User talk:Vanberkel

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September 2017
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Mount Tumbledown, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. ( Hohum  @ ) 15:32, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

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First Casualty
Are you by any chance using a self-published book by Ricky Phillips entitled Truth is the First Casualty? WCM email 23:24, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

No, I don't have a copy of that book.--Vanberkel (talk) 23:30, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

July 2018
Hello, I'm Abelmoschus Esculentus. I noticed that you made a change to an article, 601_Commando_Company, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus  (talk to me) 01:17, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Ways to improve Raid on Cortley Ridge
Hi, I'm Meatsgains. Vanberkel, thanks for creating Raid on Cortley Ridge!

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October 2018
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Thanks for the advice. In the meantime I have been able to establish that around 40 FIDF soldiers (if we include the 2nd batch of late arrivals) presented themselves for duty to counter the Argentine invasion. According to Gerald Cheek of the FIDF:

"I held the rank of Sergeant in the FIDF and, with some thirty-four other soldiers, presented myself for duty as instructed. Following a briefing from the CO, we were assigned our area of responsibility, and collected our weapons and 100 rounds of ammunition." (Memories of the Falklands, Iain Dale, Biteback Publishing, 2012)--Vanberkel (talk) 22:28, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
 * And none took part in the fighting, neither did the 3 unarmed policemen you tried to add as "combatants".  It merits a footnote as I tried patiently to explain it to you but not the excessive details you were adding.  It appears that you are trying to inflate the size of the British force by including all sorts of non-combatants. WCM email 09:17, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

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April 2019
I would suggest you are more careful in your use of sources. I regularly notice your edits on my watchlist and it is quite apparent that you tend to choose sources that overstate British casualties on Falklands articles. I've also noticed you try to make the British forces look bigger than they were. Finally, see WP:NOTMEMORIAL you should not be putting so much effort into naming individuals in these articles. WCM email 23:05, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

I name individuals in order to allow wikipedians like yourself, historians and journalists to google up these people in order to confirm or discredit any claims that I make using British and Argentine sources. I have been honest enough in my recent contributions to have brought to light to readers that a second Argentine amphibious personnel carrier had suffered significant damage (losing one of its tracks) to the defending marines from NP8901.--Vanberkel (talk) 23:15, 8 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Wikipolicy is not to name individuals, unless there is a compelling reason for notability per WP:GNG. I didn't say anything about honesty, I pointed out your use of sources was selective.  I suggest you be more careful. WCM email 23:48, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Test edits on Laura Loomer
Please don't make test edits to mainspace pages as you did here. Even if you quickly revert them, they can screw up the page revision history and confuse readers. If you want to test out some edits, use a sandbox instead. Thanks! Nblund talk 22:28, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

No problems, understood.--Vanberkel (talk) 02:21, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

January 2020
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Sourcing
I see you are still not getting it when it comes to sourcing. Whilst you are quoting a reliable source that is not a reliable source of fact. He is quoting hearsay evidence, something he heard from someone else. As such it can't be included, particularly as people involved as still alive, so WP:BLP comes into play. Please take this as notice, I will report you for edit warring if you continue to revert. WCM email 06:50, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

He was present, and never mind, I'll include this information in a future Spanish page I plan to improve or create myself.--Vanberkel (talk) 11:26, 14 November 2020 (UTC)


 * No he wasn't, that is the point, he is reporting something he heard from someone else. Do I take it you're threatening to continue a BLP violation on another wiki? WCM email 13:26, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Marcelo Llambías Pravaz


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