User talk:Lainnalane

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October 2024

Hello, I'm Doug Weller. I noticed that you recently removed content from Baalbek without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Certainly a university press and Reuters are not state funded Doug Weller talk 16:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew is a state actor; he is a former Israeli government member. He is tasked with giving legitimacy to the eradication of UN/UNESCO heritage sites and using the “terrorism” label. He has been discredited as someone who participated in the false WMD charge that led to American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. While University Presses do publish former government workers as a courtesy, he is not a professor and was educated in an Israeli university. If you prefer, I can add a “other side” sentence by a university press in Egypt that refutes his information if you feel a university press is the hallmark of legitimacy. Lainnalane (talk) 00:45, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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