User talk:Mark Elt

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Please stop adding your own writing as references[edit]

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August 2022[edit]

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Newcastle-under-Lyme, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Please take to talk rather than edit war SovalValtos (talk) 11:16, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I did give a reason. The information cited is out of date, as I put in a note. It also is only partial and does not explain an ongoing, complex story. Mark Elt (talk) 12:13, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What is required is a valid reason. Encyclopedias are not about being 'up to date'. Removing material because it is 'partial' or could be improved is not a valid reason. See WP:Recentism. Please continue to add new sourced material which may be accepted by consensus.SovalValtos (talk) 10:52, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have added new information. Mark Elt (talk) 11:01, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Having considered it, the original content fell foul of the policy on recentism. Another reason to replace it. Mark Elt (talk) 11:31, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]