User talk:Straining

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March 2023
Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Bain family murders. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Melcous (talk) 21:27, 13 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Please explain what you are talking about. The information you are referring to is from a reliable source. Straining (talk) 22:28, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The source you cited does not say the house was burnt down at the request of family members, nor does it say police "failed" - that is your own commentary or analysis (see also WP:OR). Also calling it "important evidence" is an opinion of one person quoted in the article, and as such it should not be used in wikipedia's own voice. Per WP:BRD, if changes you introduce are disputed, you should take it to the article's talk page and seek consensus. Melcous (talk) 02:04, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I note that all your edits are to this article. Do you have a connection with this topic? Please read WP:COI and respond. Melcous (talk) 09:54, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Melcous, I very much doubt that Straining has a COI. These crime topics are easy to pick up a point of view on without any personal connection to the subject.
 * Straining, I very much appreciate you working with me on the section on the Lundy page. It is very easy to get drawn into these sorts of crime articles (Lundy murders, Bain family murders) where you feel that you have to correct the record or make a case for respecting certain parties and so on. I actually believe it takes some practice to get good at Wikipedia, and to get past argumentative or goal-blinded ways of editing (I probably haven’t gotten past it all yet, and I’ve been here on and off for 16 years) . But, many (most? all?) of your edits I’ve seen at the Lundy article have been really constructive, so I really hope you don’t get put off at all, because so far I believe you are an asset. — HTGS (talk) 00:50, 13 December 2023 (UTC)