Smommss

Do not respond.

You may revert any corrections I contribute. to any article. However, I have learned that even when I have been published as a recognized scholar in a discipline or a field of study, it means nothing to writers, who take a far too proprietary interest in their pieces. Therefore I shall waste no more time correcting, debating, arguing or citing backups for such. Revert and I shall save my time and effort and allow wikipedia to continue with the reputation that it has acquired for slap-dash, half-baked, undocumented and unresearched articles, written by under-educated pseudo-intellectuals.

No point in writing something if you don't want a response. If you follow our policies at WP:VERIFY, etc you might have less problems Your insight and knowledge is valued as having benefits in finding sources meeting our criteria of reliability and possibly WP:UNDUE, but you still need to be able to cite sources. I also notice you don't seem to take part in article talk page discussions, eg at Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies. You are much more likely to convince others if you actually discuss the issues with them at the appropriate article talk page. Throwing around insults isn't very impressive, by the way. Doug Weller talk 08:30, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

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MOS:ERA

Hi Smommss, Please read MOS:ERA and stop just asserting one form over the other - Note that on Alyattes of Lydia and Orontid dynasty you broke a number of images on each. Cheers KylieTastic (talk) 17:15, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

I checked this, and there were no images or links broken. As a Jew, I find such christo-centric dating demeaning, belittling and offensive.

The thing is, we can't care about offending religious sensibilities and still be an encyclopedia written from a neutral point of view. Thus we allow images of Muhammad (although we often tell editors how to avoid viewing them), we don't call Jesus "Christ" except where context requires it, we don't call Rama "Lord Rama" or refer to Muhammad as simply "the Prophet". Some Christians find BCE just as offensive. We've addressed this particular problem with a guideline requiring discussion on the talk page before changing the established era style. Please respect this. I have to even though I prefer BCE myself. And please sign with 4 tildes, ie ~~~~. Doug Weller talk 07:36, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Yes, there were "images broken". Compare [1] to your version [2] and [3] to your version [4]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:54, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Your edit at Cyrus I was a clear example of "original research"

You added "and conflicts with it entirely." to a reference. That was not just inappropriate, it was original research which is strictly against policy. Doug Weller talk 07:32, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

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