User talk:Ericthearcher

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Your submission at Articles for creation: User:Ericthearcher/sandbox (May 29)
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Your draft article, User:Ericthearcher/sandbox


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. C679 19:53, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

May 2019
Hello, I'm Gangster8192. I wanted to let you know that one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to David Ferguson Hunter— has been undone because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thank you. Gangster8192 11:42, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Ways to improve Father Richard Augustine Hay
Hello, Ericthearcher,

Thanks for creating Father Richard Augustine Hay! I edit here too, under the username Girth Summit and it's nice to meet you :-)

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Girth Summit  (blether) 19:11, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Rev Archibald Fleming (May 27)
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___CAPTAIN MEDUSA talk   10:58, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

June 2019
Your recent editing history at George VI shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. DrKay (talk) 17:45, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Archibald Fleming (b. 1863) has been accepted
 Archibald Fleming (b. 1863), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!  QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 07:44, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
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Ways to improve Archibald Fleming (b. 1863)
Hello, Ericthearcher,

Thanks for creating Archibald Fleming (b. 1863)! I edit here too, under the username QueerEcofeminist and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, leave a comment here and prepend it with. And, don't forget to sign your reply with. For broader editing help, please visit the Teahouse.

Delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

 QueerEcofeminist "cite! even if you fight"!!! [they/them/their] 07:47, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

QueerEcofeminist Thank you for your message. I am very much a newbie to Wikipedia - I am not even sure if I have got this reply correct! I shall add more links and sources once I have done a little more research. Ericthearcher (talk) 10:25, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of John Glasse for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article John Glasse is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Freemasonry
Hi, I am at a loss as to why you are adding lots of (paraphrase) "he was a Freemason, being a member of xyz Lodge" to biographies. Unless the freemasonry had some obvious impact on their doings, it seems utterly trivial. We might as well record that they were members of their local bridge club etc. It is bad enough that we often mention caste or religious belief when it has no bearing but worse in this case, I think at least some times you are using self-published sources, such as the Granville Angell book on VCs. - Sitush (talk) 01:50, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello Sitush, thank you for talking the time and trouble to make these commenst. First and formost Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and attempts to be as comprehensive as possible on particular subjects. In terms of individuals what may appear to be trivial to you can be a great importance to others. Information on Freemasonry is being added for several reasons: a) details are listed in legitimate published sources. b) Freemasonry is not a religion or creed. c) Requests have been made by biographers for the information to include in their biographies d) membership of local bridge clubs are not recorded in biographies. e) Many of these individuals spent large parts of their lives engaging in Masonic activity. There are many other reasons. I do not think any of the forgoing are trivial. I do not think that recoding Present Harry S. Trueman (for example) was a Freemason (and a Grand Master at that) whilst he was also President of the USA is trivial. - Ericthearcher (talk)