User talk:87.75.160.69

Regarding Edit on Titus
Hello there,

I just wanted to let you know that I have reverted a change you made on Titus (dinosaur). The Guardian is a source Wikipedia deems generally reliable. In addition to this, your edit on the page would be a conflict of interest as you are admittedly editing a portion of the article that is attributed to you.

I'm sure that having a quote misattributed to you would be frustrating. That said, this is an issue you should take up with The Guardian. If the Guardian retracts the quote, please let myself or someone else on the wiki know, and we can make the necessary changes on the page. A good way to accomplish this would be to discuss on the talk page while still disclosing your potential for conflict of interest.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this.

 Skipple  ☎  18:26, 15 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi, The quote was provided by the Press office for the Nottingham Museum without speaking to me, so as far as the Guardian knows, the quote is genuine. The Museum made it up, not the newspaper. The fact that the Guardian IS generally reliable doesn't mean this quote IS accurate, and they are hardly going to retract it on a 2 year old article because I emailed them. As as hint as to the fact that it's wrong is the fact that my name is given incorrectly, I'm David W.E. Hone.
 * I don't see how this can be resolved if the only person who knows the quote is bogus is me and I can't delete it because that's a conflict of interest. This is now being used as evidence as to the value of the specimen when it's made up which is beyond frustrating. 87.75.160.69 (talk) 09:53, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there Dr. Hone,
 * It didn't feel right to continue to cite a source you are claiming misattributed you, regardless of what the Wikipedia guidelines on the are. I was able to find a source that attributes a similar sentiment to someone else. I have replaced the quote attribution without (I believe) detracting from the article. I hope this is satisfies everyone involved.  Skipple   ☎  13:31, 16 August 2022 (UTC)