User talk:WABlack

September 2015
Hello, I'm Cmr08. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Bill Black without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Cmr08 (talk) 20:49, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Help me!
Please help me with... I had lately edited Bill Black (Politician) but some Commorah? removed the edits. Please restore what I have done. I also need to remove the word "(Politican)". You are not user friendly at all. Please help me. Ddambroise@eastlink.ca

WABlack (talk) 15:45, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. The way Wikipedia works is described at WP:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. In brief, if you think an edit would improve the encyclopedia, be bold and make it; but if it is then reverted, don't simply re-revert, which could start an edit war, but rather discuss the change on the article talk page, and try to reach WP:Consensus with other users. If you cannot reach consensus, there are WP:Dispute resolution procedures.


 * In this case, you have been bold and made a change, but user has reverted it and left you a message above. What you should do is, explain on the article talk page why you think your changes improve the article, and see whether you can come to an agreement.


 * The article title needs to be Bill Black (politician) because there are articles about other people called Bill Black - see Bill Black (disambiguation).


 * Your username suggests that you may be Bill Black, or related to him. In that case, you have what we call a Conflict of interest and should not edit the article directly, but may make suggestions on the article talk page. You will find useful advice at WP:Biographies of living persons/Help and can ask for assistance at the WP:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard.


 * Here are some other pages that you might find helpful:
 * Introduction to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style


 * Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:37, 8 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I wish seen this earlier, but I will respond now. There was a very good reason why I edited the article. You removed the entire article, including sources and wikilinks and replaced it with an unsourced bio. We need sources, which is why I had no choice but to add them. You also removed sourced info regarding an election defeat. Wikipedia has to cover the subjects entire career, we don't leave out info on purpose just to make a more glowing article. Losing an election is not a big deal, why the subject wants any mention of his defeat out of the article is beyond me. If the subject wants me to refrain from editing the article, fine, I will refrain from editing the article, but wanting the text restored to the subjects preferred copy which was basically a large unsourced block of text is not going to happen. Articles must be sourced, especially when it falls under WP:BLP. Cmr08 (talk) 20:08, 10 October 2015 (UTC)