User talk:Flyerman770

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Proposed deletion of Sholom Shuchat


The article Sholom Shuchat has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the prod blp/dated tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can when you are ready to add one. SorryNotSorry ✽ ✉  09:44, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Not a bad idea now considering the current edit war happening after repeated vandalism occurred starting December 2020, which has now escalated to threats of blocking. Flyerman770 (talk) 06:19, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident with which you may be involved. Thank you.

Managing a conflict of interest
Hello, Flyerman770. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. --- Possibly (talk) 05:45, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

March 2021
You currently appear to be 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. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Points to note: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. --- Possibly (talk) 06:10, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

Advice
It is pretty clear that you have a strong conflict of interest with your editing. Since you are now edit warring, you can expect to be blocked fairly quickly should you continue. At that point you will not be able to edit any pages on Wikipedia, other than this talk page. please stop edit warring and explain your conflict of interest. -- Possibly (talk) 06:12, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your advice.

Actually, this page was fairly dormant for some time, and was sporadically updated.

Around December of this past year, an anonymous vandal (anonymous IP) began vandalizing the page on a recurring basis, moving one section to the top of the page, and also adding information about the subject's previous obesity(!!).

At that point a edit war began.

It is not a war I started, nor a war I can stop.

But I will now take a week-long break from the war, and wait and see if the vandals continue their vandalism or not.

Have a great day, and thank you again for your advice. Flyerman770 (talk) 06:17, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It seems you have a conflict of interest that you have not explained. Could you tell us if you know Sholom Shuchat‎ in any way? This is the only page you have edited for several years. --- Possibly (talk)

Yes. Indeed I know him, we (used to) pray in the same synagogue, where I got to know him, and I asked him for information which he provided, and from which I made this Wikipedia page. I didn't know that counts as a COI.

I did not hide anything, I posted his conviction and sourced it.

One of the anonymous vandals is (probably) from the same synagogue, as not many people would have known about his weight loss surgery (which the vandal repeatedly wrote), and the celebration he did in the synagogue 2 years after the surgery... Flyerman770 (talk) 06:31, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. As we strive for neutrality, friends and acquaintances of article subjects are strongly advised not to edit articles directly. You can post requests at the talk page for the article. Thanks and have a good evening. --- Possibly (talk) 06:49, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Ok. Will do so.

Good night. Flyerman770 (talk) 06:50, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Conflict of interest reminder
Flyerman770, this is just a friendly reminder that, due to a professed close connection that you have with the subject of the article Sholom Shuchat, you are strongly encouraged not to edit the article yourself. Since there is currently no consensus for this change, a discussion would need to be opened about it on the article's talk page to see if the sentence in question is something the community believes is appropriate to have in the lede under the biography of living persons guidelines. Additionally, you can avail yourself of this noticeboard, or else a request for comment can be started regarding this change. I understand you might have concerns about the way the article is presented, but again, please don't edit it yourself. Best, StonyBrook (talk) 13:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)