User talk:Cnilep/Archive/07 November 2013

Hello reverts on my edit on the List of Polyglots page
Hey, Thanks for the greeting though Im not new. However, I do not see what you mean with you posting on my page. That entire quote that was modified lacks a citation, therefore Im reverting my edit back on the page as it further expands on why there is no testing method and also covers additoinal persons. We can also move this discussion to the the Talk page of the article. As I think it may bit a bit intrusive to do it hear and a public area is best. Thanks LeemanBros (talk) 19:53, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hello, LeemanBros. You say you are not new, but that edit appears to be your first edit. Do you have another account? If so, you may want to edit your user page to disclose the existence of other accounts.


 * Regarding List of polyglots, your edits did not modify a direct quotation, so I assume that "that entire quote" refers to the text you removed or modified.


 * You did remove a citation, Erard 2012. You also removed all mention of Richard Hudson and the term "hyperpolyglot", but in my opinion that makes your edit more controversial, not less so.


 * Your edits, in addition to removing Hudson's suggestion, also allude to testing and vaguely suggest that existing tests are "rudimentary". This may be so, but it seems at best a controversial suggestion. In applied linguistics, for example, there is genuine controversy over the predictive value of particular tests and over the importance of testing in general. Whenever the information added to a Wikipedia article is controversial or might be regarded as controversial, reliable sources must be added to verify the article's content. (By the way, there also appears to be some problems with the prose, either owing to typos or grammar mistakes. e.g. "or a or developed testing")


 * Finally, if someone reverts content that you have added to an article, it is considered inappropriate to revert those changes in order to restore your preferred version. See BOLD, revert, discuss for description of the process. An editor who reverts non-vandalism changes three or more times in a day may be temporarily blocked from editing. I don't plan to undo your edits, but I hope you will consider editing the page again to restore the Erard citation and to remedy your typos.


 * Thank you for raising these questions. Cnilep (talk) 00:31, 7 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Following your suggestion, I have mentioned the issue at Talk:List of polyglots. Cnilep (talk) 03:53, 7 November 2013 (UTC)