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A lengthy welcome
Hi Peter L Griffin. Welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily in collaboration.
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I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Hipal (talk) 18:07, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks Hipal. Peter L Griffin (talk) 23:27, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Peter L Griffin, I encourage you to use the talk page to discuss inclusion of the disputed detail related to personal information of living people in this article instead of continuing to try to add it; I have not been able to find this information in independent and reliable sources, and this likely needs to be discussed before inclusion even if it can be sourced, because of WP:BLP policy. Thank you, Beccaynr (talk) 22:36, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Beccynr,
- It seems like your edit has been reverted by Kcmastrpc. The detail about the class year of the three girls involved in the altercation is sourced in Vox, which is an independent and reliable source: "On the afternoon of February 7, Benedict was participating in a school disciplinary program alongside three first-year girls." [1] WP:BLP is not violated because that detail is attributable to the aforementioned independent and reliable source.
- I hope this clears up any confusion. Please do not revert Kcmastrpc's edit again, as that would be a violation of WP:EDITWAR, but feel free to discuss any remaining objections on the talk page.
- Thank you, Peter L Griffin (talk) 23:23, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- It would seem that there is already a thread on this. Convinient! Peter L Griffin (talk) 23:27, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for engaging in discussion - this is a challenging article with a variety of policy and guideline considerations, so major changes can take some time to consider; I appreciate you presenting your concerns and discussing the sources, as well as identifying options for addressing concerns about the article. Thanks again, Beccaynr (talk) 01:49, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- It would seem that there is already a thread on this. Convinient! Peter L Griffin (talk) 23:27, 17 March 2024 (UTC)