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August 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would ask that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on Talk:Genesis creation narrative. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Dougweller (talk) 11:47, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

911 article

I see you are involved in a dispute at the 911 article. Just would like to inform you that you will not make any progress on the matter. The topic has come up again and again about the unbalance of the article (in that no proper mention of the so called "Alternative Theories" is there). This is the main reason the article was demoted from GA status .. see Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/September 11 attacks/2. I am not a believer in anyway of "Alternative Theories" but can face the fact its had a very big cultural impact. You will find those that watch over the article are simply scared of confronting the topic in the article. Even CNN poked fun at the article over this.Moxy (talk) 18:46, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the note. I won't waste too much time on it, but I really didn't think I was requesting anything too bizarre.--Louisstar (talk) 18:50, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I agree not asking much - you will find that many article here have WP:own problems of this nature.Moxy (talk) 19:20, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I came here to say the same thing. I was literally told, believe it or not: "Wikipedia doesn't care about the truth; it only cares about reflecting the mainstream perspective." I made arguments, using credible sources and making key points, and yet I was threatened with being banned from that discussion page if I ever posted there again. Thanks to my efforts though, they did eventually include a brief paragraph mentioning that there even are alternative theories (‘conspiracy theories’ (which they keep on a separate page.) This paragraph was watered down a lot from what I’d originally proposed and I see now that even this has since been replaced with an even more watered down version, which only mentions the other theories in a single line. The ones managing this 9/11 article are strictly against anything which questions the official story, period. Neurolanis (talk) 22:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I think that they manipulate. Normally, marginal ideas are banned according to WP standards:marginal conspiracy. However, in some cases like international conflict or here the "official account" believers are not in overwhelming majority. Actually, Opinion polls about 9/11 conspiracy theories say that they are in minority: "46 percent of those surveyed said al Qaeda was responsible, 15 percent said the U.S. government". So, they cannot silence the voice saying that you are marginal and phenomenon is not "cultural". They therefore use harassment: distort your words, label you as conspiracy therrorist and etc. Sometimes they openly say that Wikipedia works as positive feedback (something published becomes truth), therefore only kosher, Nazi-approved, theories are allowed to be published in WP, no matter how popular the alternatives are. You will not be able to penetrate the wall. Actually, you have no support there not because you are alone with your opinion but because others have been intimidated and threatened already. One mechanism of manipulation is to keep the ground clean of dissident voice. Harassment helps a lot here. Also, I wonder how WP:own works only in one direction. Why we hear only imperialistic account (US elites and Israelis, who manage to suppress the Palestinian voice). I understand why US imperialism dominates the international media. However, it is shocking how blatantly the self-censorship outperforms the CNN imbalance here, at the key heights of the free Internet. --Javalenok (talk) 13:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Benjamin Earl (March 10)

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Onel5969 (talk) 16:56, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello! Louisstar, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Onel5969 (talk) 16:56, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

March 2015

Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page Metro Bowl has an edit summary that appears to be inaccurate or inappropriate. Please use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did, and feel free to use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do. Thank you. TheMesquito^buzz 05:16, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Also, to add to this, you should always assume good faith, even if it does not look very good. Saying something like "That looks like dog vomit, please don't do it again" could be construed as a personal attack, although i assumed you just used a bit stronger words then you wanted to. Thanks, TheMesquito^buzz 05:20, 16 March 2015 (UTC)assumeed

Wasn't meant to be a personal attack at all. I just couldn't believe there was so much junk in an intro. It looked like someone just dropped their personal notes about the metro bowl into the intro. Anyhow, thanks for the reminder, it was more of a 'jokey' comment. But you know, we're not allowed to make jokes on Wikipedia, because it's not real life here. --Louisstar (talk) 00:35, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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Flat Out let's discuss it 11:15, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

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