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TheFinalTrophyWife, good luck, and have fun. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 11:11, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

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Please help me with... What is the reason for this : "Tags: Visual edit possible BLP issue or vandalism"

This came up after I added the information about his wife founding a nonprofit organization. She also has a Wikipedia page which states the same information.

"He married Leslie Baker Graves in 1983.[12] Graves founded the Lucy Burns Institute, a nonprofit organization that publishes Ballotpedia.[41][42]" TheFinalTrophyWife (talk) 13:01, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

There is an algorithm that keeps track of edits made, in particular by new users, and certain types of edits flag certain warning messages. However, it's not perfect (big surprise there), hence the "possible" rather than just "this is a definite BLP issue". Assuming your references are solid, there's really nothing to worry about. If you want more help, change the {{help me-helped}} back into a {{help me}}, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 13:52, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for answering my question, Primefac.

June 2020

Hi TheFinalTrophyWife! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia — it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 14:06, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank You, Rich.

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Please help me with... How do I Deal with a Self-Referential article in citations ...?

I’m New. How do I Deal with a Self-Referential article in citations? If a Wikipedia Page includes citations that are provided from the Subjects own Personal Website, or a website that they are in control of, what is the protocol? Should it be deleted? Is it Flagged? Also, what it the correct terminology for this sort of citation?

For example:

From the Leslie Graves Wiki Article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Graves_(nonprofit_executive)

‘Graves has also worked as a homemaker, in community theater, and in Catholic ministry.[10]’

The citation linked is to the website of the Non-profit run by Leslie Graves:

http://www.lucyburns.org/about/our-staff

but then it runs through to the website Ballotpedia.org, which is also run by Leslie Graves :

https://ballotpedia.org/Lucy_Burns_Institute

What would be the proper protocol to handle this kind of situation?

Thank you..

TheFinalTrophyWife (talk) 00:27, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

This is verging on a content dispute rather than a question about how to edit Wikipedia - that would make it an inappropriate use of the {{help me}} template.

A primary source may be used for uncontroversial facts. If you think the fact needs a better source, you have several options.

• Remove the content you are challenging with an edit summary saying something like 'needs a better source'. This is the preferred option for contentious items about living persons.
• Tag the content with a template like {{better source needed}}
• Find a better source yourself and replace the existing one

Note that Ballotpedia is considered user-generated content and is not particularly acceptable as a source (even though I've used it occasionally myself). — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:05, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice, and for the info on Ballotpedia.

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Please help me with... How can I find more information on resolving 'content dispute'? TheFinalTrophyWife (talk) 01:59, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. GoingBatty (talk) 02:16, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

THANK YOU, GoingBatty..

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Please help me with... Where can I find more information on dealing with the topic of political bias in Wikipedia Articles? TheFinalTrophyWife (talk) 02:03, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

You might wish to read our policy on neutral point of view, which lays out article neutrality. We don't claim all of our articles are neutral, but we do aspire towards it. Is there a particular article you take issue with? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 02:33, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Captain. Nice Frigate. : )

Not an easy topic, but there's also WP:Neutral point of view/FAQ and Ideological bias on Wikipedia. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:44, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, Jim.. I thought it probably would be one of the more tricky things to deal with in editing Wikipedia..

On some article's talkpages, like Talk:Barack Obama and Talk:Donald Trump, there's a "This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:", you may find interesting stuff there. There's also WP:PRESS 20. Not all are about politics, but some are. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:39, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Tack.

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Please help me with... What Exactly is a member of a ‘SockFarm’..? Does this mean a person who gets paid to edit Wikipedia? TheFinalTrophyWife (talk) 10:44, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

A member of a group of WP:SOCKs. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:12, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Tack Själv, Gråbergssång.

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Please help me with... Can PubMed / www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov and other peer-reviewed / scholarly article be cited for Wikipedia articles? If so, can they be cited in non scientific articles? TheFinalTrophyWife (talk) 23:33, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, and there are even templates you can use for these, such as Template:PMID, Template:NCBI-handbook, Template:NCBI RefSeq, and Template:NCBI taxid. GoingBatty (talk) 00:39, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

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