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POV check on Joseph Smith article

Welcome to WIKI. You placed a POV tag on the Joseph Smith, Jr. today; however, you added no discussion as is directed on the tag itself. I will delete the tag, but encourage you to return and explain the reasons for adding the tag on the discussion page and then readd the tag tot he article. When editors do not explain their reasons for adding tags there is no way to understand the specific concerns of the editor and the article's improvement is unnecessarily delayed. Cheers. Storm Rider 20:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

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When making an edit regarding a new topic on a discussion page, it is best to make a section heading. For example, on the Joseph Smith, Jr. page you would click edit the page, go to the bottom of the discussion page and then enter two equal signs, enter section label (POV tag in this case), followed immediately by two additional equal signs. This will make a section heading and entering it on the bottom of the page makes new edits easy to find for other editors.

Also, also sign your name by entering four tildes "~" in a row. That will sign your name with date and time of edit. If you use three tildes, it just enters your name. Four tildes is best. Storm Rider 21:22, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

September 2007

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Misplaced Pages, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to United Nation of Islam, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted by ClueBot. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you believe there has been a mistake and would like to report a false positive, please report it here and then remove this warning from your talk page. If your edit was not vandalism, please feel free to make your edit again after reporting it. The following is the log entry regarding this warning: United Nation of Islam was changed by Masonuc (c) (t) deleting 9638 characters on 2007-09-12T16:14:14+00:00. Thank you. ClueBot 20:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Masonuc, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Misplaced Pages:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Accounting4Taste 20:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Edits to United Nation of Islam

Do you have a source for these statements you made at United Nation of Islam? Calling someone "borderline illiterate" and "unable to think or speak clearly" without a reliable source can violate the policy Misplaced Pages:Biography of living persons. --Elkman 20:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

No, but I have heard him speak several times, he is on public access television sometimes. Trust me, this guy is basically illiterate. He speaks complete jibberish. You cannot allow this cult to advertise freely on[REDACTED] without a thoughtful, neutral position. In any event, I deleted that reference and made the article more neutral. FWIW the current article includes significant input by members, but does have a "critics" section -- which I think is a fair way to do it.