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Foorgood, Good luck and have fun. Vengeance 01 (talk) 03:54, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Citing sources correctly

Hi, I noticed while perusing your contributions that you often add HTML links as sources. This is not good practice according to WP:CS:EMBED. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:Citing sources and to provide complete citations of the material your are sourcing your contributions to. This will allow other contributors to check the reliability of your sources rapidly and, as a result, and they will revert your edits less often. Cheers.--JBchrch (talk) 17:23, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

I concur with JBchrch. Veverve (talk) 20:21, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
@Veverve: Thank you I was just going to leave a message on your talk page saying i will work on doing that.Foorgood (talk) 20:23, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
Also, you tend to add supplementary sources without acknowledging the fact that there is already a source supporting the same facts. Compare what you have done vs my correction. Veverve (talk) 21:25, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
Oh i see i guess since it said "possibly protestant parents" and it didnt have a source by it i had no idea your source (which i cant view online) would say the same thing.
As other editors have asked, please take the time to add proper citations WP:CS rather than bare URLs. Bare URLs create extra work for other editors who then have to spend time correcting your work. Thank you.FFM784 (talk) 18:22, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Edit Warring at Vladimir Lenin

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note:

  1. Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
  2. Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing.

Atheism

@Foorgood: Greetings! Judging from your contributions, you seem very proficient about atheism and faith. The atheism article is currently having some issues with citations in various locations. All issues have been raised in the atheism talk page, and your help would be extremely beneficial in saving it from going through FAR. If you have any will or free-time, your help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. Wretchskull (talk) 17:36, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Bare URL´s

Please do not add bare URL´s als sources as you did here. Bare URLs are subject to link rot, they often stop working in the future, leaving the content unsourced. Thanks JimRenge (talk) 23:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC) Sorry you can correct it Im not sure how.Foorgood (talk) 00:23, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Canvassing and BRD

Do not WP:CANVASS, as you did here. You should also be following WP:BRD when your edit is challenged. Crossroads -talk- 02:22, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Clearly there is no canvassing simply notifying the users of your edit warring when 2 users are in consensus with me against you.Foorgood (talk) 02:29, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Bare URLs

Please do not cite articles with bare URLs. Such citations cannot be easily evaluated for reliablity. Please create full citations, preferably using the {{Cite}} templates. You should always include author, date, title, and publisher as a minimum. Otherwise your additions are likely to be removed. Skyerise (talk) 17:51, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Citations

We have multiple citation styles on Wikipedia. Editors are supposed to match the primary citation style in the article. In John Dee, that's using the {{sfn}} template and adding the source to the works cited section. Also, a book citation isn't complete without the publisher and the ISBN. I've fixed it for you this time, but try to be more complete and consistent in the future. Skyerise (talk) 23:43, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh I didn't know they had to be different styles thank you!Foorgood (talk) 00:09, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
The sfn or sfnp style is really superior. Hover over the superscript and it will show you the note, then hover over the author and it will show you the full citation. Too bad we didn't have it in the early days... I tend to convert articles to it before I expand them, as being a good way to actually review all the references and remove unreliable sources and information before adding new material. Technically one is supposed to get consensus to do that, but these days in the magic field, there are almost no active editors. Skyerise (talk) 12:53, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Important notice: biographies of living persons

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in articles about living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

--Sangdeboeuf (talk) 23:26, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

January 2022

Information icon Hello, I'm Sangdeboeuf. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Thomas Beatie, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Sangdeboeuf (talk) 23:27, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

I am going to try to get the information published from him but please show me where email correspondence from the original source stating a fact about themselves and giving me authorization to make it public is not allowed on wikipedia? This was a failed proposal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Private_correspondence.Foorgood (talk) 15:58, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
If anyone but the subject of the article self-publishes material about them, including emails, it is not usable per WP:BLP. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 00:07, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
So if Thomas Beatie records a video of himself saying this and sends it to me or he types and signs a pdf document saying this to me, are those acceptable?Foorgood (talk) 17:49, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
No, and I strongly suggest you stop bothering this person about their parents' religious affiliation. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 17:51, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Thomas was more than glad to share this with me and he loves telling his upbringing story in his book. Answer my question why wouldnt a video or pdf be acceptable?Foorgood (talk) 17:53, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Already answered; unless Beatie publishes (i.e. makes available to the public) the material himself, it's prohibited per BLP policy. Self-published material, even by the subject of the article, is never usable for claims about third parties (e.g. someone's parents). --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 17:59, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks so my last question is if he says on a pdf "this is to be available to the public" doesnt that fit the definition? because Thomas himself can publish the pdf online. Of course he can make claims about his parents he did it in his book.Foorgood (talk) 18:06, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
The book was not self-published; that's why we use it. Published means 'made available to the public', not 'intended to be made available to the public'. Saying something is to be published isn't the same as publishing it. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 18:20, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Your biography edits

I am not "hunting your edits"; all of these pages are on my watchlist.— Diannaa (talk) 19:43, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Ok I understand and I appreciate you removing my Eva addition on Hitler's personal page. It was just frustrating about the "trivia" perspective.Foorgood (talk) 19:54, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Religion is not very important to me, but it is for others, especially in the era when these people were born. So it's not trivial for everyone or in every era. So I apologise.— Diannaa (talk) 02:30, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
Thanks and yes some editors work on general information others on specific details. I try to take everything from independent source publishers so thanks for catching the self published ones.Foorgood (talk) 16:18, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

March 2022

Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion

Formatting citations

Formatting citations

Edit Warring at Vladmir Lenin

Contention with and proposal for an "important introductory note"

Margaret Sanger

Bare Google Books URLs as citations.

Gross incivility at WP:RSN

Insufficient data on religion poll

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December 2022

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