User talk:Steevez

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Happy editing! Cheers, Doug Weller talk 07:35, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Steevez! Your additions to Barry Fell have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 07:35, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, content you added to Barry Fell appears to be a minority or fringe viewpoint, and appears to have given undue weight to this minority viewpoint, and has been reverted. To maintain a neutral point of view, an idea that is not broadly supported by scholarship in its field must not be given undue weight in an article about a mainstream idea. Feel free to use the article's talk page to discuss this, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 07:36, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Flint Dibble. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 20:45, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doug,

Respectfully this article is biased and out of frustration I am trying to, in the absolute worst way apparently, even the scales and present a well rounded and unbiased piece of information that adds to the goal of the website which is to educate, not to present a slanted perspective in order to authorize some and negate others. Flint Dibble unanimously lost the debate and repeatedly made false claims and used straw man mind games instead of honestly discoursing with two people. Is it not his duty to present the truth? why are we unfairly presenting the facts here? will politics and social faux pas take precedence over the scientific dialectic ideal? I would like to invite you to join me for a conversation on my you tube channel to discuss the edits that I have made? I admit my references are poor and will not do this in the future without references to back up my edits.

Best

MPS Steevez (talk) 00:40, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. My experience is that arguing with people who ignore the physical evidence is that discussion is pointless l Doug Weller talk 18:13, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would not like to argue. I. would like to understand your position so I can better follow the rules on Wikipedia. As for physical evidence, flint dibble is not basing his arguments on physical evidence he is basing it on social conjecture and misappropriation. I strongly recommend you reconsider having a conversation with me. It will surely benefit the two of us. 2600:1000:B141:9861:19EA:8206:C40D:BB04 (talk) 20:46, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And this appears to be based entirely on... your personal opinion? Rebuffing people like you who use Wikipedia as a repository of their unsourced personal opinion is one of the most annoying ways valuable contributors (which you definitely are not) have to waste their time on. I would suggest finding something better to do with your life. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:42, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Doug Weller talk 18:12, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]