User talk:HumanTarget
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[edit]Hello, HumanTarget, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to John C. Sanford does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.
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No Nazis
[edit]See WP:NONAZIS. tgeorgescu (talk) 17:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
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Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at John C. Sanford, you may be blocked from editing. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:08, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Please stop removing other editors opinions and replacing them with neutral language? Got it. Understood. HumanTarget (talk) 19:09, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- I mean I literally changed it to a neutral point of view and you're chastising me rather than the activist who's editorializing I fixed? Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV) apparently means it's cool for wikipedia editors to just insert their opinions as long as other editors agree with them? Look at my last edit and tell me which version is in line with the NPOV policy. HumanTarget (talk) 19:12, 13 April 2024 (UTC)