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Question about Ad Fontes Media

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Why is the article for Ad Fontes Media controversial? I see there has been some discussion about whether or not their rating are suitable RS for Wikipedia, but I don't quite understand why there is so much energy about the article itself. Is there something in the article's history? Nowa (talk) 17:52, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The political issues (WP:CT/AP) with rating media, more prominent with All Sides. --Hipal (talk) 18:26, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Hipal!

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Happy New Year!

Hipal,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 15:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 15:25, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Thank you for de-escalating the situation and for doing what you did. I appreciate the way you handled this after initially getting off to a rocky start. Iljhgtn (talk) 00:40, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct

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I won't use unreliable sources next time. Alon Alush (talk) 18:36, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

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Hello. I had a few questions about your recent edits on the Ed Young page that I am perplexed about.

1. Why did you remove pieces of the bio include ‘writer, speaker, artist’? Is he not an writer/author or speaker?

2. Why was the New York Times Bestselling Author section of the bio removed? You claimed ‘SOAP, COI editing’ but did not attempt to find any sources for what you removed or verify the sources that were currently there, you just removed it all? Seems more detrimental to the page than verifying and editing.

3. Could you explain why "50 Shades of They" by Ed Young, published by Creality Publishing and available on mainstream platforms like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, was removed from the bibliography? Given its relevance to Young's work in relationship counseling and its broad distribution, shouldn't it be included in his Wikipedia bibliography?

4. I’m confused as to why you added back the lifestyle section but removed the part ab Ed Young denying the report. You claimed it was an ‘interview’ in your edit. There were other editors in the talk section who agreed that this source was relevant and good prior to you removing it and it helped bring neutrality to a controversial section of a BLOP.

I’m genuinly trying to understand and i appreciate you helping me become a better Wiki Editor. Thank you 5dondons (talk) 01:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, you're repeating yourself without apparent understanding of previous discussions and policies. Continue like this, and WP:IDHT might apply.
You are a WP:SPA account working on an article where you're following in the footsteps of many editors with a clear WP:COI. You say you don't have a COI, but your behavior so far is indistinguishable from them.
In light of [1] and [2], you need to rethink what you're actually doing here. I strongly suggest you walk back what you wrote in that second diff.
The lifestyle section is back because the references are good. Removal of properly referenced content is a POV violation. We've been over this already, to the point where it looks like you're not reading what others have to say, nor understanding the relevant policies.
The other questions deal with WP:NOT and WP:POV issues. I'm just doing some initial, simple cleanup of all the COI editing that has gone on. --Hipal (talk) 16:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed your response as failing the instructions at the top of this page.

If you're not going to walk back your statements here, please tread extremely lightly. --Hipal (talk) 18:59, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for letting me know you stand by your comments at RfPP. Given that, I suggest you find other articles to work on, avoiding all areas where editing limits apply. --Hipal (talk) 23:08, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop reverting. I've responded. Until you can make far greater efforts to follow TALK and AGF, you're at very best wasting time. --Hipal (talk) 23:55, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help. I wasn't looking forward to a COIN report and the further drama that would likely result. I don't like what drama occurred, but at least it was relatively contained. --Hipal (talk) 17:54, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

John Mearsheimer bibliography dispute

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Notifying you I have requested a third opinion here. Ivan (talk) 01:27, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Biased user

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Ratnahastin has an anti-BJP and pro-INC bias, and engage in edit war. Their edits are a mix of content removal (sourced), POV pushing, censoring, and misrepresentation of sources. Refer the edit history and talk page of Enforcement Directorate in early April this year, also check the edit warring in Katchatheevu from 31 March where the user tag-teamed with Rzvas for content removal without even providing a valid explanation. The problem in those articles still prevails.--106.206.219.12 (talk) 15:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note.
I'd rather not expand my scope of editing at this time into more WP:CT/IPA until a few more broad enforcement actions take place. Be sure to document the problems will on the appropriate article talk pages and noticeboards to help with enforcement. --Hipal (talk) 17:27, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More soon

