User talk:Olir
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[edit] Dr. King page
I apologise for my meddling, I realise you were actually historically correct and should not be warned. --129.89.249.106 18:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Your edits to Freddy Adu
Welcome!
Hello Olir, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy, and have been reverted. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.
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[edit] Signature
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[edit] Freddy Adu
Your recent contribution(s) to Wikipedia are very much appreciated. However, you did not provide references or sources for your information. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a drive to improve the quality of Wikipedia by encouraging editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. If sources are left unreferenced, it may count as original research, which is not allowed. Can you provide in the article specific references to any books, articles, websites or other reliable sources that will allow people to verify the content in the article? You can use a citation method listed at inline citations that best suits each article. Thanks! --AW 18:10, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- I appreciate your efforts and don't want you to get discouraged, but those sources don't match what the section says, namely the negative things. If you can find Wikipedia:Reliable sources, like a news article (probably not a blog), then please put that in. however, as the section is written now it doesn't belong. You can raise the issue at the article's talk page, however, and maybe somebody else will be able to help or will know articles about that sort of thing. --AW 19:55, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- An article on the history of issues of dual nationality and "mercenaries" in football would be much appreciated, but since Adu is not a particularly egregious example (his parents came to the country for non-sporting reasons when he was 8, as I recall), I don't think his article should be the focus point. Bill Oaf 00:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Repeated NPOV violations on Dr. M.L. King article
I know you feel strongly about this "womanizer" accusation, but the consensus is against you; it is trivial, not central to his role in American life. What you are doing now is basically a revert war, a species of vandalism. Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Orange Mike 18:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- There has long since developed a concensus that this is not an integral part of his life, certainly not important enough to be in the opening paragraph. (And if this stuff is important to you, why don't you sign your name?) --Orange Mike 22:07, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
