User talk:69.140.81.167

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[edit] Mel Sembler

Hi there. When adding information to Wikipedia, please make sure you present it from a neutral point of view. Also, all information must be from a reliable source. Far left or right websites do not count as reliable sources. Also, comments on blogs are not actual testimonies, so please don't list them as such (it is easy for people to lie). Please take these things into consideration when editing Wikipedia. Thank you, Twipie 06:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

The information is quite reliable, as it involves a hundred people or so telling their stories on television and radio. That is as reliable as anything else cited. Check out the citations. Listen to the radio shows and hear the actual voices of the victims (including Bush supporters who agree with the others). Congress shut this man's business down. That's a pretty reliable source. Senator Sam Irwin and the ACLU are reliable sources. The content praising Sembler has been left on as well.
I'm not saying Sembler did anything. I'm saying a large number claim he did it. And reporters have reported on it. If someone wants to dispute it, let people post a denial by Sembler. To my knowledge, he has NOT denied these abuses occurred. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.81.167 (talk • contribs)
1) Please leave comments on my talk page.
2) Remember to post your signature on talk pages by using four tides (~~~~).
Now, onto the point: Your testimonies were copied right off the website, your links to Straight, Inc. were red, and the whole thing was sort of a come-from-nowhere edit. These all appeared to be vandalism. Here's what you can do next time to prevent people like me from making the same mistake:
1) Preview the page before you save it, to make sure all your internal links are correct
2) Do not copy and waste off of websites (This violates copyrights)
3) Do not post words in caps. It makes it tough to read.
All 3 of these things are usually common signs of vandalism, so it'd be great if you could avoid it in the future. Twipie 07:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)