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Edits Reverted
Hi there Doug,
I made some changes to writer and director, Dianne Houston's page yesterday. It seems that you have reverted the page back to its original form. I see that I forgot to provide my reasoning for the edits. My apologies. I am a student of African American film and television and the information on her page was very much outdated and some of it was outright wrong. I just wanted to update it to reflect her most recent work as well as correct some discrepancies. I also added two new sources to the bottom and removed one that provided false information. Let me know how I go about having the changes I made reflected on the page. Thanks for all you do.
Hi Doug,
> The problem is that you have analysed a primary source, while what we need is an independent analysis from a source that meets WP:RS.
So for clarity, if I had cited a compliant source making the same observations as my analysis, that would have been permissible? Sorry for being thick. I am (as you guessed) a new editor with no formal journalism background and not much knowledge of how Wikipedia works.
- responded on their talk page. Doug Weller talk 16:05, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
Good luck
Season's Greetings
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Joyous Season
Kingdom of Israel
Hello, my edits to the articles about Kingdom of Israel (both United and Samaria) has been removed because of lack of academic sources. I've just found a book about contemporary name of ancient Israel, but does it count as an 'academic source'? Medted (talk) 06:17, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
- Per Society of Biblical Literature and Christopher Rollston it seems a decent source to me. The Mesha Stele itself is not a good source for WP, but what Christopher Rollston says about it can be. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:47, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Medted: I agree. @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: thanks as always for your help. Doug Weller talk 19:03, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Then I'll cite it, thanks. Medted (talk) 03:15, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 December 2019
- From the editors: Caught with their hands in the cookie jar, again
- News and notes: What's up (and down) with administrators, articles and languages
- In the media: "The fulfillment of the dream of humanity" or a nightmare of PR whitewashing on behalf of one-percenters?
- Discussion report: December discussions around the wiki
- Arbitration report: Announcement of 2020 Arbitration Committee
- Traffic report: Queens and aliens, exactly alike, once upon a December
- Technology report: User scripts and more
- Gallery: Holiday wishes
- Recent research: Acoustics and Wikipedia; Wiki Workshop 2019 summary
- From the archives: The 2002 Spanish fork and ads revisited (re-revisited?)
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: Wikiproject Tree of Life: A Wikiproject report
Just to let you know
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Hope all is well with you and yours Doug. Long time no speak! - LouisAragon (talk) 17:19, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- @LouisAragon: that's what I thought when I saw a notification in my email, that I hadn't heard from you in a long time. We're all fine, and the sock has been blocked I see. And here I thought he was just an asshole. Doug Weller talk 17:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- "I thought he was just an asshole"
- Everyone aspires to be a multitasker nowadays. - LouisAragon (talk) 17:58, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
Exodus Movement
Hey Doug,
I added my thoughts to the Talk Page of the Exodus Movement. As I stated, I'm new to all of this, so I'm not sure what the next steps are or what to do to receive a response. Thanks for bearing with me. 108.29.173.226 (talk) 15:19, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
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The same problem
Hello Doug Weller. It would be great if you watchlist certain pages related to PIE topics for some time. We currently have CU-blocked LTAs[2][3] and one SPA[4] making questionable and contentious edits - all push the same point of view. The pages need to be monitored by an admin. Puduḫepa 07:33, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Puduḫepa: I'm not that knowledgable about the subject but have watchlisted it. Doug Weller talk 20:55, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
adopted
Yes, I would like to be "adopted" by a more experienced editor, if you have time : ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaurarjun (talk • contribs) 18:53, 31 December 2019 (UTC)