User talk:142.176.13.19

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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] POV edits

I've noticed two edits of yours that inserted unsourced, opinionated Points of View: one at Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and one at Al Gore controversies. While you may believe the Al Gore should be president, this is merely your opinion. Every fact in wikipedia, in principle, should be attributed to reliable, verifiable, sources, please see WP:ATT. In the other article, you inserted unnecessary formatting (bolding) and used one of the words to avoid "terrorist". Finding sources for this information may help, but you have to understand that wikipedia cannot state, as an unsourced fact, that Al Gore is the legitimate president of the US, or that certain unnamed anti-communist groups are terrorists. Hope this helps.-Andrew c 01:48, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

There is a difference between saying "Al Gore won the popular vote" and "Al Gore is the legitimate president of the US". Saying the latter is ignorant of the whole electoral college and how presidents are elected. One is a fact, and one is an opinion. We have to stay neutral at wikipedia. We cannot take sides in a dispute. We can present the two sides neutrally, but we cannot state one as fact. Because some people do not consider the Contras terrorist and others do, we cannot take sides. You have to agree that controversial anti-communist regimes and guerilla organisations is more neutral, more encyclopedic, and less emotive than brutal regimes and terrorist organisations.. One is descriptive, and one is prescriptive. We state that they are controversial from the get go. I hope you understand not why your edits were problematic. If you have any specific questions about wikipedia policy, feel free to ask me. Thanks for your time.-Andrew c 02:41, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding edits to Province of Cape Breton

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, 142.176.13.19! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule facebook\.com\/.+, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links guidelines for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 01:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)