical you will have no trouble finding sources other than your own writing that say as much and use them as references. Sjö (talk) 13:57, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]