Talk:Les Merritt

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[edit] User KeepItCleanNC Makes Effort to Ensure Article's Neutrality by Deleting Partisan Attacks

KeepItCleanNC has repeatedly deleted material in this article that s/he does not see as being favorable to Mr. Leslie Merritt. KeepItCleanNC registered shortly after a paragraph referring to criticism of Les Merritt was added. Additionally, KeepItCleanNC has made no contributions to any article except for the Les Merritt article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/KeepItCleanNC Jerimee 22:01, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Keeping it Clean

I have attempted to restore neutrality to this article by deleting partisan attacks inserted by user Jerimee . It should be noted that one of my changes was to replace Mr. Merritt's campaign site with the official government site of the State Auditor in an effort to make this a bio piece, not a forum for either political promotion or attacks. KeepItCleanNC 13:06, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh well, no one else seems to be taking an interest in the page, so it's just you and me. I assure you my additions to the article meet the standard for neutrality, but if you continue to delete material that you dislike, we'll have to invoke the three-revert rule. This means you'll be banned (I will too most likely), and we'll get the attention of an admin who can arbitrate. Jerimee 19:47, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Even if your additions do meet some arbitrarily formulated standard for neutrality, they are anything but neutral. However, I have taken a different approach: I have simply supplemented much of what you have posted with additional information. Some of it was taken from Mr. Merritt's campaign Web site (I attempted to include biographical information, not partisan "fluff"). I also added some external links (one of which, his campaign Web site, I had previously deleted). Given that you have "chastised" me for deleting information which I "dislike", I challenge you to avoid doing the same. KeepItCleanNC 20:40, 1 August 2007 (UTC)