User talk:73.36.60.99

July 2022
Hello, I'm Adakiko. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Roland Harper seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. 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. Adakiko (talk) 00:56, 18 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Just came across your reply. Thanks much for the explanation--I think we share the same goals. My edit was an effort to bring the story back into line with those principles. The article about Roland Harper is a problem because it was never written (as you point out) from a neutral point of view. When publishing a short biographical overview, it's unusual and inappropriate to spend time nitpicking minor incidents; those crop up in any person's life and are of little interest. In contrast, an impartial biographer will lay out the main accomplishments that define the character of the person being presented, choosing those that affected the world. (Ask yourself which details you'd list in a short paragraph summing up Abraham Lincoln's life. I'm sure you wouldn't draw from speculation about the underside of his legal career or the personal points of his troubled marriage. Those would be material for an expose in some slanted tabloid.) This short article left many rich details unsaid--too many to waste time on traffic tickets and the like. Those would likely not find a place, even in a book-length account. The author obviously knew little about the man and perhaps even had a personal stake in the petty incident that I deleted. (It reads that way.) I'd still like to see the changes made. 73.36.60.99 (talk) 02:40, 26 August 2023 (UTC)