User talk:Petero9

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April 2007
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August 2008
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. LonelyBeacon (talk) 21:52, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Rollback
I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see New admin school/Rollback and Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  17:27, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

re: Naperville North High School
Hiya Petero9!

I have reverted the restoration of the material which you restored to this article. 1. Individual suspension of students is hardly encyclopedic. It happens at high schools all over the world all the time. It is a one time event that might be important to current students, but is hardly important in the history of the school. Based on my reading of WP:NOT, that qualifies the event as "news": a single event of relatively limited notability (see point 2).

2. You noted that it is not likely to be challenged. I am challenging. There are no references to back up this event as being notable from reliable sources, and thus the event fails the verifiability requirements for inclusion. Based on this policy, as an editor, I am within my rights to question the validity of this story, which also violates the policy on requiring a neutral point of view. This section was clearly written from a students point of view, and does not give any credence to other potential points of view. In the absence of neutral, third party references, there is no way to establish this event as notable within the scope of the article.

I am not trying to be contentious, and don't lightly delete sections of articles unless I am pretty sure about the application of policy. If there is something I am missing, please let me know if I have made a mistake. LonelyBeacon (talk) 22:03, 21 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Heya Petero9!
 * I noticed that you have restored a great deal of the uncited, unreferenced data that I removed from the article (some of which was written in a decided manner that violates wikipedia's policy on writing in a neutral point of view, and mention students and/or alumni who are decidedly not meeting wikipedia's policy on notability. Please take a moment and read the part of wikipedia's verification policy one where the burden of proof lies.  Editors are well within their rights to challenge uncited and unreferenced claims, especially extraordinary claims, and remove them without comment.  I was nice enough to let you know what I was doing as a courtesy to give you a chance to find references and restore any material that maybe you could find a reference for.  You may also want to look at the list of what should not be in a school related article.


 * I will not engage in an edit war, but if this material is not referenced with reliable sources or removed soon, I will take this to Request for Comment, and allow the consensus of the community to hold sway, whichever way that is. As a suggestion to you, keep in mind that the school website will not really work as a reliable source for the award related material.


 * I know that you do not mean any harm whatsoever, but the big problem that I have encountered with school articles is the addition of far too much material that is not referenced, and usually is unreferencable. Wikipedia's policies regarding a lot of this is very clear.


 * Take a look at these links and think it over .... I know you do a lot of work around here, but I think you are including some information that really doesn't belong, and some information that without referencing needs to go.


 * Best of luck .... hope your weekend goes well. LonelyBeacon (talk) 04:43, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Hi,

I made some major additions to this entry this afternoon (15:17 May 18), realised that some further changes needed doing and went back into the piece. I was surprised to find that more or less everything had been undone by you and another person. I was very surprised. But I did notice that I had not signed in. Is this the reason? Thanks, PeterPeter Elman (talk) 16:42, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Revision of Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Hi, Petero9. I have revised and put back the cut paragraphs from the Mandela piece. I think the changes make it better. I'd be interested to know your view. Many thanks, Peter Elman (talk) 13:29, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Further revision of Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Hi Petero9. I cut much of the section titled The Concert because it mostly contained information that was at the top of the piece. I renamed the section "Postscript" as it now deals with a small lead-in to the follow-up Mandela concert. Peter Elman (talk) 11:35, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

would appreciate your help!
Hi ! I am new to wiki so i hope I'm typing this in the right spot! I'm reaching out to other users for help. As I understand it, I need to track down an established wiki editor to help me rid the first article i've created ("Stone and Stone")of the ugly box that was posted on top "This article has multiple issues....".

I know exactly how these complaints came about. In my ignorance on how wiki works, I gave myself the same nickname as the subject I was writing on and then a whole drama ensued, as it was assumed that I was my subject and that I was writing an autobiography! In truth, I am a huge comedy fan and biographer and was dipping my toes for the first time in wikipedia waters!

Any help or solutions you could provide me when you get the chance would be greatly appreciated! This poor little article certainly doesn't deserve such an ugly heading box because of my wiki-ignorance! Thank you in advance for your time! Comedybiographer (talk) 10:37, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Republic of China article
Since you mentioned the Republic of China in your user page, I guess you are interested to share your insights at Talk:Republic of China#Requested Move (February 2012). Thanks for your attention. 61.18.170.161 (talk) 17:47, 13 March 2012 (UTC)