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Why did you remove a paragraph of information from the Jane Hirshfield article? Helpsome ( talk) 14:07, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
I did so at the request of Ms. Hirshfield, who wrote me that not only does she want to minimize her religious practice on the page (see the reference to her comments further down her wiki page) but that the anecdotes were "garbled" and not quoted accurately from the citation source. Lavenderly ( talk) 14:12, 14 May 2013 (UTC)Lavenderly
Category:Women poets is not new, it has existed since 2007. Category:American women poets has existed since last fall. The same is true of Category:American women novelists. If people do not think we should have such categories they are free to nominate them for deletion at CfD. It is not difficult. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 21:22, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
I will make this easy for you. If there is a category you do not like copy and paste this
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Onto the category page, making sure that you have the date right. Then follow the link created to CfD, and explain your reasons. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 21:25, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Spanglej. You've been helpful to me in the past and I'm unable to post this in the Teahouse (cannot hit the "submit" button on the dialogue box there.) I'm looking for guidance.I did an extensive update on Jane Hirshfield's page, including correct citations to all her publications as well as to literary criticism which discusses her work. Now I see someone has marked her page as "start" quality. I disagree. I'm also wondering how to go about establishing notability. Hirshfield is one of the world's most famous and esteemed living poets, yet there remains a question as to her notability?
I've also updated another poet/editor's page (Sarah Gorham) and am a little surprised to see her notability questioned. She's a very well know poet and essayist, also runs an awardwinning American literary publishing house. Can you help?
- Hi Lavender, thanks for your message. I am on a long wikibreak; apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Hirshfield's page is now marked as a C class, which is probably appropriate as it hasn't been closely edited to meet the WP guidelines. I think her notability is not in question as multiple strong citations are given. Gorham's tags were added three years ago and do not seem to apply any more (if they ever did) as notability is established by citations. I have removed them and cleaned up the page a bit. As a note to your above discussion re Hirshfield, biographical pages can be changed if proof of error is given. The subject can make comments on the article talk page, but shaping actual content would count as conflict of interest editing. Please read the guideline on why it is discouraged for subjects and those that know them to edit articles. If Hirshfield wish to correct a major error on the page, she can contact the Wikipedia Foundation via the OTRS team, by email. I hope that's helpful. Happy editing and best wishes. Span ( talk) 13:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
I appreciate your reply a great deal, Spanglej. Thank you. Lavenderly ( talk) 15:19, 15 September 2013 (UTC)Lavenderly
Your submission at AfC Alice Mattison was accepted
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