User talk:Gentle1

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 Good luck, and have fun. -- Orange Marlin Talk• Contributions 21:08, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Martha Beck
I reverted all of your edits today to the article. Some were "OK", but really didn't help the article. This edit was unnecessary and, in fact, messed up the formatting of references. The reference template is already there (although I changed it to one of the more modern ones). This edit is a style change that is also unnecessary. Commas were perfectly appropriate per WP:MOS. This edit removed a fact about the book. This edit is pov. This edit violates both NPOV and biographies about living persons. In addition, you should write an edit summary in the box below the edit, which states what you're trying to do. That helps make a point as to the usefulness of the edit, but also helps future editors understand your thinking. You really should review the relevant Wikipedia policies for neutral POV and biographies of living persons. It will help you. If you have any questions, please drop me a note. Orange Marlin Talk• Contributions 21:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I just removed most of your edits on the Hugh Nibley page, as they were uncessary and took out necessary context. You seem to have an axe to grind on this issue. Wikipedia is not the place for axe grinding. Rabidwolfe 23:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

November 2007
Please do not add unreferenced or controversial information about living persons to Wikipedia articles. Orange Marlin Talk• Contributions 15:58, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Some friendly advice
I am not involved with your recent dustup on Martha Beck and related articles. I think that unless you can absorb some of the principles of Wikipedia, your sojourn here will be unnecessarily abbreviated. Wikipedia articles have to be what we call "neutral point of view" or NPOV. This means that we cannot take sides in disputes and controversies. If there are two or three sides to a story, as in the case of Martha Beck's story, we have to include them all. Even if it makes someone like Martha Beck look bad, we have to include the bad parts. It makes for a strange style of writing and article, but we are not here to argue for some agenda or other. It is a sort of "on the one hand A, and on the other hand not A" type of writing. This is the basis of all writing on Wikipedia. You getting into edit wars with others about this will lead to severe trouble if you are unable or unwilling to absorb this, and other principles in Wikipedia. So please, try to take the advice of other editors here and learn how to edit Wikipedia. Otherwise, your ability to edit Wikipedia will eventually get terminated. You will be far more productive and happy if you learn how Wikipedia works first.--Filll 16:31, 11 November 2007 (UTC)