User talk:Aspening/Archive 2
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Summer edit was fully explained.
Donna Summer edit fully explained. I never made the quotes attributed to me. And the citation cannot be retrieved any longer. Winkepedia suggested that the fabricated quotes be deleted. Would you please reverse my edit. Or, alternatively, I can do it myself if you prefer. There was no mistake here. Falsified quotes should never be cited in any article.
Thank you so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rick solomon (talk • contribs) 21:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Rick solomon: Looks fully attributed to me, and the link to the source appears to only be dead because of a restructuring of the website. It's now behind a paywall but can be accessed through the Internet Archive. In other words, the only thing that has changed is that now you have to pay to access the article without using the Internet Archive. I'm going to take this concern to the reliable sources noticeboard. Aspening (talk) 15:20, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
Carolina Reaper
Under "Medical Issues" if you follow the case to the source, the one man that seems to have had a bad reaction was not confirmed as the Carolina reaper being the cause. People believe what they read here, based on similar supposition people also believe hot peppers can burn a hole in one's stomach which is not true. There are actually some health benefits to capsaicin and a special strain of HP22 (Carolina Reaper is only a nickname) is currently under research for cancer treatment. At the very least it should read "Alleged Medical Issues" because none of the published statements are verified only a working hypothesis based on lack of any other data. For all anyone knows all that happened was the aggravation of a preexisting condition. Many thousands of people eat this pepper and this is the only case of someone having a reaction like this. I believe it is important to keep a resource like Wikipedia to the facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:200:4101:4592:5DA4:B9EF:6927:8C12 (talk) 03:39, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
- Do you have a citation for your claims? On Wikipedia, we take verifiability very seriously, especially with anything related to medicine. Aspening (talk) 13:43, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
- Found a middle ground and put the section title as "Possible medical issues". If that's not okay, we can continue the discussion. Hdjensofjfnen (If you want to trout me, go ahead!) 03:05, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Hdjensofjfnen: Anything on Wikipedia, especially related to medicine, needs to be reliably sourced. If this information is backed up with reliable sources, I have no problem with its inclusion. Aspening (talk) 21:24, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
- Okay. I'll leave "possible" there. Also, don't you like kittens? Hdjensofjfnen (If you want to trout me, go ahead!) 21:27, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Hdjensofjfnen: Anything on Wikipedia, especially related to medicine, needs to be reliably sourced. If this information is backed up with reliable sources, I have no problem with its inclusion. Aspening (talk) 21:24, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Purplebricks
Hi. The content currently on our page has been written by a competitor and is misleading, in some places false and not a fair reflection of the Purplebricks business, its history and its people. The content I provided is balanced and accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Purplebricks01 (talk • contribs) 19:37, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Purplebricks01: Much of what you added seems to be less than neutral. Phrases like "the leading real estate agent in the UK" and "has ambitions to be the most loved real estate agent in the world" are overly positive. I do agree that the article as it stands is too negative, though. I'm going to try to improve some of it myself, and have posted on the neutral point of view noticeboard to call attention to the issue. Additionally, if you are affiliated with Purplebricks, you have a conflict of interest and should comply with the guidelines for conflict of interest editing. Aspening (talk) 21:42, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
Peter Clyne
I was working in Zambia during Clyne's tenure as Lusaka stipendiary magistrate and was a daily witness of the newspaper reports of his bizarre behavior and the eventual judicial fallout when Judge Leo Barron had to convene a panel to review all his cases. Hence my addition to Clyne's entry.
