User talk:RTao

Link removal from Foreign Policy
Hello Sir,

I cam across your message regarding the link removal from the magazine which has the link : Foreign Policy

1)I was not aware that there is a foreign policy magazine and a foreign policy page. The foreign policy page has URL : Foreign policy

Thus the two are different only in terms of the P being Capital in one case and P being small in the other one.

Is it OK if I add the link in the Foreign policy page? Will it be allowed to remain in the page?

2) I had placed one link of my articles on Defense & National Security on the page: Defense.

However It was removed with the comment that it was a disambiguation page. What is wrong if I place a link on a disambiguation page?

Where should I place the link? Please guide me.

3) I had placed one link of my articles on Geopolitics & Strategic Affairs on the page: Geopolitics

However the link was removed without assigning any reason. Why was it removed despite it not being a disambiguation page?

Where should I place the link? Please guide me.

Please note that high quality articles on my website https://subhranilbasuray.com/ is entirely free for all. Therefore it follows the same principles of Wikipedia about providing free resources for the general masses across the world. I have the same motivation of providing free knowledge to the masses just like Wikipedia.

Warm Regards,

S B Ray.

Subhro368 (talk) 09:14, 30 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello @Subhro368. Thanks for reaching out. While I believe your contributions were well-intentioned, please note that Wikipedia's policy on external links prohibits links to blogs and personal websites except in very select circumstances. My understanding is that this exclusion serves to uphold verifiability, and, in particular, disallow self-published sources, which the content you linked to appears to be. As such, these links should not be placed in any article in any location.
 * Regarding the revert on the Geopolitics article - I did not make the edit, but I suspect it was done for a similar reason.
 * As an alternative to adding links to your website, I would suggest that you add material directly to the relevant articles, provided that it is reliably sourced.
 * Incidentally, you might want to know that your website trips my antivirus's filter as a phishing site, which I hope is a false positive. RTao (talk) 09:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello RTao,
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * Your link Verifiability mentions sources that are considered reliable sources and those that are not.
 * When I read it I found the following statement from the above link:
 * " Editors may also use material from reliable non-academic sources, particularly if it appears in respected mainstream publications. Other reliable sources include:
 * University-level textbooks
 * Books published by respected publishing houses
 * Magazines[ under discussion]
 * Newspapers
 * Editors may also use electronic media, subject to the same criteria"
 * Thus the above four are considered to be reliable sources by Wikipedia.
 * My articles are based on news from reputed E-newspapers and E-magazines both of which are considered reliable sources by Wikipedia.
 * The analysis is entirely mine and it is "Original Content". You won't find that kind of analysis anywhere else on the Internet.
 * Therefore my website is a completely reliable source as per the definition of Wikipedia.
 * The "Original Content" in my website would make Wikipedia more attractive to its readers as generally Wikipedia has very less of such content.
 * Yes. I would add material directly to the relevant articles and also publish new articles on Wikipedia based on the above pattern provided you accept that my articles, website are a reliable source.
 * I have contributed articles to numerous newspapers and online portals earlier and they were very happy to publish my content, about which you can find information in this link: https://subhranilbasuray.com/about-me-2/.
 * Regarding the fact that your anti-virus is marking my website as a phishing site, this is common with anti-virus software's across the world.
 * I would like to know the manufacturer of your anti-virus software and the exact model, version of it.
 * This will help me to track any bugs that the anti-virus software is having and help them to get rid of it.
 * My website is hosted on Bluehost.in but on USA based servers. I will forward this complaint to them.
 * If any malware is present they will remove it immediately after my complaint reaches them.
 * Warm Regards,
 * S B Ray. Subhro368 (talk) 15:03, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @Subhro368 Thank you for your response. I disagree that your website constitutes a reliable source. Please look at the particular section on self-published sources. The statement you quote does not pertain to self-published sources, and in fact specifically emphasizes "respected mainstream publications", which your website does not appear to be.
 * Regarding other points you made:
 * The fact that content on your website cannot be found elsewhere does not make it a reliable source.
 * Even if your work cites reliable sources, that does not make your website itself a reliable source.
 * The lack of "original content" on Wikipedia is for a good reason; please see the no original research policy. As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is not a suitable place for original content.
 * While your content may have been published by other sources, that does not make it suitable for Wikipedia. Wikipedia has a different purpose, and thus different standards, than other publications. This is not a judgement on the quality of your work.
 * You're welcome to add material directly to Wikipedia articles. If you add your own writing, you may want to look at the page on donating copyrighted materials. If you want to write your own article, I suggest you take a look at this help page as well as other guides on Wikipedia. In either case, your additions need to be verifiable by reliable sources. Editing is a volunteer activity, and if you don't want to edit for whatever reason, there's no obligation to do so.
 * The antivirus I use is Bitdefender. I don't know the exact version, but it should be up-to-date. RTao (talk) 22:40, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Biased articles
Many people have been adding extremely biased articles in the page Religion in Andhra Pradesh that are totally different from the ground realities. They have also citied sources, which is biased. What can be done to remove it? Can you give more information about biasness in Wikipedia editing and how to overcome it? Physicallyinorganic (talk) 10:58, 7 September 2022 (UTC)


 * @ Hello. I'm probably not the best person to ask, but for starters I would look at WP:NPOV and WP:VERIFY, if you're not already familiar with those. RTao (talk) 23:06, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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Hi Unnecessarily! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. RTao (talk) 20:57, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

good to know, I didn't think filling a picture into a table would change the meaning of the article. I shall refrain from the minor button until i understand that definition. Unnecessarily (talk) 21:17, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good morning RTao, I am only starting out at this, and since you pulled me on it, I have read and reread the minor edit page. Being new, I bow to your experience but can you help me understand what was wrong with it. Look forward to hearing from you... Unnecessarily (talk) 14:27, 22 September 2022 (UTC) Unnecessarily (talk) 06:41, 23 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi. I only meant that as a small reminder (it's a templated message). It's not a huge deal - honestly it doesn't even affect me, but others may care. As WP:MINOR states it should be reserved for "typographical corrections, corrections of minor formatting errors, and reversion of obvious vandalism". In your case adding the pictures changed the content of the article in a non-superficial way. I think the edit itself was fine. RTao (talk) 07:10, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks RTao, I appreciate the reply. Yes that is how I read it aswell. Unnecessarily (talk) 17:49, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

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Removal
Hi, concerning these subtractive edits, they were made because the content removed was uncited and I could not find any reliable supporting sources that matched with those entries. So, in my opinion, it should be removed. Sorry for not leaving edit summary explanation, short on time. - The Glam Rock Joseph Stalin (talk) 02:19, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * My mistake then. I've re-removed it. &mdash;  RTao  (talk • contribs) 02:24, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The onus is really on me though, to provide an edit summary for any major subtractive edit. Thank you very much for your patrols and help. I'll make sure to leave an appropriate edit summary every time in the future. Pleasure meeting you. The Glam Rock Joseph Stalin (talk) 02:29, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * All good, I've definitely forgotten my fair share of times too. Nice meeting you as well :) &mdash;  RTao  (talk • contribs) 02:30, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

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