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Tatesullivan, you are invited to the Teahouse

Feedback to people that edit my postings

Using same/similar formatting as before: If I think a previously used table is useless, I will change it. If an editor comes back to me with valid feedback on why appropriate to keep the original formatting, I will understand. When I don't understand an edit is when they simply revert to the old formatting/post without feedback.

My interpretation of "encyclopedic": I don't offer my interpretation of facts, but I do take the mosaic of facts and use that mosaic to make unbiased factual observations. Sometimes editors will say "original research", but for example if a company has a decline in operating margins, the calculation of those operating margins is not "original research."

Plot summaries for tvs/movies concise an to the point: Some summaries on[REDACTED] have tons of detail and some don't. If a person is willing to put in more details about a summary, then an editor should not just delete those extra details and say "superfluous", in my opinion. What is superfluous to a random editor may be a useful point of edification for another user.

Opinions versus facts: Of course a page shouldn't have an opinion, but if the writers of a show/movie use plot devices to move a story forward and there is enough supporting detail to explain the motivations of characters, then I think that should be in there.

LAST: if an editor disagrees with my posts, always put in an explanation of why you changed it. I have had multiple instances of an editor taking away one of my postings and then changing it in minor details and then claiming that post as their own.

April 2013

Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Brittney Griner, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Auric talk 01:53, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Actually, I'm going to disagree with the above. Egregious WP:BLP violations of the type this editor removed, are perfectly fine to revert. Especially trolling comments like those, and especially ones which purport to relate unsourced medical information that could potentially be damaging. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that they could even be revdel'd - Alison 07:08, 1 April 2013 (UTC)