Mike Daplyn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.153.105.56 (talk) 10:36, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- Adding your own accounts of events to Wikipedia is considered original research. Information added to articles needs to be backed up by a published reliable source. Aspening (talk) 15:07, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Virginia Whitehill
V Whitehill is my mother. While she worked tirelessly on Roe v. Wade, she was not the attorney of record, that was Sarah Weddington. The Dallas Morning News - corrected their error. Please do not show her as the attorney again. Thank you - feminist daughter
- @Feminist daughter: Per the edit summary, your edit was reverted because it did not adhere to neutral point of view, not because of the error correction. Additionally, please have a look at the conflict of interest policy if you are connected to the subject of the article --Aspening (talk) 02:34, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
FYI
Seems you have fan. This IP user has followed you to several other IP user talk pages, and after you left messages they added tweaks of their own. Kind of odd, but hey... it's Wikipedia. - wolf 00:35, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Thewolfchild: Thanks for watching. IP appears to be editing constructively but heck, never hurts to have an eye out. At least it isn't a vandal. Aspening (talk) 01:47, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
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Please revert the string of incorrect anonymous edits on Pooja Sharma. Thankyou. CorrectHai (talk) 12:56, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
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Someone tried to reset your password to, IP 109.98.165.140 (they tried you and me, no others). I don't know why; I looked at the range but found nothing, though it is a range on which User:Web SourceContent was active, a blocked sock. Yamla blocked that one and I think I saw Bbb23 's name as well. This is a good reminder to practice good password safety, and maybe consider two-stage authentication, like I do. Take care, Drmies (talk) 19:13, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Drmies: Thanks for the notification. I'm not a sysop so I can't use 2FA, but as soon as I got the email that someone was trying to reset my password I did take appropriate precautions. This is, unfortunately, not the first time someone has tried to get into my account... Aspening (talk) 19:23, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- The security of your password will do nothing to prevent IPs from resetting your password.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:40, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- True, but it's never a bad idea to change passwords regularly, especially if you regularly deal with LTAs. Aspening (talk) 19:55, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- If you say so.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:59, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- True, but it's never a bad idea to change passwords regularly, especially if you regularly deal with LTAs. Aspening (talk) 19:55, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- The security of your password will do nothing to prevent IPs from resetting your password.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:40, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- That IP address tried a password reset for me on Commons. I use a unique, strong password (thanks, 1Password!) and have 2FA enabled. That's not going to stop password resets, but I also use a unique, strong password on my email address. --Yamla (talk) 20:09, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hmm! Probably this comes because the reason it's given CU block by Bbb23, that Web SourceContent were blocked for sock abuse. 176.110.22.212 (talk) 18:49, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
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Wilfred_Kanu_Jr --> de:WP
Hello, Aspening,
It might be a good idea to create your german article[1] in de:WP.
Best regards Eloquenzministerium (talk) 07:43, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Eloquenzministerium: I didn't create that article; I just noticed it and originally thought it needed translation, but found an English-language copy under another title. It's since been redirected. Aspening (talk) 00:02, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, well, I was not yet quite awake that morning ;-). I had already cleared that up, answering your message on WP:de Botschaft, but good to know that things are sorted now. Eloquenzministerium (talk) 00:21, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
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Changing A.Eicoff to just Eicoff
Hello,
I am an employee at Eicoff and we changed our name a while ago to just Eicoff. How do I change the title of the Wikipedia page to just that? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.20.54.254 (talk) 15:43, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
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Hi Aspening, I wanted to check when you were planning to address the GA review for Gun Runner. Thanks! Sportsfan77777 (talk) 02:22, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
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Regarding the edit i made relating to a person This is relation to the edit i made in wikipedia.According to the persons wikipedia page it is mentioned that the person acted in a movie in 2003 at 16 years of age so naturally that persons has to be b
Regarding th edit i made relating to a person
This is relation to the edit i made in wikipedia.According to the persons wikipedia page it is mentioned that the person acted in a movie in 2003 at 16 years of age so naturally that persons has to be be born in 1987 Bijoyjoseph52 (talk) 03:13, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
- There is no justification for that age being listed in there. The cited article quotes her as saying she's 21, in 2013. That's all. Drmies (talk) 03:20, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
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Compare the old content re the smallest projective 3-space to its own new article at PG(3,2) created today by someone. It's better not to duplicate that detail in the general finite geometry article. Moving it is better but your explanation might be better than mine. -- 2600:1:926A:3D91:F5B9:DE07:4D30:3D45 (talk) 01:08, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
You removed my modification
"Hello, I'm Aspening. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Caravan Palace have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Aspening (talk) 23:14, 8 February 2019 (UTC)"
Hi Aspening,
I'm the new Caravan Palace' saxophonist, please reput the links I put or let me do the modification again.
