User talk:Twillisjr

Please don't add YouTube channels to "External links" sections

Please don't add YouTube channels to "External links" sections - in nearly all cases that would be a violation of WP:EL and WP:NOTDIR. Thanks! ElKevbo (talk) 20:03, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please also change this on Jeffree Star Twillisjr (talk) 20:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May 2024

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August 2024

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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. He has a ref showing he was a seal, but he does not have an English Wikipedia article showing his notability. You have been warned about this before, so you should know this already. Meters (talk) 23:47, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussion about Together California

Hello, Twillisjr

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Removal of content

Hello @Twillisjr:, I wanted to give you a quick heads up that I removed the Lamplighter text from the Internal Affairs article along with a bit more reasoning of why.

Since Wikipedia is WP:NOTDICTIONARY, terms/words need to be able to be sourced to reliable secondary sources showing their use in that particular context. The two included references for the Lamplighter text were a primary source (the Lamplighter Projects organization page), and a secondary source pointing to the Lamplighter Project. It may be worth looking at WP:NOTNEO for a more specific explanation of the need for secondary sources for words. Also worth noting, text should generally not be interested into the lede paragraph of an article since the lede summarizes the body.

Before removing the text, I attempted to find better sourcing to replace the two references but was unable to find any secondary sources that used that specific term. If you can find reliable sources which state something similar to "Police whistleblowers, commonly known as lamplighters" then that would be a sufficient secondary source for the term. I wouldn't necessarily put it into the IA article though, maybe an article on police corruption?

Awshort (talk) 21:21, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Twillisjr: Please do not add material to the lede of pages that is not in the body.
Please find secondary sources that support your statement. Serpico refers to himself by that, as stated by your reference and 'Whistleblower' is not my favourite term. It has a negative connotation. I try to refer to us as lamp-lighters. which he stated here. However, that is one person who refers to himself as that and likes the term, and is not it being used by secondary sources to refer to them as that where WP:NOTNEO would suggest not including it.
This also doesn't fit in with the Internal Affairs article overall, as opposed to an article like whistleblowers or similar where it is not a trivial mention of something unrelated to the broader topic, and only with proper secondary sourcing.
Awshort (talk) 22:52, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]