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As a footnote, I removed the image you added in your edit. I don't think it's relevant to the topic really. You can read WP:IMAGE RELEVANCE for tips on when to include images. Additionally, when adding images, make sure they do not disrupt the flow of the article and are properly placed. Your image was a little low and flowed into the next heading. Good luck and thanks for your contributions so far! Jargon777 Leave a message 15:46, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

OK thanks. I did create a gallery though. Hope that's OK. They are all very important people when we talk about LGBT rights in Croatia so I thought it would be good to have their pictures here. It makes article look better and more interesting to read.

The problem I had was they were all politicians, and there isn't a lot written about them. Maybe if you could trim it down to one really important politician. Pictures of protests or demonstrations would be better suited to the article, or maybe a photo of the leader of one of the movements that has helped gain rights for LGBTQ people. When you add an image it should be strongly related, if a politician isn't a vocal supporter I would question the need for an image, especially in the absence of a section about them. I'm not Croatian though, so I don't know how much these politicians actually did for LGBTQ rights. There are tons of people that support these rights, but not every one of them needs an image in the article. It's up to you though, I won't remove the images if you add them, but when people clean up the article they may eventually get removed. Jargon777 Leave a message 17:00, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Ah right, I understand. I did leave two of them who have been very much involved in supporting gay rights through last 12 years, so hopefully they will stay there.

Looks better. I also think there might be some WP:NPOV issues with the section you added on IVF. I mentioned it on the article's talk page, but since you wrote the section I'm also going to bring this up with you. Basically, you make some allegations about HDZ that aren't really cited and appear to push the POV that this party is propped by the Church. References that you add should also be next to sentences or paragraphs that take data from those places (see WP:Inline Citations and WP:Referencing for beginners) and should be reliable sources. Inferring things that are not in your citations (such as allegations that the Church is influencing policy) shouldn't be included if there are no sources to verify the claim. Jargon777 Leave a message 17:38, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

I understand. I am working on it now and will modify paragraph according to the resources I have. Thanx

As you can see I have modified paragraph about IVF and made sure that all the statements have sources, so I think there should be no questions about it now. Thanx

Yes it's much better now. I cleaned up the grammar and references and took off the tag. You can look over my changes since I removed a little content too. Jargon777 Leave a message 15:15, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

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Please stop attacking other editors, as you did on LGBT rights in Croatia. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. – Plarem ^{(User talk)} 14:25, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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Please assume good faith in your dealings with other editors, which you did not on LGBT rights in Croatia. Assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. – Plarem ^{(User talk)} 15:23, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you make personal attacks on other people, as you did at User talk:United Union. Comment on content, not on fellow editors. "And work on your grammar along with your mate there" – Plarem ^{(User talk)} 16:08, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

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@Bbb23: I would like to highlight the pattern of disruptive and inflammatory behaviour by Plarem that may have led 11raccoon1 to overreact. Plarem appears to have been skirting the edit-warring guidelines over a large number LGBT related articles in a very short time, refer to the extensive evidence at Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Talk:LGBT_rights_in_Croatia.23.27Public_promotion_of_LGBT_issues.27_bias_discussion. In particular:

• 2014-08-22 22:54 LGBT_rights_in_Croatia - non-civil edit comment: "That's what the lead is for, dumbass"
• 2014-08-22 19:09 Talk:LGBT_rights_in_Croatia - personal attack "I also think he should go back to school, do an English language course, or just shut up."

Hopefully 11raccoon1 has had a break from editing for day to reflect on the edit war guidelines, which are in place to protect everyone. However, this is an element of natural justice that should be seen to come to play, and we should take care that those that have sufficient experience to know how to game the system are not misusing that knowledge to tempt less experienced editors into problems, without being admonished for their disruptive behaviour in turn. I recommend that this block is lifted so that all parties can make a positive contribution to the existing dispute resolution process.

As far as I am aware I have no prior connection to 11raccoon1, neither have I been approached or involved in any way in this dispute, until I chose to take a closer look into Plarem's edit history this morning. --Fæ (talk) 12:46, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

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When encountering editors like Plarem it's always best to keep your cool and it's never okay to edit war. It will get you blocked, even if your edits are correct. I've never encountered Plarem before so I don't know his editing patterns but you will encounter editors that play games and essentially goad other editors into violating the three-revert rule or to become uncivil and get themselves blocked. Don't fall into that trap. Walk away and come back later and if an editor is POV-pushing like Plarem is on LGBT articles, report him, don't battle him. freshacconci talk to me 18:43, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

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