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June 2013

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Sourcing and Suburban Express

Changes to articles must be backed by reliable sources. You made changes to Suburban Express that talked about one of their business rivals, sourced to SE's own website. That is not a good idea, since their website is not a reliable source, for obvious reasons of conflict of interest and neutral point-of-view. I have reverted the changes. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:35, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know about the revert. I was attempting to improve this article and might have got a little carried away. I'll go through and ensure that the well referenced content remains. Verdict78 (talk) 13:55, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I really hated having to do that second revert, but your reference was to an opinion piece, which by nature is not going to have the same standards of impartiality that would be expected from actual reportage, since an editorial is by definition intended to persuade as much as to inform. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:41, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I was quite surprised with the revert actually, but I do understand what you mean about editorials. My suggestion is to make a very brief statement regarding the rivalry and use the Daily Illini link as a reference. By doing this I feel the editorial could be used. I'll make the change, if you are unhappy with it then you know where to find me to discuss. Again thanks for your input, there's nothing worse than blindly editing a controversial article with no input from anyone else. Verdict78 (talk) 10:37, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Information icon Hello, Verdict78. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Suburban Express, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:25, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi OrangeMike, thanks for your message. I assure you there's no concern from COI, I'm merely trying to improve the article. Verdict78 (talk) 10:04, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

assume good faith

Please assume good faith when editing and interacting with other editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexis418 (talk • contribs) 07:32, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Possibly unfree files

See Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2013 October 31#OTRS pending since long ago, edited in May. --Stefan2 (talk) 21:35, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A Darker Place

Hello Verdict78, I'm writing article about the novel A Darker Place, it isn't biography of living person it's a piece of art. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aghoch (talk • contribs) 14:04, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello User:Aghoch, I apologize for the mistake. Looking at the article I wasn't sure if it should have been deleted, hence my proposed deletion to see if it would lead to more information being published. However it I shouldn't have nominated it for biography of living person so I apologize for that. Verdict78 (talk) 10:05, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Cornstalk, Nebraska

Thank you for tagging the article for speedy deletion. I created it with an as-yet-unpublished Willa Cather letter in mind, in which the author makes a curious pun which I didn't quite understand until now; in fact, she is referring to Comstock, Nebraska (on the Middle Loup River in Custer County) which already has a well-developed Wikipedia page. Had my false assumption ever found its way into print it would have been a dreadful embarrassment; I appreciate your saving me from that particular literary howler. HotKokopelli (talk) 11:05, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion taggings

Hi Verdict78. I've just had occasion to decline three CSD nominations of yours in quick succession, because the tags you had applied were not appropriate. Please can you review the speedy deletion criteria before tagging any more pages for deletion. For reference, the articles I refused deletion on were:

  • Cornstalk, Nebraska (now a redirect, based on the thread above) - A7 does not apply to places, only to individuals, organisations, web content and events.
  • Lenin Gani - A3 does not apply to pages which contain content, which this clearly did.
  • Jesper Thorne - G11 only applies when an article consists entirely of inappropriate advertising, and would be reduced to nothing if the promotional content was removed. In this case, there was only one sentence which warranted removal; the rest of the article was neutral in tone.

If you need help understanding how the CSD criteria work, please ask. Yunshui 雲‍水 13:35, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Yunshui, Thanks for the feedback. I'm slightly new to the reviewing process so I apologize for the incorrect tagging. Not really dealt with that many speedys in the past, but thanks for the explanations. Verdict78 (talk) 10:47, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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