User talk:Dle1975

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Hello, Dle1975, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Benton Academy does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). 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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Help me!
what was the problem with my edits for the BA page?

Dle1975 (talk) 19:59, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Dle1975, although others could guess from the edits and the edit summaries if it isn't clear why someone has reverted its best to just ask those that reverted your edits. In this case you should ask on the user talk pages for JaconaFrere and/or John from Idegon. KylieTastic (talk) 20:12, 11 September 2015 (UTC) Regards KylieTastic (talk) 20:12, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I'll be happy to address this here. You keep removing content about the history of Benton Academy. We don't whitewash articles.  BA was founded as a segregation academy, the article contains referenced content about its history of segregation.  If you have updated information, you may add it, but you can't revise history, whether you like that history or not.  WP:PROMOTIONal material is also prohibited, as is conflict of interest.  So do not copy from the BA website, and if you are a representative of the article's subject in some way, please recuse yourself from this article. Jacona (talk) 21:11, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
 * And that is exactly where I am at too. Thanks Jacona. John from Idegon (talk) 21:25, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by inserting commentary or your personal analysis into an article, as you did at Benton Academy.

Help me!
what is the issue with the last comments? I can not see where the NPOV was violated....did not even give a different point of view. I have made a change which lists the mascot only. This makes no sense. Please help me with...so how should that have been worded?

can reference 1 be removed? it no longer works.

yes thanks...I corrected that error. There has been no denial or evasion....just trying to understand how things work here. I would like to see Reference 1 updated, but I wont attempt since it changes something previously existing and will probably get me blocked.

now there are inconsistencies following someone's additions: "Although in 2014 Benton Academy claims to have a nondiscriminatory policy,[2] as of 2010 they still did not enroll a single black student.[3]" then someone added that there is indeed a black student in the next section. Why isn't this updated correctly as of at least 2014 or 2015?

Dle1975 (talk) 17:55, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The warning probably refers to this edit which inserts promotional wording without citing a reliable independent source. If you are connected with the school, please read the Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. JohnCD (talk) 18:17, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Please follow the links provided in the welcome section. They will help a lot! Jacona (talk) 18:21, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If you read the Wikilink that is created for nickname when you use that field in an infobox, you will see that the field is for the athletic team's nickname, the info you put in the mascot field. Mascot is used when a school has an actual named mascot such as Michigan State University. Their teams are the Spartans, their mascot is Sparty the Spartan. But John CD is absolutely correct in the reason you got the level 4 warning. You will most likely be blocked if you do it again. You have been warned and counseled multiple times about pov editing. Your denial and evasion only make matters worse. John from Idegon (talk) 19:39, 14 September 2015 (UTC)