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Happy editing! Cheers, Doug Weller talk 16:21, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Did you come here because of a suggestion offwiki? edit
I would appreciate you're being frank about this. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 08:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
- I truly have not, I saw linked in a board/talk page (I forget which), a Reddit post or Twitter thread that I think was referring to info missing or edits made on people's articles. Although I didn't read it other than the title, and that was after I made my account and first edit on Mick West's page.
- The only real info I got was from Matt Ford's podcast, which I personally don't think did a great job of presenting what was actually going on or what the normal processes are for Wikipedia. I have been looking for ways to possibly get involved with this topic in ways that can help bring awareness to what is going on in the US congress, with whistleblowers, in media, etc., so that is my reasoning for attempting to edit.
- Also, I've only made a single edit, which was revoked in less than an hour. The response I've seen from just that are pretty astounding given that I made a pretty innocent sourcing error which was so short lived. I only edited West's page since it was the only one that wasn't locked for me out of the people I was interested in. Atreon (talk) 16:00, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
- See below. We don't expect new users to be aware of our policies and guidelines. I hope you read the link you deleted. If you didn't read the edit summary of the deletion, it said " the wikipedia content was analyzing rather than summarizing the cited source. The cited source describes West as an expert on UFO report analysis, and was mostly an interview. Citation requirements are higher for this subject due to WP:BLP and WP:FRIND". I'm going to give you a welcome notice. Doug Weller talk 16:21, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
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JoJo Anthrax (talk) 08:20, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
BLP is also covered by CTOP procedures edit
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- Can you be more specific about what edit I made related to gender? I've not written anything referring to anyone's gender, at least definitely not intentionally. Very sorry if I did something to upset someone. Atreon (talk) 15:46, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
- Mick West's page is related. These alerts are just informative. They are often given to new users who edit in related areas so that they are aware that we are stricter in those areas. Always good to read Talk pages of possibly related areas. Doug Weller talk 16:18, 26 January 2024 (UTC)