User talk:2600:1700:6759:B000:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6

Disputes posted on talk pages

Regarding your disputes about heraldry, but also other subjects: Wikipedia articles are a summary and guide to knowledge. It is intended that they be accurate, but they do not not lay down inviolable law. If you see something plainly wrong, you have the option to edit the article to correct it, which may be faster than writing up a dispute.

Additionally, there is little reason to reply to talk page comments written years ago, since the editor who wrote them in all likelihood neither remembers nor still cares. 98.248.84.55 (talk) 18:50, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

What article are you talking about (and which talk-page post are you talking about) when you say "disputes" about heraldry? I usually ask questions or point to ambiguities and/or contradictions, because often I am not the expert but was relying on Wikipedia to be the expert. Are you just now finding out about my contention from years ago (supported at various times by the Royal Family's own website and by the College of Heralds) that three ostrich-feathers is a badge of the Heir Apparent to the throne of England (or successor thrones such as Great Britain's and the U.K.'s) and is not a badge of the Prince of Wales (and so will still exist if Wales becomes an independent country while in all probability the title "Prince Of Wales" will be abolished)? In that instance (many years ago now) I was so clearly correct and was attacked by people who were not arguing the issue in good faith. But in this post I'm typing now, I'll be the expert and say authoritatively that "there is little reason to reply to talk page comments written years ago" is an ABSOLUTELY FALSE STATEMENT. My posts are not so much directed at the AUTHOR of the years-old post, but at the next talk-page reader who reads the years-old comment. And that next reader might be someone who reads the material tomorrow. Does any original author of a talk-page post get notified if I append a response underneath it? I would not have thought so, since I seldom get notified. And your message doesn't really say anything about the issue I was raising. Rather, it says something about the fact that I was raising an issue. I tend to be dismissive of such feedback, because I think if I'd said anything factually incorrect the conversation would be about the CONTENT of what I said, not about the SAYING of it.2600:1700:6759:B000:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6 (talk) 20:55, 31 August 2023 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson

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