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Maybe my first explanation was a bit unclear. The reason I reverted my edits was not that you were factually wrong, but because you used non-neutral language. Again, please discuss your edits on the talk page, writing in all caps in the edit summary does not remove this requirement. ] (]) 02:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC) Maybe my first explanation was a bit unclear. The reason I reverted my edits was not that you were factually wrong, but because you used non-neutral language. Again, please discuss your edits on the talk page, writing in all caps in the edit summary does not remove this requirement. ] (]) 02:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

== Warning ==

Please see the talk page of the AR article, and participate there. K's advice is good. If you fail to take it, you will be blocked ] (]) 08:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

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December 2008

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Please do not replace pages with blank content, as you did with this edit to Ayn Rand, as this is confusing to readers. The page's content has been restored for now. If there is a problem with the page, it should be edited or reverted to a previous version if possible; if you think the page should be removed entirely, see further information. Thank you. -- IRP ☎ 02:23, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Ayn Rand Edits

I understand that you are new to Misplaced Pages, so I would like to explain why I reverted your recent edits to the Ayn Rand article. Misplaced Pages has a number of policies, a major one being WP:NPOV. This policy requires that articles be written from a neutral point of view. This means that you should not use weasel words that convey certain connotations. For example, instead of stating "Rand's skepticism regarding Branden's character had been growing for some months", you could have stated "for some months Rand suspected Branden of having another affair." In addition, there is a policy called WP:Undue Weight, which your edit about the New York Times' praise of Rand's books violated. While there were a few sources that praised Rand's work, those sources were in a very small minority and so we cannot devote big chunks of the article to the minority view (at least not without devoting even bigger chunks to the majority view).

Finally, there is an editing policy that I would like to point your attention to. It is WP:3RR. This policy essentially means that when you and another editor have disagreements about certain edits, you should discuss those edits on the talk page instead of repeatedly editing the article. I hope that I have explained my reasons for removing your edits, but if you are still unsatisfied, we can discuss them on the talk page of the Ayn Rand article. In addition, when you are editing a controversial article like Ayn Rand, please do not make so many edits at once because an editor who disagrees with some of your edits is forced to remove all of them. In fact you may want to start out editing less controversial articles to better get the hang of things. I hope this helps and may your Misplaced Pages experience be enjoyable!

Idag (talk) 02:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

3RR Warning

This is a warning, please stop edit-warring on the Ayn Rand article. If you believe that the article is erroneous, discuss your proposed edits on the Talk page instead of making changes to the article itself. If you keep edit-warring on this article, you will be blocked from editing. Idag (talk) 02:44, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Edits - Second Explanation

Maybe my first explanation was a bit unclear. The reason I reverted my edits was not that you were factually wrong, but because you used non-neutral language. Again, please discuss your edits on the talk page, writing in all caps in the edit summary does not remove this requirement. Idag (talk) 02:57, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Warning

Please see the talk page of the AR article, and participate there. K's advice is good. If you fail to take it, you will be blocked William M. Connolley (talk) 08:31, 19 December 2008 (UTC)