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Surbiton article

Hello, Robidy. Please have a look at Surbiton to see if what I have done is what you had intended. I found the picture missing. LynwoodF (talk) 16:31, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

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BT Tower

Hi, can I suggest you read the article before adding material. You're adding material which already appears. KJP1 (talk) 19:40, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

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I suggest you read MOS:NICKNAME before reverting my edits. —Jonny Nixon (talk) 03:37, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

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Removing sources

Hi! Please don't remove sources unless you have legitimate concerns that either A) the source is unrelated to the material in question (in which case it might be better to investigate whether it might be used for elsewhere) or B) you have legitimate doubts about it's reliability (beyond it not being North American or European). See Wikipedia:Verifiability#Accessibility. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:21, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Was using a source on WP:RSP, previous source is a summary page that incorrectly states all the crew were Indian which some we Egyptian, bit harsh to call it European bias. Robidy (talk) 19:27, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Don't see the Hindustan Times on RSP. As for the others, many sources on RSP are explicitly described as good sources (the WSJ; the Guardian, ...), to avoid any doubt. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:35, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

The source removed was a summary page of new articles, so was incorrect, I'm not sure I feel comfortable with your statement about European bias, I feel it's unfair, what should we do? Robidy (talk) 20:15, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

WP:BIAS is a fact; and since most editors are indeed European or North American, there's not too much we can do... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:29, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

it's also the case that your statement was wholly wrong and unfair. Happy to learn when I've made a mistake but somewhat saddened you've stated I've done something I've clearly not, is there a process for appealing your statement that is clearly wrong? Robidy (talk) 22:11, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, I have noticed a suspicious part in the Patch Tuesday lede:

[...] an unofficial term used to refer to when Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle and others regularly releases software patches [...]

I suppose there should be 'release' in a plural form due to multiple actors enumerated, but as a non-native English speaker (to be honest, a non-speaker at all; rather a reader, at most...) I won't dare to 'fix' it myself.

I have found out this was your addition: Special:Diff/983194667, so could you, please, check the sentence and fix it if necessary?

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Well, I've fixed it myself. --CiaPan (talk) 22:00, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

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Rather harsh given I'm trying to help improve wikipedia, how do I appeal the warning? Robidy (talk) 23:10, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

You shouldn't do edit war, if some revert please discuss on talk page of related article.Rock Stone Gold Castle (talk) 13:14, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

I was making improvement to the page, which were reverted and then the header of the page changed to fit the narrative of the reverter. Subsequently long standing edits were also reverted, this seems more like bullying given the user appears to be someone of privilege over someone who isn't...who can I discuss the case with? ~~~~ Robidy (talk) 21:08, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

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