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WP:Request for Comment?

I have decide it is not fair to you as a new user, to throw you into this. RfCs are much too disruptive and contentious. See my talk page for an explantion of what a RfC is, and a good example. Ikip (talk) 01:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

I would instead suggest WP:3o for you and collect, if you would like help setting it up, I would be happy to help you. Ikip (talk) 01:51, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

ok, I'll also just think about it for awhile. I don't want to get into any kind of altercations either, and it's hard to predict what might annoy or upset somebody else. Abbarocks (talk) 21:52, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Your thoughts would be helpful

An editor has asked me to look into a slow edit war between them and you at Union Banking Corporation. Is there any reason you don't wish to use the article talk page and talk about your edits? There is also a question as to whether this is someone's alternate account. Your thoughts would be helpful to me. Cheers, Gwen Gale (talk) 11:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

February 2009

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to Skull and Bones, but we cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. This is a persistent problem with your edits on multiple pages. Please review the policy and self-revert the inappropriate addition to the page. THF (talk) 17:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Suggestion made in a friendly manner and I will read the info and work on the issue. Thanks. Abbarocks (talk) 17:38, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Removing tags

The answer to a {{fact}} tag on a sentence with unsourced information is not to remove the tag but to provide a cite. Please undo your edit or add a cite. The rest of the world cannot read your mind and know that you meant some footnote earlier or later in the article if you don't add the footnote. If you don't know how to add a cite, see WP:CITE. THF (talk) 22:58, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, Collect already undid your edit, but feel free to add a cite anyway, since you seem to know where this mysterious claim is sourced. But see generally Misplaced Pages:Tagging_pages_for_problems#Removing_tags. THF (talk) 23:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

ok, thanks. Abbarocks (talk) 23:09, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

When I asked for a cite, I meant a cite for the proposition made by the sentence, not just a random news article mildly related to it. These are not appropriate cites. Neither of these news articles mention "internet conspiracies" or claim that Skull & Bones was responsible for the Nazi actions. Again, see my caution above about Misplaced Pages's No original research policy, which includes impermissible synthesis. You can't manufacture controversial conclusions not discussed by the underlying articles, no matter how logical they seem to you. THF (talk) 23:19, 28 February 2009 (UTC)