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May 2022

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Johnny Depp. See WP:RSP#Ancestry.com for details. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:26, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

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~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:26, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

Kano State

Hello. Your recent edit to Kano State appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 09:31, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

August 2022

Hi LineageFirst! I noticed that you have reverted to restore your preferred version of Template:African American topics sidebar‎ several times. The impulse to undo an edit you disagree with is understandable, but I wanted to make sure you're aware that the edit warring policy disallows repeated reversions even if they are justifiable.

All editors are expected to discuss content disputes on article talk pages to try to reach consensus. If you are unable to agree at [[Talk:Template:African American topics sidebar‎]], please use one of the dispute resolution options to seek input from others. Using this approach instead of reverting can help you avoid getting drawn into an edit war. I'd like also to remind you that claiming that certain articles may only be edited by members of certain ethnic groups is against core principles of WP.. Rsk6400 (talk) 06:55, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

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Valereee (talk) 12:03, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

November 2022

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Template talk:African American topics sidebar. Specifically "And for your editors who are not ethnic African-American who are misrepresenting the history of actual ethnic African-Americans, you are committing harassment against us." Doug Weller talk 11:26, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

I can't assume good faith when I make a change, provide citation, and the change is still rejected. At that point, there's no go faith, but bias. LineageFirst (talk) 14:03, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

What is the guideline for determining the difference between good faith editing and forms of disingenuous and biased editing? If there's not one, there needs to be one. LineageFirst (talk) 14:07, 25 November 2022 (UTC)