User talk:David matthews

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Hello David matthews, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy, and have been reverted. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.

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March 2008
Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. nat.utoronto 23:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, the recent edit you made to Feminism has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Smokizzy (talk) 22:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Hillary
I removed your additions to the lead paragraph. Personally, I agree with a lot of what you say, but you don't have any references for these views, and they are not exactly neutral. Feel free to let me know what you think.MAC475 (talk) 06:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Canada
While a discussion of racism in Canada is perfectly acceptable in the right place, the very intro of the Canada article is not the appropriate place for it. Feel free to start an article on Racism in Canada (an overdue article if ever there was one!) if you'd like, but the very head of an article is supposed to be a general overview of the most centrally important basic facts about the topic, and the issue of racism, as important as it is, is not material for a basic introduction to the topic of Canada. Bearcat (talk) 17:54, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

ISI
Your comment was POV and reverted as unconstructive. Please do not make such additions in the future.CSHunt68 (talk) 18:21, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I see from your posting history that you have been mostly unconstructive in your edits. Cease and desist. This is your one warning.CSHunt68 (talk) 18:28, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Iron
Hi, I just partially reverted a pair of changes that you made to Iron. You can see your changes  here  and my change  here . I did this because, viewing the reference supplied, I found no evidence that, as the article read after your changes, "The smelting of iron in bloomeries probably began in India in the second millennium BC or the later part of the preceding one." While it does provide evidence that smelting in bloomeries in India began around then, the general context of the article is such that a reader would assume that iron smelting in bloomeries in general began in India at that time, a statement not justified by the reference.

If there's a problem with my analysis, or if I missed something in the reference provided, feel free to raise the topic; we can discuss the relative merits of various possible changes. Cheers, { { Nihiltres | talk | log } } 16:33, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

December 2008
Please do not add content without citing reliable sources. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Dl2000 (talk) 02:37, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

January 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. However, please be aware of Wikipedia's policy that biographical information about living persons must not be libelous. Any controversial statements about a living person added to an article, or any other Wikipedia page, must include proper sources. Abecedare (talk) 14:36, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

April 2009
Please do not add content without citing reliable sources. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. In particular, refrain from adding weaselish statements, hearsay, slander, rumor, gossip, and blogtalk to encyclopedic articles. Drmies (talk) 21:07, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

April 2010
Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Quebec. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.  freshacconci  talk talk  21:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

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October 2016
Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Alexander the Great. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 16:55, 24 October 2016 (UTC)

February 2018
Please refrain from inserting information in an article without citing a source as you did in the Turban article.

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