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Your submission at Articles for creation: User:Ericthearcher/sandbox (May 29)

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  Hello, I'm Gangster8192. I wanted to let you know that one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to David Ferguson Hunter— has been undone because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thank you. Gangster8192 11:42, 10 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Ways to improve Father Richard Augustine Hay

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Hello, Ericthearcher,

Thanks for creating Father Richard Augustine Hay! I edit here too, under the username Girth Summit and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

Can you add some references to this article? A quick Google search found several, but I assume you have access to good sources that you got this information from?

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Rev Archibald Fleming (May 27)

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June 2019

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Your recent editing history at George VI shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Archibald Fleming (b. 1863) has been accepted

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Archibald Fleming (b. 1863), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 07:44, 10 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Ways to improve Archibald Fleming (b. 1863)

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Hello, Ericthearcher,

Thanks for creating Archibald Fleming (b. 1863)! I edit here too, under the username QueerEcofeminist and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

I have accepted your draft, but please add more references and keep on improving this article. thanks for your contributions. Keep it up

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QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 07:47, 10 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

QueerEcofeminist Thank you for your message. I am very much a newbie to Wikipedia - I am not even sure if I have got this reply correct! I shall add more links and sources once I have done a little more research. Ericthearcher (talk) 10:25, 14 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

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Freemasonry

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Hi, I am at a loss as to why you are adding lots of (paraphrase) "he was a Freemason, being a member of xyz Lodge" to biographies. Unless the freemasonry had some obvious impact on their doings, it seems utterly trivial. We might as well record that they were members of their local bridge club etc. It is bad enough that we often mention caste or religious belief when it has no bearing but worse in this case, I think at least some times you are using self-published sources, such as the Granville Angell book on VCs. - Sitush (talk) 01:50, 16 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hello Sitush, thank you for talking the time and trouble to make these commenst. First and formost Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and attempts to be as comprehensive as possible on particular subjects. In terms of individuals what may appear to be trivial to you can be a great importance to others. Information on Freemasonry is being added for several reasons: a) details are listed in legitimate published sources. b) Freemasonry is not a religion or creed. c) Requests have been made by biographers for the information to include in their biographies d) membership of local bridge clubs are not recorded in biographies. e) Many of these individuals spent large parts of their lives engaging in Masonic activity. There are many other reasons. I do not think any of the forgoing are trivial. I do not think that recoding Present Harry S. Trueman (for example) was a Freemason (and a Grand Master at that) whilst he was also President of the USA is trivial. - Ericthearcher (talk)

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