User talk:Sarah SchneiderCH/Archive 2

Restoration of unsourced material at Ishmael
I've removed this again. It's policy that if unsourced material is removed because it's disputed that it shouldn't be replaced without a source. I don't see what good discussion would do, you still need a source meeting WP:RS. Doug Weller talk 10:49, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your explanation, I thought it was vandalism, I apologize was my fault.--Sarah Canbel (talk) 11:18, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * And, just for the future, there's generally no obligation to discuss things before making an edit, even if that edit includes removing a bunch of stuff. Discussion generally happens after the fact if someone objects to the edit. The sheer amount of unsourced dubious stuff that people constantly add to articles on biblical subjects makes it impractical to discuss most removals before the fact. I used to do it, but at this point I just edit away and if somebody objects, then I'm always happy to discuss. Anyhow, I got reverted, you got reverted, we'll all get reverted again, probably weekly. It's the nature of the Wikipedia beast. No big deal.Alephb (talk) 11:59, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I understood you well. Don't worry I will not do anything bad. I apologize for the mess.-:).--Sarah Canbel (talk) 12:05, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * No worries. If a group of editors can hash out a problem with anybody writing long sentences in all caps, it's a sunny day in the peaceful kingdom of Wikipedia. Given my last sixty minutes of editing history, I'll probably be having several conversations about sourcing today! Alephb (talk) 12:13, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Great effort "Alephb", I wish you a good work and a peaceful day.--Sarah Canbel (talk) 12:23, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * It's all part of the great learning curve that is Wikipedia. After 11 years and over 160000 edits I'm still riding up the curve. No problem. Doug Weller  talk 19:36, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

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Some falafel for you!

 * Thank you, although many Arab salads are still not on the list and thank's for falafel is my favorite dish--Sarah Canbel (talk) 22:56, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-18
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Edits to Booza page
Hi Sarah, Can you please let me know the reasons for your modifications to the additions I had made to the Booza page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.99.96.137 (talk) 23:47, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi... Because you deleted Arabic and Arab World...--Sarah Canbel (talk) 23:51, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Tech News: 2017-19
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 * There was a problem with the visual editor for several days. You could not save edits that triggered a CAPTCHA. This would for example be when a new user added external links in references. This was fixed on 2 May.

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