User talk:MasterPrac

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Help Needed
Hi, my name is Michael Parks and I am a student at FIU in Miami, Florida. My current college project involves me, and those who i find to help me, redo the "Bert Oliva" page. I was hoping that you could help because i see that you have helped out with Tony Robbins, and Bert Oliva is like the 'Latin' Tony Robbins...

Well I barely get all these wikipedia rules so if you could somehow help that would be greatly appreciated! The page can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Michaelparks/Bert_Oliva

Thank you very much for all of your help! --Michaelparks (talk) 17:39, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Your edits in the Anthony Robbins article
I'm glad you're here and that you want to help with the Anthony Robbins article, but you should try to find a consensus on the talk page rather than just reverting my edits without explanation. Please review Edit war,  Three-revert rule, and  Ownership of articles. It's also helpful if you include edit summaries when you make changes. See Edit summary. Rray 04:38, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Being bold when you edit is great, but when you disagree with another editor about an edit, it's usually better to discuss it on the talk page and get feedback from some of the other editors instead of just immediately reverting the edits you disagree with. Your edits to the Anthony Robbins seem to be from the perspective of a cheerleader or from someone who feels the need to defend the subject of the article. But just removing clearly cited criticism from an article just isn't appropriate. The article isn't taking sides with Randi; it's just relating what Randi said. Rray 14:22, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply on my talk page. I replied to your comments on the discussion page for the Anthony Robbins article on the talk page there, as it's probably more convenient to keep the discussion all in one place rather than carry on conversations on 3 talk page (mine, yours, and the article's.) That's probably my fault for addressing it here on your talk page with my comments here, so I apologize for that. Rray 22:03, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Sock puppetry
I noticed you had added notes to our conversation under a 2nd username (Diblock318) on the talk page of the Anthony Robbins article, so I thought I might bring the article about sock puppetry to your attention. Hope it's helpful. Just a friendly FYI, creating multiple user accounts is usually an indication of sock puppetry, which is discouraged by policy here. Rray 00:07, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi - I got your reply on my talk page. I hope you understand I really was just letting you know something you might not have seen yet. Wasn't trying to "scold" you or anything. Have a great weekend. :) Rray 05:00, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Weasel words
You might benefit from reviewing Avoid_weasel_words. "Claims" is a weasel word because it implies dishonestly. "Describes", on the other hand, has no such connotation. Rray (talk) 17:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

robbins articles you could write
Personal Power Unlimited Power Awaken the Giant Within

These can all have an article! Please go ahead and create or expand them. The trick when writing for wikipedia is to use WP:RS and avoid WP:OR. I am shrinking your bit on human needs psych in the Tony Robbins article, for reasons I will explain on the talk page. But here are some articles wiki could benefit from having. Try not to use your own notes or handouts you've been given, the reason being that those subjects won't have been written about by independent sources much as it's not something everyone attends.  Merkinsmum  15:01, 7 January 2008 (UTC)