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Saath Nibhana Saathiya

Hi! If you think the page is too bloated, kindly tell me and I will revise it. I love editing and especially love this show and will certainly trim it down - but please don't cut everything I have written. (Kamleshbhabhi (talk) 04:53, 22 January 2015 (UTC))

@Kamleshbhabhi: See your article talk page. You HAVE been told it is too long. Trim it down, a LOT, before trying to put it back it. And honestly, discuss your changes in the article talk page before making them. You have been warned about breaching 3RR which you are past and pointed to the MOS section for film plots. Ravensfire (talk) 04:59, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Conspiracy theory

I notice you have reverted the definition sentence. Now I applaud your action -- the change was an apparent vandalism. But the definition sentence you restored does not agree with the article. A definition that agrees with the body of the article might read as follows: "A conspiracy theory is a pathological delusion consisting of a large and often complex explanation for events that does not agree with the facts." Quite honestly, I prefer the definition you restored, but whole article should not be maintained with the definition sentence in disagreement with the body. I have attempted to bring this conflict to the attention of the ad hoc community that maintains the page, and you can find my arguments in TALK. Perhaps you would care to venture your opinion in that forum. Slade Farney (talk) 05:49, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Danish Oil

Dear Ravensfire,

On the 1st of Feb I added the little known history of Danish Oil, which is verifiable, yet you removed it. May I ask why?

Regards,

Gavin Mason — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.185.228.47 (talk) February 12, 2015

Gavin, I removed it for a couple of reasons. First, it was completely unsourced. Generally, information in articles needs to be sourced to reliable sources (that page has info on what is a RS). Second, it seemed overly promotional in nature. In fact, I really thought it was from an external website that sold the product but didn't find a match. Finally, it was shoved at the beginning of the article when, if properly sourced and edited to be non-promotional in nature, it should be integrated into the existing article. A section on the history would be helpful, but again, we need sources for that. Hope that helps some. Ravensfire (talk) 16:48, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Brennan edit

Thanks for your note. How does one determine what is considered by Misplaced Pages to be a legitimate "source?" As I dug deeper on TPNN I can see how their reporting may be closer to rumor than proven facts. Although questionable, my personal experiences in the Middle East for many years was aligned with observations within an article I attributed as my source.

Over the years most of my problems with Misplaced Pages had been from others who doubt my original copyrighted images, submitted to contribute to Misplaced Pages content. I'm still learned about Misplaced Pages copyrights.

Thanks again. Initially, thought your editing carried another agenda. (Abuse). But your note helped clarify things.

Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edgy01 (talk (talk • contribs) February 14, 2015

@Edgy01: Dan, glad the note helped some. The best place to start is the reliable sources page. There's a lot of information there and I'll freely admit it's tough to determine what is and is not a reliable sources. For a lot of news-ish websites, it can often come down to a reputation for accuracy. That's very different from bias, as a site can be biased but still have a reputation for accuracy. If you aren't sure about a particular source, a great source is the Reliable Source Noticeboard. You can add a section there with the source you want to use, the article(s) you where you want to use the source and the information you want to add/change in the article and you'll get some feedback from various editors.

Something to note, however. The specific edit you made has some other issues around it that would have caused problems. Religion is a very touchy subject that has been used in the past to tar people unfairly. A general rule that has emerged in various discussions is that religion is what the person self-identifies as their religion. For example, someone is both in faith A but now practices faith B. What's their religion? Or someone practices faith A but periodically goes to faith B religious ceremonies. What's their religion? For that second example, I'll use myself as an example. My wife and I have different faiths but alternate which church we attend. Neither of us could be said to be of the other's faith, but someone else watching us might try to say I was of faith X, not Y. Tricky subject, isn't it? Ravensfire (talk) 17:07, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Deletion notice of Pahawe manahce

Hellow,

Thanks for being Blunt and leaving message. It is website "pahawemanache.com" is not owned by me, but I am a regular reader of the same. This is a new website and very new experiment in a regional language in India. Let me know exactly which part of the page you want information/approval from owner of the website and I will try to contact him.

I am just trying to give information about this new website that gives movie reviews of World Cinema in Marathi. This is not a very common in my language(Marathi)

(You can see I have already contributed very much in Marathi Misplaced Pages about various topics including websites, history, art and culture. This is first time I am contributing on English pages so that those who don't visit Misplaced Pages in Marathi would also get this information.)

You have won

I'd like to edit other articles as well. Please stop to follow all my contributions. I'm asking generously. Thanks! AHLM13 talk 18:24, 21 February 2015 (UTC)