User talk:121.208.69.170

September 2023
Hello, I'm AntiDionysius. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Alexandra Aikhenvald, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. AntiDionysius (talk) 08:03, 22 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I know things about myself, don't I? Am I not a reliable source? For my citizenship, see my CV on www.aikhenvald.linguistics.com. I AM NOT a Russian citizen (I gave up the citizenship of the USSR in 1991, as soon as I became a Brazilian citizen; I actually still hold this citizenship).
 * Arawak languages: citation is Aikhenvald, The Arawak language family, 1999 in Dixon and Aikhenvald eds. The Amazonian languages.
 * Now, what ARE YOUR 'RELIABLE' SOUrces to connect me with the murderous genocidal country (Russia), of which I AM NOT CITIZEN? 121.208.69.170 (talk) 08:06, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * So, a number of things. Thank you for pointing to your webpage; it is indeed a useful source (we do usually prefer secondary sources on Wikipedia but that is of course not always possible). I hope you can understand why it's necessary to have some corroboration for edits; without that, no one can verify that a random IP address claiming to be the subject of a Wikipedia page is telling the truth. I'll edit the page now to correct the citizenship info.
 * Secondly, please refer to the Wikipedia conflict of interest policy. For a variety of reasons, it is extremely strongly encouraged that you not edit any page the subject of which you have a personal connection to; that applies especially to a page actually about you. The best way to get edits made to such pages is to ask another editor to do it, and point them to a source for the relevant change. You can do that on the article's talk page.
 * Finally, I'd emphasise that people here are generally acting in good faith. Wikipedia editors are volunteers who are doing their best to create a public informational resource with the sources at their disposal. They, unfortunately, sometimes make mistakes. I don't know who wrote the information on your particular page; today was my first time reading it, let alone editing it. But one assumes that the note about Russian citizenship was an assumption based on the fact that you were born there, since the overwhelming majority of people retain the citizenship of the countries in which they are born. I'm generally against the idea of making assumptions, especially ones that turn out to be wrong, but it was no more than that. No one was assuming, and indeed no one should assume, that holding Russian citizenship by virtue of having been born there would make anyone automatically a supporter of the actions of the Russian government.
 * Like I said, I'll go update the page now. AntiDionysius (talk) 08:24, 22 September 2023 (UTC)