Doublehelixguy

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I'm a local expert based in New Orleans, LA and work in the development industry. I enjoy reading and editing anything related to the Gulf Coast and the Southern United States.

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User:BigDwiki, let me just say that this user's name is perfectly acceptable. Now, DoubleGuy, when you said "this page has been defamed by a disgruntled tenant of the building and legal action is being pursued against them", you were saying a couple of tricky things. First of all, were you implying that BigDwiki is that tenant? They're a Republican, they claim, and that's sad of course, but I don't get from their user page that they're living in Mobile, in that building. In other words, you better read WP:AGF. Next, you should consider that edits like this one are laughably promotional and will always get reverted, because we don't do that.
Finally, are you really threatening legal action against a Wikipedia editor, or possibly Wikipedia? That will get you blocked immediately. And besides, are you really the kind of person who threatens legal action against a person over some words on the Internet? That's kind of ... lame. In other words--please be careful. I am looking forward to watching you add neutral and verified information on a historic building in my homestate. That would be great, Roll Tide. All that other stuff, I will be happy to block you for it. Drmies (talk) 00:12, 22 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hi Drmies - Thanks for your feedback. Please note a few things. The edits were made in an effort to correct earlier postings that were citing inaccurate and false information regarding the building, it's maintenance, ownership, and overall operation. There is no intention to provide promotional content but accurate, factual information straight from the source, the company which owns the property. While I am not affiliated with them in any way I do know members of their staff and as such can provide first-hand details regarding the operation and details which no one else would be able to provide. Finally regarding any legal matter, there was no threat of any kind, however per 28 U.S. Code § 4101 the act of defamation is being committed through the false and harmful statements being made and because of the prevalence of Wikipedia could be construted as material, factual statements potentially causing harm. I can only assume Wikipedia does not stand for the harm, mistreatment, or other degradation of anyone. Doublehelixguy (talk) 02:21, 22 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

I suggest you look up defamation carefully. For one, truth is not defamation. While something may not be rosy and positive, as long as it is true it is not defamatory. Wikipedia is a neutral place. All articles and edits must remain neutral. Neutrality at its heart means that edits may not be overly positive and they may not be overly negative. On the articles that you seem to be interested in, you will find edits that are both positive and negative towards the subject. As long as these edits are properly sourced, they are allowed and encouraged. Original research is not allowed here, so any factual dispute that you have needs to be taken up with the source that was cited. Feel free to add your own positive edits to counter what you seem to feel are negative edits. As long as they are properly sourced, maybe they will help balance out the page. There are obviously some articles on Wikipedia that are entirely negative towards the source. There are some very notable criminals that have their own articles that would probably prefer for the entire article to be deleted. But, as long as general reporting and information from reliable sources is cited, the information should remain. BigDwiki (talk) 02:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

BigDwiki Just as a reference, defamation^[1] is defined as "the action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel" and slander ^[2] or libel are defined as, "the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation." In both cases, the statements which were edited were not only clear and exact actions that would rise to the level of defamation and slander but more importantly to your point, had no reference or source materials and were clearly someones "original research". If the bar is to be statements made only in the case of clear and unfettered, accurate, reliable, unbiased source material then the nature of the article was severely lacking in all of those requirements.Doublehelixguy (talk) 02:54, 22 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

DoublehelixGuy, I'm just a simple person, and your sentences are way too long for me. Ima just point you to WP:NLT and tell you that I will block you if you fall foul of that. BigDwiki, I cannot come up with any good reason for you to be hanging out on this talk page; it would be a really good idea for you to stay out of this matter and the article. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:53, 22 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

Make sure you log in when you edit...I scrubbed the history to protect your privacy. Drmies (talk) 01:25, 23 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

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