User talk:Toltol15

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November 2020[edit]

Please stop your disruptive editing.

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If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Bow and arrow, you may be blocked from editing. Richard Keatinge (talk) 16:27, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You are pushing pov just like the other user, the sources clearly mention bow. Toltol15 (talk) 16:44, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to engage with the rather long discussion already on the History of Archery talk page. We have produced a form of words that reflect the statements in the sources: the artifacts are projectile points and probably arrowheads. But no bows or strings have been found, and, as one academic has remarked, the artifacts could easily be light spears / javelins. Spear-throwers are very widely distributed across the world. So our words are "points considered likely to have been arrowheads" and "probable arrowheads". We should not state certainly that they are arrowheads. In fact, they may not be. Richard Keatinge (talk) 17:09, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You are pushing pov and the other user mentions it too, you are rejecting the primary sources as POV and inserting your own pov, the sources clearly mention bow and arrowheads. Toltol15 (talk) 18:56, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that's what "pushing POV" means. RexSueciae (talk) 20:29, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your friend believes primary sources are POV, it's not me saying it, it's his own view, this is beyond WP:OR, an individual with views like that should not be editing Wikipedia, but I guess it's a friends club and it does not matter as long as they reach a "consensus" with other friends. Toltol15 (talk) 21:08, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've never interacted with Richard Keatinge in my life. They've linked you the discussion page where the community reached its consensus re: what is and is not a bow and arrow. Reaching a consensus is literally the keystone of what Wikipedia is. I'd also note that Wikipedia, while accepting primary sources, requires secondary and tertiary sources "to establish the topic's notability and to avoid novel interpretations of primary sources". If there's one primary source that's very new, it's best to wait and see what else the scholarly community says on the topic -- maybe next week there'll be a paper that says something completely different (and much closer to the previously accepted consensus). You don't have to take my word for it: I'm just a passing editor offering advice, not an authority of any kind. RexSueciae (talk) 21:57, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've never interacted with you in my life either but here you are on my talk page. All the sources mention bow whether they are primary or secondary and are not from this year, South Africa sources are stronger than Sri Lanka ones but you cannot mention bow for South Africa, go figure. Toltol15 (talk) 23:20, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Look, I'm stepping out now. My last piece of advice is that "this user disagrees with me" and "this user is pushing pov" are not congruent statements. I'm going back to editing the things I like to edit, and there's not much else I have to say unless I'm called to give a statement at the Administrator's Noticeboard or something. Take care. RexSueciae (talk) 23:31, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So somebody sent you here to provide a statement to the AN? I was not told a third party would get involved, and for the records it would have been great if you were familiar with the issue before inserting yourself in, you had access to the link as you stated and you can clearly see the other user posting quotes after quotes mentioning bow, so I am not making anything up, the other user did not even remove the word bow when I added it in the first place, he/she removed an s from arrows, so the individual was not in disagreement with me adding bow, at some point they colluded and decided to push this pov, go figure. Toltol15 (talk) 23:49, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What? No. Nobody sent me here. If you'd like to take it up with an administrator, that's your decision. (And seriously, "colluded"?) RexSueciae (talk) 00:05, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There is no guarantee an Admin will help, there was one here already and he was with them. Toltol15 (talk) 00:16, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Toltol15, at your stage, nobody expects you to have a clue. We would just be very happy if you were to show some willingness to learn. At a minimum, we would like you to avoid insults that demonstrate both cluelessness, and poor manners towards people who are trying to help you. Richard Keatinge (talk) 22:31, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am not making anything up, please reread what you wrote, you are pushing pov. Toltol15 (talk) 23:20, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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