TomDeMonaco

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Hello, TomDeMonaco, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one of your contributions does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.

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July 2023

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to 1912 Summer Olympics, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. The term "Natural Olympics" is not used in any widespread sense to refer to the games. Do not add it to the article. —C.Fred (talk) 02:28, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Dont worry, I understand it, and I wont do that again.

I was a little confused by the responses I received when I asked a question at the Help Desk, because I raised the issue respectfully, and was treated like a fool, which disappointed me a little. I am not someone of the crystal generation, nor was I trying to do it with a bad intention. TomDeMonaco (talk) 06:20, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

You are welcome to edit as long as you comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Wikipedia is not a place to right great wrongs. Wikipedia is not for any type of advocacy. Experienced editors have encountered every form of advocacy known to human beings, and we push back promptly on all of them. The only type of advocacy we permit is support of a free, well referenced, neutrally written encyclopedia in every significant language on Earth. Cullen328 (talk) 09:08, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

I understand, and I apologize for that. Anyway, don't worry. I will not use my account, as I have had a bad experience, it is a "toxic" community without any sense of respect or empathy. It was not like that before, since more than 7 years ago, I was in the community, editing small things, adding sources, and contributing. It was a cultured, respectful, and friendly community. And apparently, it is no longer a shadow of its former self.

And, Right Great Wrongs for writing "natural"? Really?

Someone has serious paranoia issues. I know what RGW is, and it's NOT at all promotional, as NOTHING is enhanced or belittled.

And now I'm even being labeled as wanting to impose my way of thinking, and much worse.

Would it make any sense to at least contribute with something else?

I don't think so. I was an admin for a while and I know that any post I make, will most likely be watched and probably denied, because at least some other admin saved my IP, and I would only be wasting time coding, researching, and then being denied.

Now, wikipedia is a repository of information that is managed ONLY by its administrators, who are hostile to any kind of help and the only thing they "accept" from people, are corrections, collecting sources and being helpful with errors, NOTHING more than that.

In short, I tried to be respectful, kind, and responsible, believing that this would be a friendly community. Now I understand why wikipedia is going to ruin.

I want to inform that I will showand save all the messages I have received just for posting.

It was NEVER necessary to be rude to me, when I was respectful, and responsible with my posts.

Don't bother responding, I won't read it. TomDeMonaco (talk) 09:55, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

I do not care whether or not you read this, but much of what you have written above is demonstrably false, but we can just let it be. Meanwhile, Wikipedia gets tens of billions of pageviews each month, so a lot of people worldwide appreciate our work. Cullen328 (talk) 18:06, 8 July 2023 (UTC)