User talk:Odediran

Ibrahim Babangida
Hi, I'm trying to rewrite this article from a neutral point of view per Wikipedia policy. Please stop trying to add propaganda links for either side supporting or opposing Babangida. This is an encyclopedia, not a soapbox. I've also removed your "Latest Travails" section because it is a copyright violation of http://www.tellng.com/news/articles/060822-1/news/cover_evilgenius.html which is not allowed on Wikipedia. If you want to contribute to this article, you must only use 3rd party reliable sources. Thanks,  Netsnipe  (Talk)  19:02, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Ibrahim Babangida. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox.
 * If you want to make drastic changes, please discuss them first at Talk:Ibrahim Babangida. You can not continue reverting the old version because it is a copyright violation and you are overwriting the work of other editors on this article without a consensus. You do not own this article. Neither do I, so please work with me here. --  Netsnipe  (Talk)  15:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Againstbabangida.com
Find the most authoritative information about Ibrahim Babangida at http://againstbabangida.com/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Odediran (talk • contribs).


 * Hi Odediran. I'm afraid we're simply not allowed to use that website because it doesn't provide any references to any of the statements on its web page. We cannot tell if whatever they write at to be the truth or not. It fails Verifiability which is very important to an encyclopedia. If you look at the References section on Ibrahim Babangida you will notice that I am using what Wikipedia calls are reliable sources because they are written by impartial parties such the BBC and Financial Times which are reputable news sites. Can you please find more sources on Babangida from similar organisations? --   Netsnipe  (Talk)  18:05, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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Ibrahim Babangida
--Odediran 00:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC) You wrote: Can you please find more sources on Babangida from similar organisations?

My response: Based on your further clarifications, and because what I am really interested in achieving is setting the records straight about General Ibrahim Babangida, so that his supporters would not mislead the world through Wikipedia, I hereby provide neutral sources which you can use to update the information on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida

Sources: <...> I hope you will now have enough articles to work on. I will add more later.


 * Thank you for your great research. I will incorporate the list of sources you've provided me with within the next two weeks when I have some free time, though you are perfectly welcome to do so yourself. I don't own this article if my earlier aggressive reverts gave you that impression. --  Netsnipe  ►  02:12, 12 September 2006 (UTC)