User talk:Jamessumnergoodwin

55,000 figure on White Zimbabweans

You have repeatedly added the unsourced figure of 55,000 white Zimbabweans residing in Zimbabwe to the White Zimbabweans article. This is not backed up by the footnotes provided, one of which cites a ~30,000 figure and the other of which is the 2012 Zimbabwean census which cites a similar number of 28,000. In the past, you have mentioned a 2024 Zimbabwe Population Survey by NANGO as the source for your revised figure. Please link this survey directly in the article as a footnote so the number has a verifiable source. Without it, the figure is unreferenced and frankly quite dubious, as it implies the white population of Zim almost doubled between 2012 and 2024. Katangais (talk) 20:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have you been to Zimbabwe? We are barely able to upload anything and are still a paper dominant society. All references are hard copies in physical paper form which is kind of hard to upload. The population didn't double because the figures from 2012 were never correct and intentionally underrepresented our population in an attempt to minimise and further fuel illegitimacy of my people. Any census statistics collected from 2000-2017 by the Zimbabwean government must be viewed with the knowledge there is a high chance they are incorrect or manipulated. Please do not insult my ability or right to put the record straight on my culture unless you too belong to the White Zimbabwean/Rhodesian community within Zimbabwe. Unless you are, I reserve the right to continue to correct the errors. Good day. Jamessumnergoodwin (talk) 05:51, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see you’re citing research conducted by telephone interviews. Have your findings been published in an academic journal, or perhaps a book or newspaper? --Katangais (talk) 06:30, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Telephone and door-to-door in person interactions were the most common methods of conducting research. The findings to my best knowledge are not in any academic journals, it is been acknowledged in media with stories on TV of farming increasing in productivity. Many of the farmers who went to Mozambique are back and so to are some from Zambia too. Quite a few farmers still active have moved back if they have children. Jamessumnergoodwin (talk) 19:08, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately we have a standing policy here which prohibits the use of sources such as telephone calls and door to door interviews, unless the results are published either in print or online by reputable third party. The dilemma is that if your findings are unpublished, they cannot be cited as a source. --Katangais (talk) 03:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the people's encyclopaedia sir. Everyone who has value to add knowledge that simply isn't available in most circles has the right to add that and this is exactly how encyclopaedias were built when in print edition. You're acting as though you own the platform and I for one will not be talked down to by an autocratic voice. You should stick to your subjects of interest and knowledge while I will stick to mine. Jamessumnergoodwin (talk) 23:47, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sympathetic and assuming good faith, but you cannot continue to add information to the article without any other source other than your word that you conducted phone and door to door interviews. Where is the proof? Healthy skepticism cannot be equated with autocracy.

In any case, I'm aware that I'm only one voice, so perhaps we should have a third party weigh in. If you feel that I'm being autocratic or prejudiced on this topic, would you be willing to continue this discussion on the Wikipedia page for editing disputes? I'll open a topic there and an administrator or somebody else can offer their input on this dilemma. --Katangais (talk) 01:14, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to answer questions in regard to my knowledge of my own people and any research undertaken. I have included a recent article from a reputable UK-based newspaper on the resurgence of white Zimbabweans and while it doesn't contain an exact figure, it does go toward the point.

Perhaps we should declare who were are and what specialties of knowledge are ours. I don't know you or what interest you have in this very specialised topic but it clearly has your interest. It feels to me like you have an entitlement complex toward to page specifically and I cannot figure out what rationale is behind that. Jamessumnergoodwin (talk) 05:16, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per my comments above, let's continue this discussion in a neutral space. I will not be editing White Zimbabweans until the current dispute is resolved, but I have opened a request for a mediated discussion here. You are free to specify your credentials and your sources, and dispute my interpretation of your research as OR in that space. --Katangais (talk) 16:52, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please continue the discussion at

Moved to Talk:White Zimbabweans

User page

Just a friendly reminder that the main user page (User:Jamessumnergoodwin) is not the appropriate place to put your draft articles, see WP:COPIES, WP:FAKEARTICLE and WP:STALEDRAFT. Please move it to a subpage. Northern Moonlight 09:37, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't a user page just like a personal profile page? J_S (talk) 11:10, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but you can’t put things that look like an article there. Northern Moonlight 22:44, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but the sandbox is what you're looking for to place practice or draft articles in. – GlowstoneUnknown (Talk) 14:37, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]