March 2024 edit

  Hello, I'm ThaddeusSholto. I noticed that you recently removed content from Sa'sa' Massacre without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 13:52, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

hi, I'm new to editing. so I'm still figuring things out. However I am trying to get rid of one source here as it is from a discredited historian. how do I go about that. Thanks for your comment. Lifeisgood12345 (talk) 13:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
You have been blanking sources from multiple authors, not just one. You are clearly here with an agenda and your edits come close to violating WP:ARBECR. Article pages are for discussion of the articles. Blanking is vandalism. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 13:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
no agenda. I thought it was one author? Can you maybe explain the rules to me so I understand better, not sure what you mean by blanking Lifeisgood12345 (talk) 13:58, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
This edit deals with Norman Finkelstein and this edit and this comment with Ilan Pappé. Two different authors. Blanking is the removal of content without reason or discussion. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 14:00, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
ok well my point with getting rid of them is that its false information from sketchy sources, how do I get rid of it the right way? Lifeisgood12345 (talk) 14:58, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
You don't. Finkelstein is a reliable source as is Pappé. These have been discussed in the proper venue, Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 15:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
ok now I clearly see how elitist and hostile this platform is. You are a group of a few dozen people who think you have a monopoly on truth and will gladly spread misleading or flat out lies to serve a point. This is why nobody wants to edit here anymore and people believe that nothing is reliable on Wikipedia. For just one example of hundreds that I have seen and documented in the last year, on Musa Alami's Wikipedia entry it says that he was viewed by many as the leader of the Palestinian Arabs in the 1940s. It claims that using a source that I went and checked. The sources does not say that at all. This is a constant problem on Wikipedia, I try to change the is one thing to what it actually says, and it gets changed back. Whatever its not worth talking to you about this. Good day. Lifeisgood12345 (talk) 15:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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