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I know we're mid discussion but I got Covid Monday :/ Ocaasi t | c 14:25, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Get well soon. I hope you can get access to an antiviral treatment if necessary. --Hipal (talk) 16:23, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm ok. Just sleeping for 3 days! Thanks for your thoughts. Ocaasi t | c 10:40, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are we good (in your opinion) on the current version? I can live with it. Ocaasi t | c 21:58, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back. I hope you've recovered.
It looks like good progress. Thank you for your help. --Hipal (talk) 22:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I had a mild case, and aside from sleeping 60 hours straight, no symptoms (thanks Advil + Tylenol!). No antiviral needed, and I'm back to my usual workload. As for the article, I think it's getting much closer to not being able to tell whether a proponent or opponent of FM wrote it, which is a good sign. This is the way of compromise. I appreciate your willingness to accept certain changes, albeit not ALL of them! :) Ocaasi t | c 22:59, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted contributions?

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Interested in specific feedback as to why the recent contributions to Diamandis were reverted – as well as preferences for making meaningful contributions to the page. Chadnjgrant (talk) 23:12, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[3] PROMO - please work in smaller edits with clear edit summaries
I left some detailed feedback on your talk page as well. --Hipal (talk) 23:52, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Eric Jacobson article/talkpage message

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Hi Hipal,

Earlier today, you removed a section from Eric Jacobson -- to be clear, I agree with your edits and reasons. I did not write the section. However, I would like to address the talkpage message you left for me afterwards. While I can see that this was a copy/paste "welcome" that I'm sure you've left for others (likely in many cases that warranted it), I'd frankly just like to be clear: I am familiar with the policies you've linked and have done my best to adhere to them in my edits, despite being a "new" editor. I have recently boosted articles, such as Dave Goelz and Bill Prady, with copy-edits/clean-up, formatting, sources, and general expansion. I welcome you to compare their current versions and their states prior to my edits.

I believe the message was unwarranted in this scenario. Tvfunhouse (talk) 18:00, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made a mistake, the talkpage message was right before the article edit - but I'm still assuming it was correlated, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Hopefully you'll find that my contributions align with the policies you mentioned. Tvfunhouse (talk) 18:07, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad you are familiar with the policies.
Therichest.com is a poor source, inappropriate for BLPs, and probably not reliable at all. [4]. --Hipal (talk) 18:56, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the revert

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Thanks for reverting this erroneous edit. Obviously 2022 is 8 years after 2014, not two years prior to 2014.
My bad. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 04:56, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for clarifying what happened. We all make mistakes. --Hipal (talk) 16:31, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jeffrey Sachs

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Hello. I come to your talk page because you have reverted my edit in Jeffrey Sachs arguing it is promotional.

I consider it important for readers of Sachs' biography to know which political ideas and parties he supports. I agree nevertheless that the reference I used as source is clearly partisan (the Green Party itself) so I propose to reintroduce the text with this reference, which is Sachs' piece endorsing Stein.

Looking forward to your reply Hispalois (talk) 20:38, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hispalois. Thank you for starting a discussion about this.
Briefly, it requires better sources that are clearly independent of the subjects for us to say it's important enough to include. See WP:NOTPROMO, WP:POV, WP:BLPPRIMARY, and WP:RECENTISM. --Hipal (talk) 20:56, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pointing me to those policies. In BLPPRIMARY, I see that it is ok to use Sachs' own statement: "There are living persons who publish material about themselves, such as through press releases or personal websites. Such material may be used as a source only if..." (and I think my reference matches all points). The policy I do see as problematic is that my edit can be considered Recentism. To counter that, I propose expanding the sentence to all of Jeffrey Sachs's public endorsements: Bernie Sanders in 2016, Sanders again in 2020 and now Stein in 2024. What do you think? Hispalois (talk) 17:46, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree. By including it without an independent source, we are promoting Sach's political viewpoints and his support of Stein. --Hipal (talk) 19:02, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct @Hispalois, it is acceptable, though many BLP patrollers prefer to interpret the last sentence of WP:BLPPRIMARY as meaning you can only use it if you cannot find a detail in independent sources, and only if it is essential to the biography. You don't need to worry as much about that for normal biographies, but this one is more politicised. If you are unsure if an article is politically relevant in the present, look for clues like, in this case, "He has been criticized ..." in the lead or the presence of a multi-subsection "Critical reception" section.
So it is safer to cite this: <ref>{{cite news |date=2024-04-29 |first=Richard |last=Winger |author-link=Richard Winger |title=Jeffrey Sachs Endorses Jill Stein |url=https://ballot-access.org/2024/04/29/jeffrey-sachs-endorses-jill-stein |newspaper=Ballot Access News}}</ref> instead. The more relevant policy is actually WP:BLPSELFPUB, where so long as the article is not based primarily on such sources, it merely has to fulfill the following criteria: (1) it is not unduly self-serving; (2) it does not involve claims about third parties; (3) it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the subject; (4) there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity. I have swapped sources and moved the statement to "Personal life". Ivan (talk) 13:02, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Hispalois (talk) 21:19, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Ivan, your commenting here is probably a bad idea, especially so soon after your being blocked.) --Hipal (talk) 02:16, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with Ivan's solution. The ballot-access.org ref demonstrates no weight or encyclopedic value. It's not even an article, rather just a mention that Sachs made an endorsement. It doesn't even rise to the level of warmed over press release, which would also not be enough. If ballot-access.org doesn't give it more coverage, we certainly shouldn't.
My rule of thumb is to look for content in the references that demonstrates historical importance of the event/topic/etc for the subject of the article where it could be included. --Hipal (talk) 02:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain why you undid my edits to Jeffrey Sachs' bio.

