User talk:Stosseled

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Trilithon
Although badly written and sourced, the original source, Jean-Pierre Adam, is an expert on the subject. Would you like to rewrite and restore this or shall I? By the way, it was downhill from the quarry to Baalbek, although some sources assume otherwise. Doug Weller talk 08:32, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Debt reap diplomacy
Hello, I'm 2001:8003:4E96:4100:71CD:D6:12B2:7C6C. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Debt-trap diplomacy have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the help desk. Learn to read the sources before you delete information. Your edit has been reverted because it's blatant POV pushing. The first source literally says, "the so-called “debt-trap diplomacy” narrative has been debunked by a growing of scholars and analysts. There just isn’t any evidence whatsoever to support the charge". The "former source" you criticised is actually cited in the Foreign Policy article. That is why you need to read the sources properly before you delete information. The Foreign Policy article explicitly says, "Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port remains the only known case of China taking ownership control over a Belt and Road project, and that debt-equity swap was at Colombo’s urging, not Beijing’s", providing a link to the "former source". (2001:8003:4E96:4100:71CD:D6:12B2:7C6C (talk) 06:54, 25 December 2019 (UTC))

Hello anonymous user. a) "chinaafricaproject.com" is not a reliable source with which to dismiss criticisms of said project. b) "chinaafricaproject.com" provided absolutely no evidence, citations, or supporting material for its broad and overly ambitious claim (see: 'debunked') c) I read every single word in the second citation and found nothing that comes even remotely close to even resembling support for that claim. d) Even if not for points a, b, and c, the phrasing of the statement is so patently not in line with Wikipedia's policies that it still has to be rephrased to be acceptable. Weasel words such as "a growing number of scholars" without mentioning a single scholar are not OK. e) Even if not for points a, b, c, and d, the claim that a critique of policy/suspicion of ulterior motives has simply been "debunked" is absurd. That word can not be used in this statement either. Something encyclopedic such as "the veracity of the criticism has been brought into question by X/Y/Z" would be more fitting.

Stosseled (talk) 17:39, 9 January 2020 (UTC)