User talk:124.197.108.86

May 2023
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made an edit to a biography of a living person, Randall Schweller, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. 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. Materialscientist (talk) 07:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did with this edit to Randall Schweller. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 07:33, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Please stop adding unreferenced controversial biographical content to articles or any other Wikipedia page, as you did with this edit to Randall Schweller. Content of this nature could be regarded as defamatory and is in violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 07:58, 7 May 2023 (UTC)


 * I added in citation. What do you mean by unreferenced? What drivel are you talking about? 124.197.108.86 (talk) 08:01, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * See WP:BLPRS. Myheritage.com is not. Materialscientist (talk) 08:06, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * There is nothing in WP:BLPRS that says that Myheritage.com is not. None at all. 124.197.108.86 (talk) 08:09, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Of course. MyHeritage is one of many websites that give birthdates, and relate them to some name rather than a certain person. Names are ambiguous and usually refer to many people, even when they contain a middle name. Materialscientist (talk) 08:16, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * It's very obviously not a reliable source, certainly not for BLPs - you can't expect BLPRS to list every website that isn't reliable. Girth Summit  (blether)  08:13, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Not a reliable? That site is one of biggest database sites on birth and death records online. What are you talking about? Do you have any clue at all what is coming out from your mouth?124.197.108.86 (talk) 08:15, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * MyHeritage is an online genealogy platform with web, mobile, and software products and services, introduced by the Israeli company MyHeritage in 2003. Users of the platform can obtain their family trees, upload and browse through photos, and search through over 19.4 billion historical records, among other features.
 * As of 2023, the service supports 42 languages and has more than 84 million users worldwide who have built around 74 million family trees. In 2016, it launched a genetic testing service called MyHeritage DNA, with more than 6.5 million DNA kits in the company's database by March 2023
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyHeritage
 * MyHeritage is OBVIOUSLY a valid source. It is NOT AT ALL obviousthat is it NOT valid source. That is complete garbage.124.197.108.86 (talk) 124.197.108.86 (talk) 08:21, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Valid, but not reliable, at least not on this Wiki. Materialscientist (talk) 08:22, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * According to what? Your whim? Not reliable? How? SHow me evidence.124.197.108.86 (talk) 08:24, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * From WP:RS: Articles should be based on reliable, independent, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. This means that we publish only the analysis, views, and opinions of reliable authors.... Genealogy databases aren't authored by a human, they're put together automatically by algorithms scraping primary sources. Nobody is checking individual records for accuracy. It's like trying to use a Google search as a source - sure, it's probably right, but to check properly you need to go to the place where Google is getting its info from. In this case, you might want to see whether you can identify the source that MyHeritage is using, and refer to that (although, per BLPRS, use of public records for details such as birth dates is not permitted, so that wouldn't fly if that's what MyHeritage is using). If you can't find a birth date in a reliable, secondary source, just leave it out. Girth Summit  (blether)  09:02, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I see that you put it in again. I have removed it again. If you reinstate it again, this IP will be blocked from editing - I hope that's clear. Best wishes, Girth Summit  (blether)  17:22, 7 May 2023 (UTC)