User talk:Egasos

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May 2015
Hello, I'm Soetermans. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Mortal Kombat X because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Soetermans. T / C 10:09, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

I can understand how, from a certain angle, this would come off as self promotion. The problem is that the paragraph in question is in reference to the only critical review of the game. Since its addition to the page, there have been attempts to bury that section in between content that make it seem like another positive critique.

There has also been at least one instance where the paragraph, score, and reference to the article were removed from the page altogether. Besides the obvious issue of removing reviews from the page, I don't feel it does readers any good to have lone critical viewpoints slammed into the same paragraphs as the positive takes on the game. Readers wind up with the impression that no one had anything negative to say.

If/when someone adds another critical review to the page, I feel those critiques should share a paragraph together, yet separate from the paragraphs discussing positive opinions. Egasos (talk) 17:12, 1 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Egasos,


 * Thanks for your reply. Having different paragraphs is of course a good idea. My apologies, my concern was that you're only adding/editing stuff of VentureBeat. While there's nothing wrong with that, it might come off as "soapboxing": giving one source (website, magazine, person) a bigger spot than they deserve. Maybe take a look at the guidelines so you can become more proficient in editing? Sorry for the message, and happy editing. --Soetermans. T / C 09:07, 2 May 2015 (UTC)