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I have forwarded the original email as instructed, and copied it into the description. In retrospect however, having spent the last two hours reading the help files, I don't think the email is explicit enough. I need guidance though - I may be able to get the CPSA to agree to a free licence, but I'll never get someone to spend hours reading wiki help files and crafting legal wording onto a website somewhere. There must be an efficient way to get someone to give permission, but how?? --Rhanbury (talk) 14:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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OK, thanks, I wouldn't have found that without help. I'll get onto it! Rhanbury (talk) 17:53, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks Larry, that was lazy of me. I can't see a way of getting the same information in without using the same words, so I have rewritten in more abbreviated form. Rhanbury (talk) 13:32, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Conflict-of-interest discussion at Lady Eleanor Holles School

Hi! I don't know quite what to think about your connection to the school, so have (a) held back from commenting on it and (b) asked for input at the conflict-of-interest noticeboard. You are welcome to comment there, or not, as you see fit. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 11:05, 30 June 2018 (UTC). Thank you, that seems like a good way forward. Rhanbury (talk) 12:23, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

I see you have again removed the COI template from this article o the basis that you have addressed the issues. I direct you to WP:COINOTBIAS. Use of the template is a statement of fact and not something you can change by successfully editing in a neutral point of view. I would also point out that you should be proposing any changes to the article on the talk page and letting an uninvolved editor add the text (if agreed) to the article, not adding it yourself. Lyndaship (talk) 09:48, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I think I had removed it just before I saw your comment on the talk page, and Johnbod's dissenting view, and given the latter decided to leave it off to see what happened. Pragmatically, I suggest the following way forward: Leave the COI tag for now. I will complete my planned edits over the next few days, and then request a review by a neutral senior editor, such as yourself. You / they can give it a thorough check for NPOV, and if it passes the benchmark remove the COI tag and I promise never to touch so much as a single comma again. Editing is already a slow enough process, and the idea of putting every word or sentence I propose to tweak, one by one, onto the talk page and requesting someone else to transfer them to the main article, means, in practice, that it will never happen. We have to bear in mind the purpose of the COI rule is to prevent bias, not prevent editing by anyone who has an affinity with the subject - this is explicitly stated in the guidance. I bet that almost all substantial school article edits are by current or former members of staff, governors, pupils, or parents, all of whom have a COI by strict standards; it is just that they are not readily identifiable by their usernames so are not called out on it. Can you live with this proposal? Rhanbury (talk) 10:07, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

I agree that its likely that all school articles have been edited by people who have an interest in conveying a viewpoint of the establishment and I dare say a good few have an undeclared COI as defined by wikipedia. When you have finished your edits by all means post on the talkpage and ask if another editor will remove the COI tag, I think they would be wrong to do so but I will not then reinstate it. Of course I cannot speak for the other editor who placed the COI tag initially or for anyone else who frequents the COI board who feels that the rules should be upheld (regardless of how honest you have been in declaring your relationship and the NPOV of your edits). Lyndaship (talk) 15:41, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

Autumn

See you in September. You could consider coming along to the London Wikimeetup and meet editors from other areas of WP, where you would be most welcome. previous meeting link. ClemRutter (talk) 08:47, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Pamela Schwerdt

And very fine-looking she is too. You don't fancy giving Sibylle a bash? Thanks and best regards. KJP1 (talk) 16:51, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

P.S. - I'm with Johnbod on the schools' COI issue - I wrote much of this, Monmouth School and don't think my having been there many moons ago made it impossible to maintain a Neutral point of view.

Thank you KJP1! Because Sibylle had a slightly less public profile than Pamela, she is slightly less notable. Let's wait a bit and see if anyone objects to Pamela first. Hopefully I've done enough, but there are some editors who set the notability bar very high. On the COI thing, nobody actually accused me of lacking NPOV, or indeed criticised any of the actual content. All of the deletions were on various matters of principle. Feel free to have a look at the Talk:Lady Eleanor Holles School/long draft page and see if there is anything that you, as a neutral editor, feel comfortable adding to the main article, although I'm intending to add more citations in due course. Also consider the list of head mistresses on the LEH talk page. Rhanbury (talk) 17:06, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

In my judgement, Sissinghurst and the Victoria Medal make them both quite unassailable! But it may make sourcing a bit more challenging. Shall try to drop by LEH but away for a few days from tomorrow. KJP1 (talk) 17:12, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

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Thanks Sphilbrick - I hadn't realised that you couldn't use copyright content even temporarily whilst you rewrote it in draft space (I explained that this is what I was doing in the edit history) and in fact deleted it just before the article was deleted. Or possibly just after - I can't tell. How can I retrieve the non-copyright content to try again? Rhanbury (talk) 14:11, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

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