User talk:MikeySOF

List of military special forces units
I had to revert your edits for a couple reasons, first rt.com is not a reliable source, per WP:RSP. And second, even if it were, adding a source to the edit summary is next to useless. It needs to be attached to the content you're adding. Thank you - wolf  18:13, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Refs
Hello, thank you for updating the List of military special forces units page. I noticed that when you added a ref, it appears it was already filled in (copied from somewhere?), but you stripped the info and left it bare. I have filled in that ref for you, and did it as a revert so you can easily locate the edit and see the changes. Going forward, can you fill in any refs you add per WP:CITE? It only takes a moment, but it saves your fellow editors from having to do that extra work for you (they do add up). Thank you - wolf  09:39, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

March 2021
Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to List of military special forces units, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. - wolf  16:50, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Chilean Special Forces
Not sure why this information got removed due to "sources" when if you click on the Chilean Special Forces link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_of_Chile

None show an sources or references so why is this allowed to be published and mine isn't? Doesn't make any sense Why have a link to another page showing the list when on other countries it shows the list under the country name. It's inconsistent. The main page should show the full list of units - you shouldn't have to click on other links to other pages to show the list of units. Can you explain why this is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeySOF (talk • contribs) 15:32, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * List pages are typically directories of articles. The articles themselves are where there sourcing is located and as such, on most list pages, only a link to an article is required. As you've pointed out, the article for Chilean Special Forces has no sourcing, and therefore I've removed the entry for Chile from the list of SF page, as you should've done, since you were aware of the issue. The lack of sourcing on one page is not a justification to add unsourced content on another. There is no inconsistency What is the significance of "March 3 2001"...? - wolf  19:35, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * If an article has no sourcing like the Chilean SF one doesn't then why is it not completely deleted/removed from Wiki? People can still search for Chilean Special Forces in Google and still access this article. If it's the case that everything on Wiki must have a source then why does this page still exist?
 * I'm not a Wiki administrator so it's not really my job to remove anything from your site and more importantly I don't have access to delete articles... If it is my job to delete content then if you gave me the access to do so, I'd be happy to...but I have a feeling you aren't going to do that....


 * If Wiki is consistent then you will completely delete the article from Wikipedia


 * |Special Forces of Chile
 * -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeySOF (talk • contribs) 21:02, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * A few housekeeping matters first; please sign your talk page comments. You can either click the "signature" icon on your toolbar of you can simply add four tildes ~ at the end, either way will automatically sign and date your comments. Next, we don't create a new section for each reply, we just WP:INDENT each reply with an increasing number of colons. I now see that "March 3, 2001" was just a typo, but as a suggestion, it is better to use a title that is indicative of the topic being discussed (ie: see the title I changed this section to. You are free to change it of course, as it is just a suggestion.) When sections are titled with a date, that is typically because they were created by a bot.


 * Now, about the Chilean SF. First, please don't do this again. We don't add personal messages and opinions to articles. That is what the talk page is for. The page has been tagged as "unreferenced", which is usually a place to start. Next, this particular page seems like the kind that Wikipedia would keep, so the best option to pursue is improvement; finding sources and adding content. For articles that clearly don't belong, then see the deletion guideline. You can tag a page for "speedy deletion", and failing that, you can nominate it for regular deletion. But again, I don't think that is the way to go here and that is why I've brought the matter up at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. You can join in there if you like.


 * Lastly, to address some of your comments here; this isn't "my site" and I am not an administrator, I'm an editor like you and I have the same editing privileges that you do. When I mentioned "removing the entry", I was referring to the entry for Chile at List of military special forces units. As it was unsourced, you could've removed it, and I since have.


 * There is a "welcome" template at top of this page (blue and green box), it is full of links to useful information for new users like yourself and I would strongly encourage you to read it and go through those links to understand the project better. Until you are more experienced, you should participate at the Teahouse, a resource for beginners. Also, if you have any questions, you can ask them at the Help Desk. I only happened upon your posts here because I had already posted here. - wolf  22:40, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

March 23 2021
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Special Forces of Chile. Your edits continue to appear to constitute vandalism and have been automatically reverted. Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 20:21, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
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