User talk:2A00:23C7:5F0C:B501:9846:DA6E:A761:1747

Edlington article

I see an edit war developing over your insistence on the inclusion of lengthy biographical information about an individual who once resided in Edlington. You appear, without stating anything, to be opposed to its removal. The side-story of a faithful dog who warned its master as to danger lurking in an "outside toilet", while moderately amusing, might belong in a biography of that person, but only takes up space and distracts users reading the Edlington article.

Your reluctance to give an edit summary, plus your insistence upon reverting, repeatedly, without offering any justification, makes you an unconstructive editor here. If you would like to increase your chance of having your IP address blocked, please ignore this message. Thank you.--Quisqualis (talk) 19:16, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Before a lot of time get wasted, you ought to be informed that Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth lacks any mention whatsoever of the gentleman's trusty greyhound. Could that article possibly benefit from the inclusion of the greyhound tale, thus immortalizing the legend in the pages of Wikipedia, as you desire? Do respond soonest.--Quisqualis (talk) 19:27, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I atended Edlo school and wore a white greyhound as as an emblem . The White Greyhound public house (now demolished) was named as a tribute to this legend. Please feel free to not mess about with our history 2A00:23C7:5F0C:B501:9846:DA6E:A761:1747 (talk) 19:32, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kind Sir, I'm immensely grateful to read a response from such a young and upstanding person, who proudly wears the Greyhound! I must inform you that, as a younger editor, one without a Wikipedia account, and seemingly rather new to proper editing etiquette at Wikipedia, that you are going about it in the wrong fashion.

Firstly, you must leave an Edit Summary explaining your rationale for any edit, even the addition of a comma.

Secondly, you need to read the Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors, so as not to endanger your person on line.

Thirdly, you need to read Wikipedia:How to edit a page (concise) and maybe also this version of the same.

And fourthly, we do not go about making Wikipedia the way we want it to be. We try to make it better for everyone, as it is a (one hopes) concise world encyclopedia.

Now go and copy/paste the greyhound material which I excised from the Edlington article and then into the appropriate position in the Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth article. As you can see, the legend properly belongs with the Viscount, and not with a former coal-mining town. He would turn over in his grave to see it today. I do hope you are able to do this favour for Wikipedia. And please let your instructor, or whoever set you on this noble task, know that there is a right and a wrong way to edit Wikipedia, and they owe it to their students to show them the right one. Many thanks, young person. Oh, and P.S.: Wikipedia is in no way the history page of your school. It doesn't own or control the article. Neither do its students.--Quisqualis (talk) 20:05, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No. This is not the point of my intejection. It is merely to show that wikipedia should be a straightforward purveyor of truth. If you think that deleteing content is OK then then you think that you control what can be the truth 86.136.93.27 (talk) 20:30, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia does not claim to be the truth, see WP:TRUTH. We only claim content is verifiable. If you make further disruption, you will be blocked. 331dot (talk) 21:28, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sir, also note that Wikipedia is not a compilation of "everything true".--Quisqualis (talk) 21:38, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion

Sir, I suggested that you move "the truth" from the article about the town to the article about the Viscount. Alternatively, you may move the tale to the article Sir Thomas Wharton Academy if you are able. If you can't do so, I'll do it for you. Best.--Quisqualis (talk) 21:33, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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