Best,
Victor Raimondeau — Preceding unsigned comment added by Victor Raimondeau (talk • contribs) 11:27, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Victor Raimondeau: Please have a look at Wikipedia's external link policy. The link that you inserted seemed like it was to a personal web page, which is against Wikipedia policy and therefore not allowed. Additionally, since you say that you are affiliated with the band, please review the conflict of interest policy. Aspening (talk) 04:52, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Von Ormy, TX Wikipedia Page Addition
Hello! You messaged me saying that I didn't provide a source for my recent edit. Unfortunately, I am terrible at coding things like that. I have a link to the article I referenced in the edit, and it is below:
Is there any resource I can use to learn how to properly cite sources for Wikipedia?
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.99.83.122 (talk) 19:53, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for reaching out. I would recommend using the visual editor, since you are not very familiar with wiki markup. This is a useful guide to entering and using the visual editor. In the visual editor, use the "Cite" button to create a citation. You can either automatically create a citation or manually enter the information you need. Aspening (talk) 20:21, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
changes
http://defamoghaddas.ir/fa/fight/%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1 This is the page that prove my changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arefakbari1378 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- Please use inline citations to cite your source, and most importantly, make sure it is a reliable source. It's not in English, so I can't tell if it's reliable or not. Aspening (talk) 20:25, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
Thank You
Hello, thank you for your message. I was unaware of the guidelines about a Conflict of Interest. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. All the best. PePenni Jo (talk) 16:44, 17 February 2019 (UTC)nni Jo
- No problem Aspening (talk) 03:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
Berkeley Free Speech Movement
Hello there, I saw you deleted my added information and would like you to consider that those facts were indeed true and History is not "neutral". What happened was true, and the facts of history should not be swept under the rug to remain "neutral". I understand your concern, however, neutrality is not kind to human knowledge. All the facts must be presented. Truth must be stated for historical facts to be reliable. Thank you. ~Prudence
- Please have a look at Wikipedia's policy on neutral point of view. All contributions to Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view. Aspening (talk) 19:45, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- The Wikipedia page on neutrality states that the information must not be biased, and must display both sides equally. I believe both sides should be displayed equally, however, neutrality on the Free Speech Movement page seems to only display one viewpoint, rather than give both sides. I think it changed from being neutral, and displaying both sides, to stepping on eggshells, as it were, to avoid triggering someone. I believe the neutrality statement would allow for my segment of information, because it displays another side to the facts. Thank you for your insight. ~Prudence — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.121.190.11 (talk) 19:57, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- Please provide specific examples of where you think the existing article does not display both sides equally. On the contrary, I believe that what you inserted shows blatant bias towards one side. There is a difference between talking about different points of view and endorsing a particular point of view. Aspening (talk) 19:59, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- After reading more of the article, I see how it is neutral, and it does display both sides to an extent. But my "blatant bias", I believe, is just stating the facts, and I would like to know where exactly it is biased, so as to edit it accordingly. ~Prudence — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.121.190.11 (talk) 20:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- I found the phrases "Then soon the Free Speech Movement became the Dirty Speech Movement, in which freedom was seen as shouting four-letter words into a mike" and "the hippie world of drugs" to be overly negative. Also, the source cited (How Should We Then Live?) seems like it could have some bias, though I wasn't able to look at it directly. Aspening (talk) 20:16, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- Ok. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.121.190.11 (talk) 20:18, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- I found the phrases "Then soon the Free Speech Movement became the Dirty Speech Movement, in which freedom was seen as shouting four-letter words into a mike" and "the hippie world of drugs" to be overly negative. Also, the source cited (How Should We Then Live?) seems like it could have some bias, though I wasn't able to look at it directly. Aspening (talk) 20:16, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- After reading more of the article, I see how it is neutral, and it does display both sides to an extent. But my "blatant bias", I believe, is just stating the facts, and I would like to know where exactly it is biased, so as to edit it accordingly. ~Prudence — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.121.190.11 (talk) 20:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- Please provide specific examples of where you think the existing article does not display both sides equally. On the contrary, I believe that what you inserted shows blatant bias towards one side. There is a difference between talking about different points of view and endorsing a particular point of view. Aspening (talk) 19:59, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
- The Wikipedia page on neutrality states that the information must not be biased, and must display both sides equally. I believe both sides should be displayed equally, however, neutrality on the Free Speech Movement page seems to only display one viewpoint, rather than give both sides. I think it changed from being neutral, and displaying both sides, to stepping on eggshells, as it were, to avoid triggering someone. I believe the neutrality statement would allow for my segment of information, because it displays another side to the facts. Thank you for your insight. ~Prudence — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.121.190.11 (talk) 19:57, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
