User talk:Bagofscrews

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As pointed out, we don't allow the Daily Mail as a source outside of very limited circumstances due to its general unreliability and alarmism on stories. If you can find an equal source that meets our perennial reliable source policy, it's certainly welcome. Nate • (chatter) 05:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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January 2022

Hello, I'm Sjö. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Strange laws, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Sjö (talk) 15:42, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sjo. What if you participate to improve Wikipedia by adding the source. It would have to be 50 sources, 1 per state. Everyone knows the laws. So I think this removal was not needed. You just going around policing to feel better about yourself? Bagofscrews (talk) 15:58, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spot on!

Thanks for your edits at Twelve Tribes communities, it really helps! By the way, have you edited at Wikipedia before? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 02:08, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits

Regarding your recent edit ([1]) on Twelve Tribes communities, please use WP:EL as your standard, not other articles. Wikipedia is always in a state of editing for improvement, and as such, suggesting that an article do something because that's how it is on another is not valid support. Only rely on WP's actual guidelines, policies, and manual of style. There is no requirement that an EL be positive, negative, or neutral. If it is negative but from a reliable source, it may be included. Some of what you removed would fall under WP:ELMAYBE. Next, be careful that your edit only removes what you intend. The edit in question took out a Wikimedia Commons template necessary for cross linking in the project. Lastly, trim down your edit summaries (WP:SUMMARYNO). Use the talk page if necessary for more involved explanation. We'd rather see you use an edit summary than none at all, but find a happy middle ground. ButlerBlog (talk) 14:58, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Butlerblog, anything better to do than act like a stalker, setting yourself up to get alerts each time someone like me makes and edit, and then give them a plethora of complaints over their edit? That’s nothing new. I’ll bet there’s as much bad to say about your edits if someone wanted to. Is this a way for you to derive some satisfaction, by getting to point out faults? Bagofscrews (talk) 23:01, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would encourage you to read WP:GOODFAITH as "assume good faith" is a fundamental principle here. You're a newer editor and I'm merely addressing specifics of your edit in regards to the specific guidelines noted. Notice that I addressed your edits and not you personally, whereas you called me a stalker. We don't make personal attacks here (see: WP:NPA). ButlerBlog (talk) 02:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You can’t live up to the policies either. I didn’t call you a stalker. I asked you if you had anything better to do than act like one. You aren’t acting in good faith here just digging up policies upon policies to catch people violating. There’s enough of these to hang anyone here. There’s a policy on welcoming newcomers, and certainly this isn’t being done. Bagofscrews (talk) 03:33, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]