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Facts

Good day. The concept of Igbo have minority Muslims are false as we do not recognize it's existence. The Igbo people practice Odinala, Odinala is a way of life, tradition and beliefs.Odinala as a religion sees God the Creator as father, whereas Islam sees God as master. It's practice of fellowship governs the people way of life and accepts Christianity as a religion.Igbo is beyond an ethnicity, it's a way of life. Our cultures and traditions are accepted by Christianity whereas Islam tends to eliminate our cultures and practices.This is the reason we don't see it as a religion.Islam is against our beliefs and it's a disease in our society. An Igbo person who converted to Islam is no longer an Igbo, he or she does not have Igbo identity but Arab/Islamic identity.

Secondly, the edits by Adebayo on ' the civil war' is false. The Igbo people along Ibibio, Ijaw,Igala,Idoma, Ogoni crave for an independent nation called Biafra. Though the Igbos were leaders in the war but that does not eliminate the significance of other ethnic groups. Thanks Nwachukwucr7 (talk) 08:08, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

You removed content cited with reliable sources because you don't like the belief? We don't do that on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is built on reliable sources, neutrality and verifiability. Unless you have reliable sources supporting what you are saying, then its just original research and/or a personal analysis.

Example: If you were to ask an atheist about the relationship between God and Christians, they too would say it constitutes "God as a master" and a result of cultural imperialism based on their irreligious beliefs - and that is why personal analyses aren't allowed in a neutral encyclopedia.

Islam is a religion, whether you like it or not - and it has an article with plenty of sources to prove such. Changing religion does not change ones ethnicity either, if an Igbo is a muslim then they are an Igbo muslim. R0paire 08:59, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

You're not an Igbo,so you have nothing to say. Nwachukwucr7 (talk) 11:59, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Whether I am Igbo or not is irrelevant, you are on Wikipedia and edit by the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia.

My suggestion would be to avoid articles related to Nigerian ethnicities and Islam/religion as unless you can put your personal views aside (especially your views on Islam or muslims) and follow policies (WP:RS, WP:V, WP:NPOV, WP:NOR), you will likely be blocked from editing. R0paire 13:52, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

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why undoing

I am not doing original work, it is al sourced and not my own you keep undoing one of my edits on Billy Long have any specifics? I didn't even edit some of that Macbook01 (talk) 17:34, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

You're removing sourced content without explaining why (which would need to be pretty strong since it's reliably source). I'm not accusing you of original work, it is original reserarch which is including content not supported or state by the source.

What exactly do you mean you didn't edit some of it? R0paire 17:37, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

I didn't remove any sourced content... I am confused

please give a reason Macbook01 (talk) 17:40, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

some of the information you keep removing has been there for a long time and not done by me Macbook01 (talk) 17:41, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

I am not doing original research - it is backed by source

please give me an example of something Macbook01 (talk) 17:41, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

The only reverted content was by you, that's why the page history shows "Reverted 5 edits by Macbook01". It only reverted your edits.

You removed content such as "...Commerce Terrace Consulting, two companies that encourage clients to apply for tax credits and subsequently take a cut of the benefits" which was reliably sourced.

On the OR, an example: " His stance reflects his broader commitment to protecting individual rights under the Constitution.", "Long emphasized the importance of addressing mental health issues, improving school safety, and enforcing existing laws rather than enacting new gun restrictions." and "banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected" are all OR as the sources never state these in them. R0paire 17:54, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

commerce terrace consulting is not in the article hence it was removed Macbook01 (talk) 17:56, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

I think you should look at the content before removing edits Macbook01 (talk) 17:58, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

those are the issues I added... u said there was OR on the other stuff before I even added those Macbook01 (talk) 17:56, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

It was absolutely sourced, check both these sources that were cited and you'll see: "Senate Democrats have requested information from Lifetime as well as Commerce Terrace Consulting, a Missouri entity that Mr. Long worked with to find clients."

"Working with companies that would fill out the paperwork for the tax credit in exchange for a portion of a client’s refund, Mr. Long had success.".

The previous examples were for content that was still there, the gridlock content was also OR. I even spent time on it trying to find some way it would be applicable for healthcare.

Based on the fact you missed those two sources containing the content you removed, I don't think you're in a position to be telling people to look before removing. R0paire 18:06, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

The NY Times article you cannot view unless you pay

I did a search of commerce terrace and it did not come up

so I will take your word for it Macbook01 (talk) 18:15, 29 January 2025 (UTC)