User talk:Adboughton

June 2013
Hello, I'm Dawnseeker2000. Your recent edit to the page ZoneAlarm appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. 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. Dawnseeker2000  03:44, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

September 2013
Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Ministry of Magic. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 04:42, 18 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Dear Elizium23, thanks for your note, though I wish you had communicated before summarily removing my entry with a degree of proprietary pique, despite your rollback editorial status. I would like to dispute your removal of my contribution, the objectivity of the section as it stands, and the authority of its references, citing references in support of my contribution as to counterbalance the existing views, including an existing Wikipedia entry on the 'The Politics of Harry Potter' and my published work in long established national newspapers as well as books written by well known academics.


 * For instance as an authority on liberal fascism please see -


 * Examples of my work at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/three-cheers-for-the-ideals-of-guided-capitalism-20090703-d7qw.html or http://www.smh.com.au/business/wanted-a-new-economic-theory-20090206-7z7h.html and others.


 * In 'The Politics of Harry Potter' page is a section 'Anti-terrorism' I will cite "Rowling said "... what Voldemort does, in many senses, is terrorism, and that was quite clear in my mind before 9/11 happened.... but there are parallels, obviously. I think one of the times I felt the parallels was when I was writing about the arrest of Stan Shunpike ..."


 * In 'The Politics of Harry Potter' page is a section 'Characters compared to George Bush, Tony Blair, and Saddam Hussein' suggesting the present citations are weak: "Slate Magazine also says Rowling takes jabs at the Bush and Blair administrations suggesting the Ministry of Magic's security pamphlet recalls the much-scorned Operation TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System). The author also suggests that Azkaban, the wizard penitentiary, is a stand-in for Guantanamo Bay.[67] ... Rowling has never confirmed these interpretations in Harry Potter;"


 * In 'The Politics of Harry Potter' page is a section 'Neoliberal and capitalist values' which I will ciste in support of my interpretation "In an article published in prominent French newspaper Le Monde, literary scholar Ilias Yocaris argued that Harry Potter "probably unintentionally ... appears as a summary of the social and educational aims of neoliberal capitalism." According to Yocaris' analysis, all life at Hogwarts is dominated by a culture of competition: "competition among students to be prefect; competition among Hogwarts houses to gain points; competition among sorcery schools to win the Triwizard tournament; and, ultimately, the bloody competition between the forces of Good and Evil." The free market plays a prominent and positive role, while the state (the Ministry of Magic) is presented as inefficient and bureaucratic. In this "pitiless jungle", education only aims to "give students an immediately exploitable practical knowledge that can help them in their battle to survive," while artistic subjects and social sciences are useless or absent. Yocaris concludes that "like Orwellian totalitarianism, this capitalism tries to fashion not only the real world, but also the imagination of consumer-citizens," producing literature that suggests that no alternative is possible

Thank you. Andrew Boughton Adboughton (talk) 03:44, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

May 2015
Hello, I'm Glane23. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Incubus, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Geoff Who, me? 17:38, 30 May 2015 (UTC)