User talk:David matthews

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March 2008

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to China. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. nat.utoronto 23:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, the recent edit you made to Feminism has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Smokizzy (talk) 22:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hillary

I removed your additions to the lead paragraph. Personally, I agree with a lot of what you say, but you don't have any references for these views, and they are not exactly neutral. Feel free to let me know what you think.MAC475 (talk) 06:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Canada

While a discussion of racism in Canada is perfectly acceptable in the right place, the very intro of the Canada article is not the appropriate place for it. Feel free to start an article on Racism in Canada (an overdue article if ever there was one!) if you'd like, but the very head of an article is supposed to be a general overview of the most centrally important basic facts about the topic, and the issue of racism, as important as it is, is not material for a basic introduction to the topic of Canada. Bearcat (talk) 17:54, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ISI

Your comment was POV and reverted as unconstructive. Please do not make such additions in the future.CSHunt68 (talk) 18:21, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see from your posting history that you have been mostly unconstructive in your edits. Cease and desist. This is your one warning.CSHunt68 (talk) 18:28, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Iron

Hi, I just partially reverted a pair of changes that you made to Iron. You can see your changes here and my change here. I did this because, viewing the reference supplied, I found no evidence that, as the article read after your changes, "The smelting of iron in bloomeries probably began in India in the second millennium BC or the later part of the preceding one." While it does provide evidence that smelting in bloomeries in India began around then, the general context of the article is such that a reader would assume that iron smelting in bloomeries in general began in India at that time, a statement not justified by the reference.

If there's a problem with my analysis, or if I missed something in the reference provided, feel free to raise the topic; we can discuss the relative merits of various possible changes. Cheers, {{Nihiltres|talk|log}} 16:33, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

December 2008

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Also do not violate WP:WEASEL. Dl2000 (talk) 02:37, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

January 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions, including your edits to Medha Patkar. However, please be aware of Wikipedia's policy that biographical information about living persons must not be libelous. Any controversial statements about a living person added to an article, or any other Wikipedia page, must include proper sources. Thank you. Abecedare (talk) 14:36, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

April 2009

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Arundhati Roy. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. In particular, refrain from adding weaselish statements, hearsay, slander, rumor, gossip, and blogtalk to encyclopedic articles. Drmies (talk) 21:07, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

April 2010

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Quebec. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. freshacconci talktalk 21:06, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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October 2016

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February 2018

Please refrain from inserting information in an article without citing a source as you did in the Turban article.

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