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Hello... I notice you keep editing the article about Loris Karius[1]... I do not want an edit war... I just want to point out that your edits are VERY POOR in grammar... Can you, please, explain WHY do you keep inserting VERY poor English in the article? Thanks --Kingdamian1 (talk) 04:05, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Sorry about poor grammar but I also want the article to have unbiased explaination about the mistake he made.

Since you noticed it, can you kindly edit my grammar please

Done! --Kingdamian1 (talk) 04:24, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
It is important to maintain a neutral point of view when editing articles. The fact is that he allowed the ball to slip through his hands, anything else is opinion. We don't know why it happened, just that it did. Kosack (talk) 07:03, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
See WP:BRD also. Kosack (talk) 07:05, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Sorry Kosack, but have you seen the highlights or the match yet. Sometimes, facts are horrible.

Also, Benzema did almost nothing for that goal, therefore the word “intercept” is incorrect

I have no strong interest in it, I don't support either side. However, maintaining a WP:NPOV is what we should be trying to do. "Released a throw directly to Benzema" is clearly incorrect and suggests he was aiming to throw it to him. Kosack (talk) 07:16, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Not too mention that "reflect the ball past the goalline" is a very clunky way to describe it. Kosack (talk) 07:18, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
I've reworded it slightly to make it sound less like a deliberate action. I've removed the last Bale sentence too, that's a personal opinion. We shouldn't judging what happened, just that it did. Kosack (talk) 07:21, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply


Your edits on Benzema is very good.

However, I reinserted the second sentence about Bale’s goal. It was accurate and tell readers the nature of that strike and judge whether Karius can handle it or not.

Even if it's accurate, it isn't relevant, it's personal opinion. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a news source, and we are not trying to give an opinion on the goal we are simply stating what happened. He let the ball slip through his hands, that's all. Kosack (talk) 07:31, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

But the strike was powerful and straight at Karius was also the fact not opinion. If there is no detailed description of the goal, people may get confused on why would that count as mistake as they might view that Karius tried to dive but the ball still slipped.

I removed "Bale’s strike was powerful, but it was straight at Karius" because it is WP:UNDUE and lacks WP:NPOV. All we need to say is that he mishandled the strike. Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 16:44, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Where is my point of view? I even copied it from Ghana National Team page. Therefore, it should be neutral enough.

A further warning here - no, it's not neutral. How is the "deliberate hand ball" etc. notable to Rajevac's life/career? Also you should not be copying masses of content from other sources, even Wikipedia articles. Stop it - and do not re-add the content without consensus on the article talk page, per WP:BRD. GiantSnowman 18:52, 5 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Alright, I will edit it again

This is much, much better, thanks! GiantSnowman 07:37, 6 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

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