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Sabean colonisation of the horn

Completely fabricated and clearly an attempt to skew history. There is no evidence of an colony in Eritrea or Ethiopia and suggesting they were responsible for the languages and cultures is not factual or based on evidence. The only evidence being that they had a relationship of trade. I notice there is a trend on wikipedia to distort the history of the two. 51.190.236.134 (talk) 15:05, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate your knowledge on the topic, of which I have none, but your edit was reverted simply because you blanked an entire section that had citations without even providing an edit summary. I don't think that section is very well presented merely from a manual of style context, Wikipedia is not an essay with points and conclusions, but big content changes like you're proposing should be discussed on the article's talk page. -- MacAddct1984 ^{(talk | contribs)} 15:22, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

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You really defending this guy? 2601:646:8002:F850:78FA:4932:B6BD:AC27 (talk) 11:48, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism cleanup

Not that I don't have time, but how long will they keep it up? Squeeyote (talk) 03:57, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Squeeyote: Haha, it's been quite the event. 😅 It's just a matter of time before they page protect it, I put the request on WP:RPP a while back -- MacAddct1984 ^{(talk | contribs)} 04:04, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pfff, I think I did too! Should I delete mine? It was posted after yours. Squeeyote (talk) 04:06, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Squeeyote: You probably should, looks like you listed the talk page by accident -- MacAddct1984 ^{(talk | contribs)} 04:09, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oof. Removing it now. Sorry, lot was happening. Squeeyote (talk) 04:10, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's finally locked, thanks for all your help! Squeeyote (talk) 05:25, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding public policy positions

Hi MacAddct1984, I'm a longtime wiki reader, but a relatively new editor so could use your help in appropriately editing pages. The page I'm trying to update is Nancy Boyda's wiki. Her policy position section is very limited given that she is a former Member of Congress and current candidate for the House of Representatives. She has clear positions on topics that people across the political spectrum should know about. I'd like to add in her position on issues such as abortion, health care, and climate change. I tried to do this using her website as proof thinking it was a good source, but you reverted the text. Can you help me thread the needle in adding this useful information to her wiki in an appropriate way? Thanks for your time. Data10101 (talk) 17:06, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, @Data10101: I'm happy to help. A few things to keep in mind:

Any possible conflict of interest you may have with the subject. If any exits, it should be stated; that's talked about on the COI page
Wikipedia isn't a soapbox. I know you feel it's important for the public to know about the candidate's positions, but that's not Wikipedia's purpose
Biographies of living people need to be sourced appropriately and ideally not with primary sources (like the person's own candidacy page). Instead, it's better to use secondary sources like news articles that cover the subject. For example instead of "Smith is pro-X<candidate website citation>" use "During their time in Congress, Smith has a voted for X, Y, and Z<newspaper coverage>"

-- MacAddct1984 ^{(talk | contribs)} 19:40, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 Hi MacAddct1984, I'm a longtime wiki reader, but a relatively new editor so could use your help in appropriately editing pages. The page I'm trying to update is Nancy Boyda's wiki. Her policy position section is very limited given that she is a former Member of Congress and current candidate for the House of Representatives. She has clear positions on topics that people across the political spectrum should know about. I'd like to add in her position on issues such as abortion, health care, and climate change. I tried to do this using her website as proof thinking it was a good source, but you reverted the text. Can you help me thread the needle in adding this useful information to her wiki in an appropriate way? Thanks for your time. [[User:Data10101|Data10101]] ([[User talk:Data10101|talk]]) 17:06, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
+:Hi there, {{ping|Data10101}} I'm happy to help. A few things to keep in mind:
+:* Any possible [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] you may have with the subject. If any exits, it should be stated; [[WP:DISCLOSE|that's talked about on the COI page]]
+:* Wikipedia isn't a [[WP:SOAPBOX|soapbox]]. I know you feel it's important for the public to know about the candidate's positions, but that's not Wikipedia's purpose
+:* [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living people]] need to be sourced appropriately and ideally '''not ''' with [[WP:PRIMARY|primary sources]] (like the person's own candidacy page). Instead, it's better to use '''[[secondary source]]s''' like news articles that cover the subject. For example instead of <code>"Smith is pro-X<candidate website citation>"</code> use <code>"During their time in Congress, Smith has a voted for X, Y, and Z<newspaper coverage>"</code>
+:-- [[User:Macaddct1984|MacAddct1984]] <sup>([[User talk:Macaddct1984|talk]] &#124; [[Special:Contributions/Macaddct1984|contribs]])</sup> 19:40, 20 June 2024 (UTC)