User talk:Brucebross

November 2022
Hello, I'm CT55555. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person   on Kelly Megg, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. 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! (talk) 13:50, 30 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello CT55555. Yes, I made that edit based on my access to the Florida Drivers License database. I cannot link to it as it's secured access only. Any suggestions you may have I'm all ears as I'm new to this. Brucebross (talk) 14:30, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * You could add it and then just do a custom citation with something like "Florida Drivers License database, accessed 30 November 2022" and I assume people would treat that as an offline source and assume good faith.
 * That said, I think personal details about people found guilty of crimes is something we maybe need to be careful about. So maybe just putting the year in is better? I really am unsure, so maybe asking on the talk page of the article is the best way to proceed. CT55555 (talk) 14:34, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I was actually able to located his mugshot with the Sheriff's Office which lists his DOB, the same DOB I had previously entered from the DL database. I've added the DOB and provided the reference. Brucebross (talk) 14:41, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * An elegant solution. Thanks! CT55555 (talk) 14:42, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

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Kathryn Harrold edit
I have reverted your addition of a date of birth to Kathryn Harrold. Unfortunately, IMDb is not a reliable source for citing content in Wikipedia articles. Please see WP:IMDB. You might also want to look at WP:USERGENERATED, which lists other sources that are similarly unacceptable. Eddie Blick (talk) 01:41, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your information. I will report with additional authoritative sources. Brucebross (talk) 01:48, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey, please slow down and read the link WP:IMDB above before putting the date of birth back again. As Teblick stated, IMDb is not a reliable source and should be avoided in biographies of living people. You can risk yourself getting blocked if you repeatedly put the same source without the support of another source. Thank you. — B. L. I. R. 01:57, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * you need to slow down my friend. you're actions could lead one to believe you have a personal interest. you're constant undo are preventing me from entering multiple authoritative sources. Brucebross (talk) 02:01, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I can always add more authoritative sources that all have the same information that you're attempting to repress Brucebross (talk) 02:12, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Bruceboss, you added four junk sources: thefamouspeople.com and featuredbiography.com which are content scrapers with no editorial oversight, astro-seek.com which states that it gets its information from Wikipedia, and radaris.com which is another type of content scraper, and which has an explicit disclaimer saying "Radaris does not verify or evaluate each piece of data, and makes no warranties or guarantees about any of the information offered". --bonadea contributions talk 14:57, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I might also suggest that you read your own suggested reference to IMDB as being unreliable, read the last sentence, "The use of IMDb as an external link is generally considered appropriate". Brucebross (talk) 02:14, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, as an external link, not as a source. --bonadea contributions talk 14:57, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comments and opinions. Let's just leave it at we shall agree to disagree as it relates to IMDB as being reliable.   73.244.98.167 (talk) 21:52, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

December 2022
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Kathryn Harrold, you may be blocked from editing. '''
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You are edit warring to restore blatantly inappropriate sources after being informed that they cannot be used in Wikipedia. This has to stop. bonadea'' contributions talk 00:07, 9 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I would suggest that it you that is edit warring and we can play this game as long as you would like as it would clearly appear you have a personal motivation. The reference to the DOB I've now provided is a previously referenced authoritative article in this profile. As the saying goes, "get a life". Brucebross (talk) 14:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Kathryn Harrold. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.