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March 2014

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is How to stop a page being 'gamed' ?. Thank you. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:28, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

reply by LNCSRG

Thank you for notifying me, and I understand that sometimes you need to switch to IP editing -- it happened to me too. BTW you are right, I cold recognize yourwriting styleeven ifyou signed Mickey Mouse. - LNCSRG (talk) 08:56, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to 2012 Italian Navy Marines shooting incident in the Laccadive Sea, as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Please only use the minor edit checkbox for truly minor edits, such as this one. Edits like this where substantial information is added, removed or edited should never be marked as minor. Please be careful about how you use that flag. Thanks! Ravensfire (talk) 17:23, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your message. I was unaware exactly when to use minor edits check-box and assumed that the 'move' (cut & paste) of text that I made was 'minor' in good faith. However, I have now become aware of the guidelines at Help:Minor edit and will make it a point to remember the recommendations. Onlyfactsnofiction (talk) 19:32, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

May I enquire regarding an additional item ? I had expressed surprise a couple of days ago [1] about how an Italian contributor was in contact around the end of February 2014 with an Italian journalist called "Toni Capuozzo" regarding this Italian Marines case (translated here [2]) ? Well, it now appears that on 06 March 2014, the journalist "Toni Capuozzo" published an article (reprinted in many places in the Italian media) and made a TV documentary along an editorial line that exonerates the marines drawing from many hypothetical lines that are disturbingly similar to the ones being discussed on wikipedia. Kindly search "Toni+Capuozzo +maro" on any search engine to see the articles and documentary (in Italian language).

My question is simple : Is it Ok to coordinate/collaborate with a journalist who then goes on to publish an article which is thereafter used as a 'jump-off point' to modify the related wikipedia articles in english and Italian languages ? What is your take on this ? What is the Wikipedia policy on lobbying and opinion shaping. Is this allowed ? It it OK for anyone to contact a prominent journalist from one of the involved countries (India or Italy) and thereafter when a suitable article is published use it as a 'credible source' in order to shape the text of wikipedia article accordingly ? I am disturbed by this. But, maybe I am mistaken to be concerned and that this is all part of the game and is perfectly acceptable. That is why I am asking for opinions from administrators/arbitrators with clear understanding of wikipedia policies and editorial guidelines.

Onlyfactsnofiction (talk) 19:55, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Signature

Please fix your signature by adding a closing </font> tag at the end. Ravensfire (talk) 03:04, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

~Thanks for informing me about the missing tag. Onlyfactsnofiction (talk) 04:09, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

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