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Could you please explain why, on Sept 4, you removed my edits on Jeffrey Sachs' bio page. I included links to and a few quotations from articles that Sachs wrote about the war in Ukraine. I figured that the section on the war in Ukraine should, at least, explain Sachs' views!

Thank you, Don ThinkerFeeler (talk) 17:29, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies for not responding to your comment on the aritcle talk page. Doing so now. --Hipal (talk) 01:54, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Joey Skaggs Advert Code

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Can you explain what areas need work, revisions, removal, and so on that cause this issue? Or alternatively change these elements to aid in correcting the page. I have reviewed and edited it multiple times but am struggling to find the specifics that have not been pointed out for correction or clarification. Thank you for your help! Mr-asthmatic (talk) 01:54, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mr-asthmatic. Thanks for starting a discussion about this.
I've not looked closely at all the references, but my impression at this time is that a total rewrite might be necessary.
I suggest you follow the recommendations I already made on your talk page.
If you insist on continuing to work on the article, I'd start by removing all the self-published sources and associated content. --Hipal (talk) 16:41, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promo?

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I am intrigued by the instant removal of study buddhism on Berzin's article - it basically removes any sense of what he has been doing in the last ten years or more is gone - do you ever consider re-writes? JarrahTree 01:56, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm rather baffled by your comment given your editing history. It's a BLP article, BLP content, sourced to a self-published reference. The solution is to either find a BLP-quality source that's independent of the subjects, or leave it out. --Hipal (talk) 02:02, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In turn I find many editors are ready to tag/remove, but never actually edit or improve articles. Fair enough, keep up the good work. JarrahTree 02:06, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I find it problematic to work from such assumptions, especially with well-established editors. --Hipal (talk) 02:10, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
my apologies then, I understand your BLP policy issue re self referencing without RS I even remember when the BLP issue almost took WP down , and have no problem with that. As to the rest, ... JarrahTree 02:29, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the apology. --Hipal (talk) 20:25, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Need your help

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Please visit "Cradles of civilization" article and settle the "Indus/India" dispute Qaiser-i-Mashriq (talk) 15:48, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Qaiser-i-Mashriq. I see that Hypnôs has already provided you with good advice on your talk page. I've left you some general information to supplement it.
Unfortunately, I don't see myself having the time to assist with the article directly. The topic is under special editing restrictions (WP:CT/IPA). Please take care with how you continue. --Hipal (talk) 16:43, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AP Political Bias

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Hi, how are you?

I see that you undid my addition to the AP News article that AP News has a slight left of center bias. I read what you wrote as to why you removed my edit, but I did not understand it. Would you be able to explain further what was wrong about my edit? PotatoKugel (talk) 19:16, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for notifying me. I'll respond in the talk page discussion. --Hipal (talk) 21:00, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1RR

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Hey you violated 1RR here. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 17:41, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And you violated the sanctions that apply to the article.
I've subsequently modified the content. What do you suggest? Revert to the previous version and make a proposal? I'll do that. --Hipal (talk) 17:45, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Abrams Page

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Hi Hipal,

I hope this email finds you well. We noticed you flagged Dan Abrams' page for reading like an advertisement. I work with Dan, and we've been trying to improve the accuracy of the page; currently, the impression is that Dan is first and foremost a TV person when he is first and foremost a media company owner. We're happy to get rid of anything that might be promotional while still being able to update the content to reflect Dan's work. Do you have any suggestions for what we can do to make this happen? We'd love to be in touch with you so that we can make sure that we make changes that work in accordance with Wikipedia's policies. Thank you!

