User talk:1.42.188.128

March 2020

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that in this edit to Patrick Ward (actor), you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 08:47, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! HiLo48 (talk) 08:48, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

April 2020

Hello, I'm Killarnee. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Jocko Henderson, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! --Killarnee (T•1•2) 18:58, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2020

Some recent edits you made to add infoboxes to multiple articles have been reverted. The Manual of Style says: "Whether to include an infobox ... is determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article." While sports and politician bios can benefit from infoboxes, most articles in liberal arts fields do not. See arbitration report: "Infoboxes may be particularly unsuited to liberal arts fields when they repeat information already available in the lead section of the article, are misleading or oversimplify the topic for the reader". Infoboxes emphasize unimportant factoids stripped of context and lacking nuance, in competition with the WP:LEAD section, which emphasizes and contextualizes the most important facts. Since the most important points in the article are already discussed in the Lead, or adequately discussed in the body of the article, the box is generally redundant. IBs take up valuable space at the top of the article and hamper the layout and impact of the Lead. Frequent errors creep into infoboxes, as updates are made to the articles but not reflected in the redundant info in the box, and they tend to draw vandalism, fancruft and repeated arguments among editors about what to include. The infobox template creates a block of code at the top of the edit screen that discourages new editors from editing the article. They discourage readers from reading the text of the article. IBs distract editors from focusing on the content of the article. Instead of improving the article, they spend time working on this repetitive feature and its coding and formatting. -- Ssilvers (talk) 07:34, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Thanoscar21. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Martha Boswell, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Thanoscar21 (talk) 16:41, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Slim Whitman—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 01:14, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July 2020

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Gerry and the Pacemakers, did not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 06:30, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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