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Why would you delete an RS ref, and then delete text that the RS ref supported - saying that it lacks a ref? 184.153.21.19 (talk) 23:10, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Which RS and what text? // Hippo43 (talk) 02:19, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Bizarrely -- and disruptively -- here, and here, and here after you deleted a ref as well, and here, and here ... followed by some odd deletions here after I challenged you on why you were deleting refs and then saying there were nor refs supporting the text and therefore deleting the text ... and then again here. User:JBW, User:Swarm, and User:Kuru - I'm linking to a few established admins with whom I have no prior contact (that I can recall), hoping they one of them can put this silly problem to rest with some input, rather than bringing it to a page with the waste of time for everyone that would follow. --184.153.21.19 (talk) 04:12, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I see where you mean. Saying "he speaks X languages" is pointless peacockery. Who cares if he can speak Scanian? He's Swedish and Israeli - he obviously speaks English and Swedish, and presumably Hebrew. Saying he speaks Scanian but not mentioning Swedish is obviously wrong.

Regarding sources, the J Post article is a puff piece, and it doesn't explicitly say he speaks English or Arabic. If you feel the need to include what languages he can speak, there should be sources which explicitly say so. // Hippo43 (talk) 03:12, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

The RSs care. We follow the RSs - not what an editor's subjective personal view is. Scanian is not Swedish writ large - which you would know, if you read about it. You call an RS a puff piece - well, I guess that speaks to your subjective IDONTLIKEIT view. But that's all. It's an RS. What you did was devious and underhanded. In the extreme. You deleted an RS ref. And then you deleted the text - saying that the reason was that there as no RS support. That's wildly inappropriate. And not proper editing at the Project. --184.153.21.19 (talk) 03:58, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Calm down. I'm fully aware of what Scanian is. It is obvious that Conricus can speak Swedish as well as Scanian. Listing several languages that you think he can speak and leaving out Swedish is ridiculous, and leaving the text like that would be a failure as an encyclopedia.

Following reliable sources is exactly what I have done. I removed a source that does not explicitly state he speaks English or Arabic. What is your problem with that? Are you struggling with reading the source?

Claiming that I am devious and underhanded is also not civil. Please don't be a cunt. // Hippo43 (talk) 04:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

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