Cyclebiker
I've blocked him. I saw the same spam earlier today and warned the IP. Doug Weller talk 21:23, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Doug Weller: Gotcha. Thanks Aspening (talk) 21:25, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
GUY BEING MEAN ABOUT EDITS
Why should i describe my edit to yall
- scoffs — Preceding unsigned comment added by GxOxAxT (talk • contribs) 19:28, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
- @GxOxAxT: don't remove infoboxes without a valid reason Aspening (talk) 19:47, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
Kenneth Moore
His wife did an interview on television and its included in her book regarding his death where she quoted that he was originally diagnosed with Parkinson's, it was later revised as MAS. She quoted she never left their home for four year nursing him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4x4 special (talk • contribs) 19:49, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
- @4x4 special: When editing Wikipedia, you need to cite credible sources. Please see our pages on reliable sources and citing your sources. Aspening (talk) 19:52, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
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On 8 March 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gun Runner (horse), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Gun Runner (pictured) won the 2017 Whitney Stakes with another horse's shoe caught in his tail? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gun Runner (horse). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gun Runner (horse)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. It's kind of dying down as far as you're concerned (reporting editor blocked), but I've extended the discussion and your input would be welcome. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:35, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
(For the record, the discussion can be found here. The community saw nothing wrong with my behavior (routine UAA patrolling) and another editor whom I have never interacted with was given an ArbCom block for harassment.) Aspening (talk) 16:31, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
Cyclebiker SPI
Sorry to take so long to do this. You're right and I've blocked and tagged them both. Thanks very much. Doug Weller talk 17:59, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Doug Weller: Thanks for helping! Aspening (talk) 21:35, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
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Maximum Security (horse) moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Maximum Security (horse), does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:
" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 23:40, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: This article is about the subject of a current event. I was actively editing this article and popped over to another newly created article related to the same event to finish something else up. The article subject obviously passes WP:GNG and is likely to experience extremely high levels of expansion over the next couple of days. I was just about to add reliable, independent sources to this article, and I think this was a very premature move, especially considering the extremely limited exposure from potential editors this article would receive in draftspace. I can easily have a rudimentary article up in an hour or two, ready for expansion. Aspening (talk) 23:53, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
- Moving an unsourced article about a current event that isn't going to be fully formed for a minimum of an hour or two is very much not premature. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 00:02, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: The article is reliably sourced now. I would also note that Country House (horse), which is receiving roughly the same amount of coverage right now, was allowed to remain in article space even while actively being worked on. Aspening (talk) 00:25, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Right, other new page patrollers tend not to be as aware of draftifying new articles as I am, so they tend to have much lower standards. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 04:28, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: The whole reason I saved the article as it was was to avoid edit conflicts. When creating or editing articles about subjects of current events, it is highly likely you will edit conflict if you add more than a paragraph or so of work. Edit conflicts can be a mess to work through if they are not straightforward fixes, so I try to avoid edit conflicts as much as possible. I saved the article to allow other editors to edit if need be while I pulled up the necessary info for the infobox (and finished up some work on the other article), only to find that the article I created wasn't there. Article creation, especially with subjects of current events, is a collaborative process, and the way I edit articles about subjects of current events is different as a result. It seemed that you assumed I wasn't just about to add sources, which was an inappropriate assumption. Aspening (talk) 15:18, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Right, other new page patrollers tend not to be as aware of draftifying new articles as I am, so they tend to have much lower standards. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 04:28, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- @I dream of horses: The article is reliably sourced now. I would also note that Country House (horse), which is receiving roughly the same amount of coverage right now, was allowed to remain in article space even while actively being worked on. Aspening (talk) 00:25, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
- Moving an unsourced article about a current event that isn't going to be fully formed for a minimum of an hour or two is very much not premature. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 00:02, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
Through my years as a new page patroller, I have found assuming someone won't add sources is very appropriate. You'd be surprise how naive people are of Wikipedias' policies. This is an assumption of ignorance, not an assumption of bad faith. In this case, it might've been a wrong assumption, but it's been correct enough times that's it's probably best to add sources to an article when you first publish it. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 15:43, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Please, check the cited page
Please, check my page which contains many different calendar constructions. You will be convinced that it deserves citing.
