User talk:Marcco09

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[edit] Welcome

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[edit] Film stubs

Hello! When you create articles about films, don't forget to add {{film-stub}} (remove the tl| first) and a category for the year that the film was produced, i.e. Category:1941 films|name of film (with two square brackets surrounding the category). Regards,  (aeropagitica)  07:26, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

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In Talk:Fred Astaire you have made repeated and unsubstantiated allegations of copyright infrigement and plagiarism. In accordance with wikipedia policy, these allegations have been deleted. Dermot 10:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. In Talk:Fred Astaire you made comments about positions which you believe I hold. Please read Wikipedia policy guidelines on Wikipedia:No personal attacks Dermot 13:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. You have recently deleted properly cited and sourced material from the page Fred Astaire. Please familiarise yourself with Wikipedies policies on NPOV and Wikipedia:Citing sources. The fact that you disagree with this content is not a legitimate basis for its removal. Dermot 13:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion for resolving this dispute

As best I understand it, you disagree with the reliance on dance commentators such as Arlene Croce and John Mueller when describing dance routines performed in Fred Astaire's musical films. However, the alternative to not relying on these published sources, is either to make no comment whatsoever or to create a description based on personal observations. The former would deprive readers of any content - as these authors are effectively the only source of professional commentary on the actual dances of Fred Astaire, and the latter would violate Wikipedia's policy on No Original Research. While these articles certainly rely on these sources, they in no way violate the intellectual property rights of these authors who are always mentioned in the references. I'm sure these articles can always be improved, and the citations tightened up, and I am always happy to do this. So, I suggest that where you are unhappy about specific aspects in these articles, request a citation on the talk page of the article involved or on my talk page, or use the fact template within the article itself. You also disagree with the prominance given to favourable views on Rogers, but this is fully consistent with Wikipedia's policy on NPOV. I can understand that you might think me a fan of Rogers, but that just isn't so. If you examine the article I have written from scratch, only one involves Rogers, all of the other film articles feature other partners of Astaire. Personally I have no time for "fandom". Dermot 14:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Dermot 14:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)