User talk:NaturalEquality

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Purpose of talk pages

Hi. You questioned why a previous post of yours was removed from an article talk page. It may have been because another editor thought that the comments were expressing personal opinion, which conflicts with the policy that Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. Article talk pages should be used to discuss edits and improvements to the Wikipedia articles in question, not to criticise the article subjects per se. It would be more helpful if you accompanied the raised criticisms with suggestions of reliable sources on which to expand the articles, or made more specific suggestions on how to improve them, rather than simply declaring, "Let it be known that the subject is such-and-such," which may be seen as soapboxing. Even better, be bold and edit the articles yourself! Just make sure to support facts with references, and keep in mind Wikipedia's policies of maintaining a neutral point of view. --Paul_012 (talk) 06:03, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. Just a suggestion, but your comments might be better received if they suggested concrete facts to add to articles, supported by WP:reliable sources, rather than just making claims here and there of a person being a dictator, a Fascist, etc. While they may be factually correct, Wikipedia's WP:biographies of living persons policy demands that such accusations be backed by reliable sources. --Paul_012 (talk) 06:32, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

Thank you for your comments. This is all new to me. I'll try to follow your advice, Paul. Those who control the media control the truth and this is also true for Wikipedia. I do believe in fairness and in the idea that we are all humans. I'm guessing you know a lot about Thailand. There is great room for discussion and argument here on Thailand and what is acceptable wording for what is happening in it. If there is such a thing as 'reliable' sources for Thailand, maybe there should be a page. I am sure the regime in power would give Wikipedia it's list as they block thousands of websites with thousands of other people's ideas. I find it very difficult trying to post in a world where some forms of 'slavery' such as those of belief and the mind as found in Thailand are acceptable. Questioning authority is illegal literally in Thailand right now. Posting for truth gets painful when others can't see that reality. Sorry, just saying it from the heart. I'll leave it there. NaturalEquality (talk) 09:12, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The word criteria

In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Adolf_Hitler#Use_of_the_term_.27Dictator.27 you write "... based on a certain criteria ... ". Since the word criteria is plural of criterion (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criteria#Usage_notes; https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/criterion; https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criterion) should it be "based on certain criteria" or "based on a certain criterion"? Mcljlm (talk) 16:30, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]