User talk:ThompsJohn
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[edit] Vandalism
You describe this edit as Vandalism. I strongly reccomend that you review WP:AGF and Wikipedia:Vandalism. Hipocrite - «Talk» 15:46, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
- Call me a slave to tradition, but I wanted to put the obligatory welcome message in before I posted on this and Hipocrite beat me to it :(
- He's right though, neither NPOV additions nor factually incorrect information is considered "vandalism." It would be a nice gesture if you could open discussion of why you thought that information was not appropriate for the article on the article's talk page.
- Fox1 (talk) 15:51, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
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- I consider it plain vandalism. They clearly state the band was named after the color Prussian blue. Changing that to "substance used in gas chambers" is totally inappropriate and grossly POV vandalism. ThompsJohn 16:44, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
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- "totally inappropriate and grossly POV"
- No one's even arguing that this isn't the case (at least, not here).
- "vandalism"
- This is the problem. Performing a "rv vandalism" is an invocation of the the Wikipedia:Vandalism policy, and needs to be used correctly. From What vandalism is not:
- NPOV Violations
- The neutral point of view is a difficult policy for many of us to understand, and even Wikipedia veterans occasionally accidentally introduce material which is non-ideal from an NPOV perspective. Indeed, we are all blinded by our beliefs to a greater or lesser extent. While regrettable, this is not vandalism. See also: NPOV dispute.
- Mistakes
- Sometimes, users will insert content into an article that is not necessarily accurate, in the belief that it is. By doing so in good faith, they are trying to contribute to the encyclopedia and improve it. If you believe that there is inaccurate information in an article, ensure that it is, and/or discuss its factuality with the user who has submitted it.
- So, based on the above and the policy of Assuming Good Faith, we're simply asking you to do the same things you are doing, in a slightly different way, with a bit more discussion.
- Fox1 (talk) 16:59, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
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