User talk:GabrielAmmirata

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, GabrielAmmirata. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about in the article Peter Wang (cadet), you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, company, organization or competitors;
propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (see the {{request edit}} template);
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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. CookieMonster755 ✉ 05:51, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gabriel,

I am deeply sorry for the loss that you and your loved ones have suffered. From the description of Peter that I've read, your lives were elevated by having known him, and the pain of having him taken from you in the way that he was must be unbearable, something that people your age (and no one, really) should never been expected to endure. I am humbled by the courage of Peter's sacrifice, and touched by your desire to want to contribute to his Wikipedia article, which in a way, represents a time capsule of his legacy.

However, as you know, Wikipedia requires that material added to you its articles be accompanied by citations of reliable sources, and that it be supported by those citations. The citation for the material you added does not make any mention of his card game interests, nor does it reference you, either by name, or by the phrase "a friend." However, I wanted to try to avoid removing all of your contributions entirely if it could be avoided, I read the cited news article, and noticed some material from that news story that could be added to replace the uncited stuff, namely the fact that he died wearing his JROTC shirt, and that he was survived by his parents and two younger brothers.

However, if you happen to come across a reliable, published source for other info about him, whether it's his interest in Yu-Gi-Oh!, or anything else appropriate for inclusion, feel free to let me know. As someone from a community that has lost citizens to horrific tragedy, and who has attempted to do his minor part to spread awareness, I'd be honored to add it to his article, so long as it conforms to Wikipedia policies and guidelines.

In the meantime, I hope and assume that you and others in your community have been coming together to provide succor to one another in this time of grief. I may not be there in the flesh, but I'm there in spirit, and offer a big virtual online hug, for whatever it's worth. Stay strong, brother. :-) Nightscream (talk) 21:52, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]