User talk:Stampitup

I care about ending domestic violence.

Edits to Geoff Simpson
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. Please remember to observe our core policies.

I'm sorry about the brusque edit summary, I didn't realise you were relatively new to Wikipedia. I'll go into more detail. For further information, check out the blue links I've provided - they go to Wikipedia guidelines and policies that you should make yourself aware of, particularly when editing contentious articles. Political articles are always contentious, of course.

When you reverted to an earlier version of the article, it had two results. First, it added back in the disputed text about Simpson's domestic assault charge. This was under active discussion at the talk page, and as disputed text it shouldn't have been put back in unchanged. This is particularly important in the case of living people. If you don't read any other links, please read this one - it's a very important policy.

Secondly, it removed several good edits that had been made in the meantime. If you think (as I do) that the domestic assault allegation should be in the article, please don't revert to an earlier version. Edit the current version, and create a more neutrally worded paragraph, making sure to use reliable sources to cite your information.

Wikipedia takes neutrality very seriously, for a number of very good reasons. We take it so seriously that there's even a standard message that we pass on to users regarding the subject, which I've included above. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on my talk page and if I can't answer, I can point you in the right direction.

Cheers, Orpheus (talk) 07:01, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. I am not sure what you were trying to do with your recent edit, but you messed up the formatting of the article. I have restored the formatting. --HoboJones (talk) 02:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia.  Orpheus (talk) 07:12, 3 November 2008 (UTC)