User talk:Knowitall369

Hello, Knowitall369, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your work on Israeli animal spy conspiracy theories (or whatever the article is called now). I hope you like the place and decide to make more contributions. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Thanks! Knowitall369 (talk) 14:47, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

BLP issues on Greta Berlin

I'd rather not take this to BLP noticeboard, so please explain why your using non WP:RS sources for a BLP is NOT against policy at the talk page. CarolMooreDC 02:36, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've discussed this at the Talk page there. I'll just add: It would probably be better in the future to take this first to the Talk page before making substantive deletions on claimed WP:BLP grounds. Also, a different tone would be appreciated; you'll excuse me if I took you to be a wee bit patronizing. Knowitall369 (talk) 03:24, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 2012

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I beg to differ, but in the interest of avoiding dispute, I will take a 24 hour rest. I will also urge you to read the Talk page before you engage in further heavy-handed chopping of the entry itself. Knowitall369 (talk) 18:59, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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A-Rod

Just a heads up, A-Rod isn't officially retired. He was released and is now a free agent but is not retired. Taffe316 (talk) 02:18, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Knowitall369 (talk) 17:22, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hayes

In my experience, when editors overreach, and try to put too much negative material into a biography of a living person, the result is often that every last word of it gets wiped clean. This can usually be avoided by being more circumspect. Your call. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 09:30, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not emotionally attached here; I think it's relevant information to the brouhaha, but am happy to defer to your judgment. I return the call to you. Knowitall369 (talk) 09:35, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, if you can find any source that Wikipedia considers to be reliable (WP:RS) that alludes to or in any other way mentions or refers to the material in question from FPM, then the FPM stuff can remain with an added footnote to the reliable source. Otherwise, I think just citing FPM alone is not going to work out, both because of the lack of a mainstream reliable source, and also because this stuff is now taking up such a huge percentage of the BLP (see WP:Undue weight).Anythingyouwant (talk) 18:18, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see how the article in which author X alleges Y can fail to be a reliable source for the fact that X alleges Y. I can see how you can argue that the article is not a reliable source for Y. But you couldn't possibly find a more reliable source for the fact that X alleges Y (WP:BIASED). But, as I said, I have no particular investment here. Do as you think best.Knowitall369 (talk) 18:29, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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A page you created has been nominated for deletion as an attack page, according to section G10 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

Do not create pages that attack, threaten, or disparage their subject. Attack pages and files are not tolerated by Wikipedia, and users who create or add such material may be blocked from editing. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:31, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain to me why you think the page "attacks, threatens or disparages." It is a neutral and well-sourced page about a notable figure, whose fame is primarily in connection with an ongoing murder investigation. If you feel something in particular "attacks, threatens or disparages," please remove it. The decision to remove the entire page is inexplicable. Knowitall369 (talk) 00:30, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, the only threat I can see in connection with the page is your threat to block me from editing. Knowitall369 (talk) 00:32, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You only get blocked if you continue to create attack pages. So I suggest you stop creating these types of pages. As an occasion, your article has been tagged for being too libelious/harassing. 2600:1:B141:D50B:9D59:CA56:5048:1B1C (talk) 01:02, 11 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I'm truly sorry that you perceived the Twinkle notification I left you as a threat. It's understandable that you might see it as such, though I'm sure it's meant to be only a warning. As far as I can remember, I've never tagged a page as G10 before, and so wasn't aware of what the notification would look like. Please accept my apologies.
I see that you also posted on my talk-page. Since you posted at the top rather the bottom of the page, I missed that. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:23, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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POV changes not supported by sources in Quds Day + Hassan Salama

Hello. User SpidErxD made a series of changes (without previous discussion) which are not supported by given sources. For example, he replaced "oppose Zionism and Israel's existence" for "Zionist Regime's existence" (later changed by Nableezy for simply "oppose Zionism and Israel") despite the BBC clearly says:

"The idea behind Jerusalem Day rallies was to gather all fasting Muslims every year on the last Friday of Ramadan to show their opposition to the existence of Israel."

Another example. He changed the original "voicing anti-Semitic attacks" for "anti-zionist attacks" despite Katajun Amirpur says:

"One could easily come to the conclusion that anti-Semitism and a hostile attitude towards Jews are deeply rooted in Iranian society."

Later he made a series of changes to assert the fact that only "Zionist organizations" protest against Quds Day, which is not the case. Many Jewish and non-Jewish organizations and politicians expressed their rejection as well. Would you mind taking a look at those recent changes? Also you may want to take a look at this strange POV redaction. Thanks.--181.110.134.245 (talk) 01:44, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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"They're fighting to destroy Israel, and their fight is seasoned with Jew-hatred"

This is a BLP smear: [1]; please self-revert. --K.e.coffman (talk) 21:20, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comments. "BLP smear" is not a term with which I am familiar. The comment you deleted was the negative opinion of a journalist that immediately follows the positive opinion of a different journalist about a key controversy concerning the subject of the entry. It seems to me that NPOV forbids me from retaining the positive one and deleting the negative one simply because the latter is critical.Knowitall369 (talk) 22:45, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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