User talk:Heron Son of Periander

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Donald McNeil Jr.
Hello Heron, I've undone your edits to the McNeil page because they do not follow Wikipedia policy. Your (or my, for that matter) opinion of what is racist is considered original research and does not belong in the article. Per WP's verifiability policy, content in articles must be sourced to independent, reliable sources. In regards to your specific edits, the sources about McNeil's firing indicate that it was a multiple of comments and behavior on the trip, not a single use of the n-word "in quotation", that led to his firing. Additionally, the DB report is better characterized by saying that he is accused of making racist remarks, not "offending" people. Contrary to your edit summary, "offending" would actually be less descriptive then simply saying what he's accused of. If you want a further discussion about the content of the article we can do that on the article's talk page, but I wanted to point you to those WP policies above first. Alyo (chat·edits) 08:18, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

McNeil disputes saying a large number of the comments the Daily Beast attributes to him or the context in which they were said, which is unsurprising given the Daily Beast is a hackish tabloid. My edits clarified what happened.
 * The DB is not the only source on the page. Your opinions about its reliability are better brought up elsewhere. Please refrain from pushing your point of view and try to stick to what can be verified in third-party (i.e., not McNeil's own retelling) sources. Alyo  (chat·edits) 18:07, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

March 2021
Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Donald McNeil Jr.. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Alyo (chat·edits) 18:09, 2 March 2021 (UTC)