User talk:Motherwellfc

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Darragh O'Connor
Motherwell FC is the only source I can see saying he was born in London, all the others say Wexford. GiantSnowman 15:35, 23 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Information.svg Hello, Motherwellfc. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Darragh O'Connor, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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Nobody is advertising, publicising or promoting anyone. We are editing inaccurate information. Thanks.
 * If you are employed by Motherwell F.C. you should not be editing article about your club or your players, and you should not be claiming that your club website is absolutely correct when there are numerous third-party sources which contradict it - and you should not edit war. Why have you continued to restore the information and why have you (until now) refused to discuss the matter? GiantSnowman 15:58, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Very happy to discuss. We've only made the edits in the last few hours(!). The club website is correct and the information is directly from the individual. The previous article you cite is inaccurate. We are restoring the information because the place of birth we cite is correct. Motherwellfc (talk) 15:59, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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We don't want to be engaged in an edit war. The club and the player himself is a far more reliable source than a third party article, and the club information should be regarded as https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/player/darragh-oconnor/ Motherwellfc (talk) 16:10, 23 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia is a tertiary source, we follow what reliable, independent sources say. And the Irish Examiner clearly calls him "Wexford-born", so I'm not sure how we've got a discrepancy between them and your clib website. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:13, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

So the individual himself is a less reliable source than a third party article?! Motherwellfc (talk) 16:13, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Considering that same Motherwell web page also says that O'Connor made 4 appearances for Leicester, when he actually made 6 appearances in the EFL Trophy for Leicester under-21s, I'm perfectly entitled to question the factual accuracy of all of that page. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:33, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Hey we all make mistakes :-). And the club website is updated now to reflect the accurate information. Motherwellfc (talk) 16:36, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. GiantSnowman 16:32, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

August 2021
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