User talk:Tomw99

January 2024
Hello, I'm Samf4u. I noticed that in this edit to Rhodesian Front, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Samf4u (talk) 20:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Samf4u, I removed left-wing bias from the article which did not reflect the true nature of the party. I hope this is ok. Tomw99 (talk) 20:39, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * It is not okay. I've undid your change again. You need to look at the article's talk page where this has already been discussed. Such large controversial changes should not happen without discussion on that page. Thank you. -- MacAddct1984 (talk &#124; contribs) 22:11, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Denis Walker
Hi, Could you please provide a source for the death of Denis Walker? I was unable to find any. Thanks. Samf4u (talk) 20:39, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I am his grandson he died today. There is no source currently that is correct. Tomw99 (talk) 20:42, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello Tomw99, I'm sorry for your loss and I know that they were your family member but typically a third party is used to confirm something like this. Would you happen to have an obituary or related information to have that third party source?
 * Also to let you know that editing the Wikipedia pages of family members is a conflict of interest and some people take this seriously. I wanted to warn you if you see your changes rolled back. CardboardWolf (talk) 21:24, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have found a citation, and the edits are non-controversial. Babakathy (talk) 10:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I disagree, you have added detail which is not necessary and shows a political agenda. Tomw99 (talk) 16:33, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I meant your edits were non controversial, despite the conflict of interest in editing the article of a family member. If you disagree with my edits, let's take it to the article talk page. Babakathy (talk) 16:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

There are a number of issues on the article that have come up in the past 24 hrs which need discussion:
 * The material you added in this edit and this edit were reverted. This is because EasyAsPai(talk) identified them as unsourced, meaning that they were added without references, and references are compulsory for biographical articles of living or recently deceased people, see WP:BLP.
 * The text is still there in the old version, and could be added back in if there are references/citations to document them as facts. However, as CardboardWolf said to you above, editing the article of a close relative is not appropriate, and edits can instead be suggested on the article's talk page, as explained in the conflict of interest policy WP:COI.
 * Regarding your reversion of my edits, along with the text that you deleted you removed the citation needed tags. That is problematic, those tags are needed to show editors who have worked on the page that they should come back an add the references - or others can do so, as I did in finding a citation for one of the charities.
 * Finally, regarding the other material you deleted from my edits, I am appealing to you to discuss rather than delete. All my additions were factual, sourced (referenced) aspects of the government department and the organisations that the subject of the article was a leader of. To only describe one aspect of those bodies, and delete other aspects itself can create a bias in the article, please read WP:NPOV. As examples, referring only to the charity work of an organisation and deleting its political work creates bias; referring to one foreign political leader a body hosted, but deleting reference to another political leader the same body hosted, who the subject of the article spoke about, creates bias. Additionally, as has been explained, editing the article of a relative is inappropriate per WP:COI.

Babakathy (talk) 10:04, 10 January 2024 (UTC)