Pradeeps369

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August 2015

Hello, I'm IndianBio. Your recent edit to the page Baahubali: The Beginning appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. —Indian:BIO ^{[ ChitChat ]} 15:58, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Pradeeps369, please also use the "Show preview" button, which is located next to the Save page button, before committing your changes to the article, so that you can be sure your changes make sense. It shouldn't take seven edits [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] to make these changes. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:15, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Questionable changes

In this edit at List of highest-grossing Indian films you changed Janatha Garage's gross value from ₹125 crore to 188 crore. Got an explanation for this? The source that accompanied the data does not support your change. Note that this sort of thing tends to look like you're adding false information. Since that is probably not your motivation, I'd be interested in an explanation, please. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:17, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

There are reliable sources for this movie to be in the Top 3 lists, however the exact gross collections are not mentioned. I confirmed the same based on some facebook discussions. Irrespective of it, before i edit it next time, i'll make sure to cite reliable sources @ Cyphoidbomb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pradeeps369 (talk • contribs)

Thank you for the explanation and for your assurance that you'll cite in the future. (Note: Please remember to sign your comments with four tildes ~~~~) Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:43, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

September 2016

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Arichuvadi. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Diff: [8] This is a community editing project, and you are required to discuss matters in a civil tone. Calling a user a "smartass" and "dumbass" over and over is petulant behavior that has no place at Wikipedia. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:20, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

I never had an intention of personal attacks, My aggression is only a response to his behavior. He Arichuvadi instead of giving his comments on my proposed change from "Magnanimous man" to "The one with strong arms", he tried to ridicule me by posting comments like "poor English" , "there is no such statement" etc... @Cyphoidbomb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pradeeps369 (talk • contribs)

Reliable sources and user-generated content

Hi Pradeeps, re: this, we don't use random faceless blogs as references. Anyone can create a blog and call himself an expert on any subject. Example: if a production company wanted to make themselves look good, they could start a blog, pose as an expert on film finances, and publish inflated values for their films, while publishing low values for their competitors. Obviously that wouldn't be acceptable, which is why we only care what independent reliable published sources with established reputations for fact-checking have to say. That would typically include mainstream newspapers, magazines, books, and so forth. We also don't use primary sources, like a film's producer, director, actor, etc. for controversial content. Other examples of insufficient sources would be Wikia, IMDb, discussion forums, Facebook pages, and so forth, as these are all user-contributed, and in some cases, primary sources. Thanks for understanding, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:09, 30 September 2016 (UTC)