User talk:Secular777

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Deleting everything to weigh the article down with criticism only

Kautilya3, i have edited to keep the page neutral rather than concentrate fully and solely on criticism. I urge you to keep it neutral rather than putting your best efforts in deleting important information which is trying to present both sides of the coin. - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Secular777 (talk • contribs)

I suppose this is about Yellapragada Sudershan Rao. Wikipedia summarises what reliable, third party sources say about a topic. I am afraid the stuff from the ICHR web site, which essentially functioned as his blog while he lasted there, isn't third party. It is also a WP:PRIMARY source, whereas Wikipedia uses WP:SECONDARY sources.

There is no policy about presenting "both sides of the coin." Wikipedia is not a newspaper or television channel, even though many people seem to mistake it to be one. We only strive to maintain WP:BALANCE within reliable, third-party sources. - Kautilya3 (talk) 09:56, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kautilya3 you have removed several other independent third party references, including India Today, and egovernance magazine. I am reinstating those references as they are relevant.

When there is a dispute, the recommended protocol is WP:BRD. You should not make any further edits, but discuss on the article talk page so that all the involved editors can come to a consensus. In fact, the article is likely to be protected soon because of excessive edit-warring. So, discussion is the key. When you look at the article history, you can find links to the old edits (see WP:Diff), which you can mention in talk page discussion. - Kautilya3 (talk) 12:50, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Whats the deal with your userpage?

LMAOVictoriaGrayson^Talk 20:13, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He probably put a message there mistakenly. I will fix it. - Kautilya3 (talk) 22:22, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talk pages

Hi Secular777, please see WP:TPHELP for how to write talk page posts. You need to use colons (:) for indentation, and ~~~~ for signing posts. - Kautilya3 (talk) 22:24, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]