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Neutrality of my edit to Winter War
You reverted my edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winter_War&diff=prev&oldid=1176612637 I don't understand how this violates the neutrality policy. Soviets eventually defeated Finland, and it's wrong to leave this part out. Real Robert J. Oppenheimer (talk) 21:27, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
 * You used the phrase "the Soviets crushed the Finnish army", that's what didn't sound neutral to me. The Red Army had a lot more casualties than the Finnish army. Friedlemon (talk) 12:01, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * That's because the Finnish army had less people. Real Robert J. Oppenheimer (talk) 01:44, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Anyways, if I say "the Soviets defeated the Finnish army in February 1940", would this seem okay? There is someone else reverting my edits. Real Robert J. Oppenheimer (talk) 01:52, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
 * You can say whatever you want, you don't need my permission (see Be bold). I don't know why other editors are reverting your changes, you should talk to them. And yes, 'defeated' sounds good to me. Friedlemon (talk) 14:07, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Re: I Got Plenty O'Nuttin'
You reverted my edit to the page I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'. As an opera singer myself I do know that this is an aria for bass from Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, and is sung only exclusively by bass singers in the character of Porgy in Act 2 of that opera. There is no reason for anyone else to sing that aria. Should you be in doubt, you can always check back with most opera houses around the world which have staged Porgy and Bess, they will tell you the same thing. Thanks 37.203.138.154 (talk) 19:58, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * See Wikipedia's Verifiabaility policy. I won't revert your edits if you make them again, but you should provide a source. Friedlemon (talk) 20:03, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Resp0nding to your message
Hello. I did not know of all the rules. I thought I could add my most recent (2018) book and a jacket blurb by former ACLA President Nadine Strossen  about my Mismatch book to the Wikpedia entry about me that has been online for (I would guess) many years. I also thought I could add the fact that the Richard Posner quote in the earlier Wikipedia entry about me was in a jacket blurb. After typing out those changes and clicking on "publish," I noticed an error: I had used the phrase "best of both worlds" when I meant "worst of both worlds." When I tried to fix that, I started getting messages about what I had tried to do. I am too busy now to spend more time on this other than sending you this response. If what I have said in this response is insufficient, please leave the earlier Wikipedia entry unchanged.

Sincerely, Stuart Taylor 2600:4040:44E9:1800:ACA3:271E:B9A0:D551 (talk) 20:03, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * According to Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy, all quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—must be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion. That's why I reverted your edits. Friedlemon (talk) 20:13, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

User 2607:FEA8:2B5F:6300:B400:B5F0:4152:F18B
Hello. I noticed you also reverted edits done by this user. I looked at their edit history, and they have only made edits to pages involving Jews, removing statements from those articles that the subject of them is Jewish, and in their edit comments saying that they are "improving" the article. This seems extremely disruptive, not to mention likely motivated by anti-Semitism, but they've also only made a handful of edits. Not sure what to do about this. Any advice is appreciated. Sevey13 (talk) 07:05, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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