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Happy editing! Cheers, – Muboshgu (talk) 22:46, 6 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I made an edit to correct the opening sentence in an article that was very obviously not "neutral."
 * I would like to bother you with a short question.
 * I couldn't find whether I needed to discuss it with anyone first, and it was a rather minor change, wherein I omitted one word, "patriot," that someone had inserted, with citations that didn't support it to describe the political activist Ammon Bundy. The sources cited identified Bundy variously as "militant," a "political activist" and "anti-government," so I replaced the descriptor "patriot" with "activist," as I thought "patriot" was biased, where "activist," still a subjective term, could be extrapolated from the sources and is neutral.
 * If you actually do see these replies, can you let me know if what I did was appropriate? I am sorry to ask, but I am a rookie.
 * Thanks!
 * Archie583 Archie583 (talk) 23:58, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Don't apologize for asking, that's one way we learn. You did the right thing. That was vandalism. The article gets vandalized by supporters (example) and opponents (example) alike. Today wasn't the first time that a supporter added "patriot" like that. In cases of vandalism like that, there's no need for discussion, you can just revert. We only need to discuss things that could be contentious. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:17, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Archie583 (talk) 03:53, 7 December 2023 (UTC)