- @Valhrist: please see WP:EL - your edit was reverted because of self-promoting external links --Aspening (talk) 18:21, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
Added candidate Michael J. LaPierre
I am sorry to be a pain. However, I have announced my candidacy for U.S. Senate and am trying to get this on Wikipedia. What am I doing wrong? Not sure what you mean by neutral? Everything I said is factual.(Michaellapierre (talk) 03:24, 25 May 2019 (UTC))
- @Michaellapierre: Please have a look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy - while the neutral point of view template wasn't the best one to use, editing about yourself is strongly discouraged. I'm also not finding any reliable sources about your candidacy. All facts on Wikipedia must be backed up by reliable sources that are independent of the subject, and original research is not allowed. Aspening (talk) 03:28, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
Birth and death categories
Hi Aspening. Please don't put horses into human birth and death categories, like you did here. Please check your AWB edits and remove the incorrect categories. — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:39, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
- @JJMC89: Sorry about that - I'm new to AWB and didn't realize it was doing that. I think I fixed my AWB but I'll keep an eye out for changes like that in the future AspeningAWB (talk) 00:45, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
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I've noticed your reply to her name-change request. What she put in the reason field, however, isn't her actual reason for the request. What she's done is copy my reason, due to her being lazy I suppose, which is right above her request. She is not requesting a courtesy vanish, she's merely requesting a name change. I am requesting a courtesy vanish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crns (talk • contribs) 21:38, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Crns: Makes sense. I was scrolling from the bottom up and saw Studentsindia's request first. Aspening (talk) 21:45, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
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And thanks for your help! :) ‐‐1997kB (talk) 02:51, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
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American College of Trial Lawyers page
Hello Aspening, I am responding to your email regarding the updates I made to the American College of Trial Lawyers page. The updates are correct. I am Communications Manager (https://www.actl.com/contact) for the organization. The updates are fact based,based on decisions made the organization's Executive Committee, our member database, and historical records. I would appreciate if those updates are not flagged.
Thank you. Ebgano Ebgano (talk) 15:26, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Ebgano: The reason I reverted your edits was because they were not written with a neutral point of view, had inappropriate external links, and inexplicably removed the conflict of interest tag. Attempts to hide a conflict of interest or to edit an article directly with a conflict of interest are frowned upon. Please have a look at the Wikipedia policy on neutral point of view, the external link policy, and the conflict of interest policy. Aspening (talk) 23:28, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
Added link to XPS Pensions Group
Hi, please can you let me know why you removed the reference to XPS Pensions Group? Thanks Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.46.213.82 (talk) 14:34, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
- I reverted your edit because external links do not belong on disambiguation pages, and because Wikipedia is not to be used for promotional purposes. Aspening (talk) 14:43, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
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Regarding founder of SKMCH Muzaffarpur
I had edited the page by including Raghunath Pandey as one of the founding member of the college & hospital. But you restored the same. Matter should not be biased but reality should also be maintained. 1.Do you know who was 1st chairman of the college & hospital? 2. The college is named after whom? 3.What is story behind its foundation?
You must to give answer of the mentioned questions.
Kindly also visit to "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghunath_Pandey For further discussion you contact me.
Thank you. PRAKASH PUNJ (talk) 03:41, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
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Specific
Hi, I'm Timothy Glykis 2 (talk) 10:34, 21 July 2019 (UTC) Timothy Glykis 2, can you be more specific. What should I do next?
- I'm now retired from Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothy Glykis 2 (talk • contribs) 10:36, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
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