Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2016 November 11

= November 11 =

I have posted factual information
I have posted factual information to celebrity wikipedia pages and received the below listed threats from General Ization. What truths are authorized to be posted to public persons pages?

Goldberg told the nation she would leave the U.S.A. if Donald Trump was elected President. Goldberg did not follow through on that statement and proved herself a liar to the American Public.

Cranston told the nation he would leave the U.S.A. if Donald Trump was elected President. Cranston did not follow through on that statement and proved himself a liar to the American Public.

Campbell told the nation she would leave the U.S.A. if Donald Trump was elected President. Campbell did not follow through on that statement and proved herself a liar to the American Public.

November 2016[edit source] Please do not add defamatory content to Wikipedia, as you did to Whoopi Goldberg, especially if it involves living persons. Thank you. General Ization Talk 14:30, 11 November 2016 (UTC) Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add defamatory content, as you did at Bryan Cranston, you may be blocked from editing. General Ization Talk 14:30, 11 November 2016 (UTC) You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add defamatory content, as you did at Neve Campbell. General Ization Talk 14:30, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Mkwiki8319 (talk) 14:45, 11 November 2016 (UTC) By posting a truthful statement, I was edited and warned by General Ization. I would ask what part of my statement was untrue or defamatory. These statement were made by the persons and posted to their wikipedia page. "celebrity told the nation he would leave the U.S.A. if Donald Trump was elected President. celebrity did not follow through on that statement and proved himself a liar to the American Public." My understanding is that wikepedia is about truth. Mkwiki8319 (talk) 14:45, 11 November 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkwiki8319 (talk • contribs)


 * You're in the wrong place. Try WP:Help Desk. In the mean time, try WP:BLP and WP:RS. Nil Einne (talk) 15:59, 11 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Maybe they meant it when they said it, and then changed their minds. To call it "lying" is ridiculous. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:12, 11 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Indeed. Your statements were unsourced, and you have no reason to assume that they are not making arrangements to leave the country; such things take time. The people about which you were making the claims have no obligation to report to the public whether or when they will leave.  Had you stopped at the first sentence, with the citation of a reliable source to support it, your edit would have been appropriate.  Because of the second sentence, your statements were indeed defamatory and violations of WP:BLP.  General Ization   Talk   16:24, 11 November 2016 (UTC)


 * As for "Wikipedia is about truth", please carefully read Verifiability, not truth. --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  19:09, 11 November 2016 (UTC)