Best, Zoe 2020AM2009 (talk) 16:43, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Zoe. Thank you for reaching out to me concerning Dan Abrams (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Briefly:
You should take time to properly disclose your conflict of interest. Instructions are on User_talk:2020AM2009.
You should be making edit requests on the article talk page rather than directly editing the article per WP:COI.
Wikipedia articles should be written from a historical perspective (see WP:RECENTISM). It may be very difficult for you to find that perspective given your relationship with Abrams.
Generally, articles should be written from references that provide broad context for the subject matter. The Abrams article appears to have been written from press releases and similarly promotional sources that have little context beyond whatever is being announced. --Hipal (talk) 18:29, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity

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Hi Hipal. Just to let you know, many sources cite Carson Wentz as German from Russia. Horvat is about the most Croatian Name you can have. Scherzer seems pretty obviously German. I don’t like all these ethnicity rollbacks. Stating someone’s ethnicity is important Servite et contribuere (talk) 01:20, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for following up with me. Especially with living persons, high-quality references are required. We should not be editing articles based upon guesses or assumptions. Sanctions apply to these articles, so we need to be cautious. I hope you understand. --Hipal (talk) 02:55, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It’s not a guess. It is a fact. These rules are ridiculous. I personally believe players that do not state an ethnicity should be banned for life TBH Servite et contribuere (talk) 03:38, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, Bo Horvat is an obvious one Servite et contribuere (talk) 03:38, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you find the rules to be ridiculous, then you should rethink why you're here. --Hipal (talk) 17:15, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Should also let you know that I am autistic, so I sometimes find these things a bid hard Servite et contribuere (talk) 03:36, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to look over Wikipedia:Questions to familiarize yourself with some of the venues available to ask questions and get help. --Hipal (talk) 16:53, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done deal. I couldn’t find anything about Bo Horvat identifying as Croatian, or Carson Wetnz or Max Scherzer identifying as German. I'll be honest, it’s very possible that Bo Horvat, Carson Wentz and Max Scherzer only care about people knowing that they are Canadian, American and and American respectively. It’s just that I have some relatives that identifies strongly as Scottish, and might have mislead me to believe that people identify with their ethnicity. It actually might be quite rare. I think I have figured that many people in Australia, Canada and the United States identify as just Australians, Canadians and Americas. In New Zealand (Where they are from, not me though) it is more common for people to identify with their ancestral home. Sometimes we make mistakes. And we learn from our mistakes. And let’s not make assumptions, or at very least not publish those assumptions Servite et contribuere (talk) 15:32, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Science of identity formation

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It's being repeatedly vandalised since Tulsi's nomination and it's controversial practices removed falsely in the name of NPOV. Please do something. 2409:40E1:30C4:5D3E:AB02:B801:576F:3947 (talk) 08:20, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for contacting me about this. Yes, we should expect attempts at whitewashing the article. Best to identify the problems with the references, on the article talk page. I'm trying to keep an eye on the article. --Hipal (talk) 18:09, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanking note

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I thank you that you removed false claims on the article Rajiv Dixit and wrote what is write, rather than the ideological form. Regards, Ved Sharma  Kharavela Deva (talk) 06:48, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was the direct outcome of the article talk page discussions, noticeboard discussions, and the recent RfC. --Hipal (talk) 18:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you remove this?

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On what basis did you remove this edit? http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=John_Mearsheimer&diff=prev&oldid=1261433814 77.98.111.156 (talk) 20:20, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you look? The edit summary suggests it's redundant with another edit, very likely the addition of the same link as a reference. --Hipal (talk) 20:24, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

just a note to say

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thx for working through the issues with me Humanengr (talk) 03:00, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wish we were making more progress, and that I had more time to dig through the current and potential refs. --Hipal (talk) 03:38, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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