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June 2013

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Yeezus. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but we cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Dan56 (talk) 22:26, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Dan56 bullying

Dan56 seems to bully people into his POV. he tends to prefer old-school artists, but also Kanye. He hates Nicki Minaj. He reverts and "fixes" anything that he doesn't agree with personally, then rallies around a few cronies to agree with him on talk pages. I've checked- he reaches out and tells them basically what to say. On Nicki Minaj's page, he wanted to make her "negative" so used Metacritic to say her reviews were just "mixed." On Aaliyah's page, becuse he likes her, he said "metacritic" is not the"end-all." Frankly, the guy's full of shit, and must have all day to just bully good-faith editors around. Venuzza67 (talk) 11:14, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

I do not think it is fair to post such a comment on my talk page without allowing Dan56 to easily see and respond to it. I hope you are not confusing the content dispute I have on Yeezus with a personal dispute. While I find aspects of how Dan56 approaches discussion with other users to be unfortunate, I do not have a personal dispute with this user. DElliott (talk) 23:11, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

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August 2013

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Yeezus. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Dan56 (talk) 16:19, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

It is sufficient to make your observations in a concise manner in the relevant change log. DElliott (talk) 16:43, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Re: GA recruiter request

Here's the mail! Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Arca

Hi, Can you please delete the Arca wiki page you created. At request of Artist, management and label. Thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/Arca_(producer) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Westonfire (talk • contribs) 10:02, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

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I don't know Misplaced Pages's policy for such a request. DElliott (talk) 10:21, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

• As we have no way of knowing that that request comes from there, and it has no real relevance to the presence or absence of an article anyway, I'd say to ignore it. I can't say that the subject looks particularly notable to me, and as you are the only contributor of real content, I'd say that if you want to delete it a G7 tag would work. Don't be pressurised, though. There are a lot of people and companies who would like to see their articles gone... Peridon (talk) 10:45, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
• The article subject may request deletion this way, with community discussion. You can also request article deletion as the author but you don't have to. Gryllida (talk) 10:55, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Thanks to both of you for clarifying Misplaced Pages policy. DElliott (talk) 11:27, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

What evidence do you need to know the request has come from the person this article is about? Surly DELLiott has some interest in Arca's career to spend time making this page, why would you want to prevent him & his management from creating it themselves? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Westonfire (talk • contribs) 12:15, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

• I'm not sure what you expect would be different about the Arca (producer) article if it was created by the artist or management itself. Misplaced Pages only allows verifiable material that presents a neutral point of view. The inherent conflict-of-interest in a person editing their own Misplaced Pages article should be clear.

Purely the fact that DElliott doesn't know Arca so surly wikipedia would rather the information come from the person the article is about no? Also because he wants it removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Westonfire (talk • contribs) 13:30, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

• I'm not sure why that is relevant to an encyclopaedia article. The common mistakes about Misplaced Pages essay says you "should not write articles about people with which you have a close connection". DElliott (talk) 13:44, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Can you delete this page please, not sure what you gain from refusing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Westonfire (talk • contribs) 14:08, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

• Westonfire, the policy allows deletion as a result of community discussion. An article author is given special right to request his article speedy deletion right at the spot. This right is there not as a policy workaround (i.e. without community discussion, in this case), it is there for author's convenience. Gryllida (talk) 06:06, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Twitter conversation

Your edit to Rothermere's page was mentioned by George Monbiot on twitter. I tried to clarify it was to policy. You may wish to respond.

https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/388611939649069056

Richard Clegg (talk) 11:08, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for drawing my attention to this. DElliott (talk) 11:24, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

WP:BRD

I think you forgot the D part . Toddst1 (talk) 23:22, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing my attention to this essay! I'll bear it in mind for future reverts. DElliott (talk) 12:34, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

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Mohamed Bangura

Please familirise yourself with WP:BLP; you should not re-add unreferenced material about living people once it has been challenged and removed, regardless of any {{cn}} tags you add. I have re-removed the offending material, as well as other stuff I missed first time around. GiantSnowman 11:31, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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UserPage

Can you see if you can get this Freak blocked and tell it to kindly F**k off it's accusing me of shit and threatens to block me and I ain't done anything?217.43.162.104 (talk) 21:51, 1 March 2014 (UTC)