User talk:BenjaminSteinberg

June 2024
Hello, I'm Rsjaffe. 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 Iain McGilchrist seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 04:17, 29 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello,
 * No problems regarding the archiving. My feeling is that the current page while probably more impartial than my version is inadequate. I’ll try and introduce some more moderate edits with the proper referencing. BenjaminSteinberg (talk) 09:08, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Rsjaffe. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 04:18, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Your bold edit to Iain McGilchrist deleted the current content, which had numerous reliable sources that were used to establish notability and verifiabililty, and replaced it with totally unreferenced material which did not maintain a neutral point of view. Please note that the unrefenced content was drawn from Channel McGilchrist which is a primary source and hence unreliable (though they may sometimes be used sparingly for basic, uncontroversial facts). In that form, the "new" article would fail the Golden Rule and would be quickly deleted for lack of notability, especially since this is a biography of a living person where guidelines and policy are more strict that other types of article.
 * The correct way to construct a wiki article is to find independent reliable references that give the subject significant mention, and then write the article to fairly represent what those sources actually say, not hunt around for references to what you want to say, afterwards. That would be backwards. Help:Getting started might be useful to you.  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   08:57, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Please note also that snippets of plaudits or testimonials, taken from primary sources and from booksellers' pages, should not be used as they are not published by independent reliable sources. We also need to be able to verify the full context from which snippets are pulled, to ensure that they are fairly representative and not cherry-picked.  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   09:54, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hi BenjaminSteinberg! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.

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Happy editing!  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   08:37, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Iain McGilchrist
Thanks for your major edits at Iain McGilchrist which are appreciated. It's a big improvement. If you go to the article and click on "view history" you can see what changes I've made since then. I've tagged one or two pieces as requiring citations, and added quite a few wikilinks. Thanks again. I'll see about getting some Internet Archive backups for some of the references to avoid linkrot. Apologies for any errors or omissions. Regards,  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   10:38, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * As a side note, I'll be glad when McG can give an interview or speech (now 15 years on) without an obligatory elevator pitch. And when others rise to the practical challenge that lies beyond "people keep asking me for five magic bullet points ..."  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   15:03, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Brilliant. Thank you very much. I think it’s in a much better form now, thanks to both of us! BenjaminSteinberg (talk) 01:53, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I just noticed that the paths to truth did not mention "and other equally important paths such as intuition and imagination", so I've added that, but please check the wording.  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   08:54, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * yes good point. It reads well! 110.22.31.134 (talk) 13:25, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Great. Please remember to sign-in when you're editing. Using an IP may give away country of origin and other personal details. And if you need any technical advice, just yell. Cheers,  Esowteric +  Talk  +  Breadcrumbs   13:29, 1 July 2024 (UTC)