User talk:Dala11a

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Hi dala11a. Thanks for your help on the polska article. I added some comments to the discussion page related to your work. I'll probably work on this intermittantly over the next few months. Please add it to your watchlist if you have not already done so. I appreciate the help.Cpgruber 18:33, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Stop vandalizing Wikipedia

Stop vandalizing Wikipedia. --Daniel11 23:48, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Cite your sources

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Poly drug use, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Wikipedia articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add your reference to the article. Thank you. Pairadox (talk) 11:23, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

April 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to War on Drugs appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. You have added an exclamation mark to a statement. This kind of emotive language is not suitable for an encylopedia and violates WP:MOS. Let the facts speak for themselves. Cambrasa (talk) 12:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Also, the section you've added in War on drugs appears to be original research. It is true that you've cited the sources of your statements, but the statements alone are not a criticism. You've failed to mention who has used the example of Sweden to criticise the US "war on drugs". Cambrasa (talk) 12:22, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

• OK, remove the exclamation mark.
• You can find criticism of the large number of people imprisoned in US for drug offenses on many US. Internet pages so I added no specific source.
• Exactly what part of the text POV or original research? Have you studied the UN-report? I can add more references if that what you want.
• The facts are easy to trace from public sources. Both US and Sweden have restrictive laws on illegal drugs, US have 1 of 100 in prison, Sweden have 1 of 1400 and fewer user of drugs. The Swedish view is not to legalize cannabis or other drugs, the official goal i Zero tolerance for illegal drug as before. This is no original research by me, compare with the public statement by the Swedish Minister of Health in the reference list. I have only included a reference one of the Swedish laws about treatment of people suspected for use of illegal drugs. There are more laws but I have not find any professional translation to English.

So I do not agree that it is POV or original research.

Sorry, this is original research as far as I can tell because all the sources you cite talk about Swedish drug policy and don't mention a word about the US war on drugs. None of the sources explicitly criticise the US war on drugs by comparing it to Sweden. All the sources say is that Sweden has a successful drug policy. That is hardly a criticism of US drug policy. You seem to be the one making that comparison and that's why it is original research. To qualify for a "Criticism" section the criticism must come from an external source and not a wikipedia user. All this information may be true and well-researched, but it does not belong in this article. If you can't show me at least one source that explicitly compares Sweden and the US, then I will move i to an article called Drug policy of Sweden. Cambrasa (talk) 20:27, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry ,sometimes I am a slow writer but the link to War on Drugs and more sources will come in the next 10-15 lines. This article is not easy to write. --Dala11a (talk) 23:33, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to drug addiction. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Contact me if you need assistance adding references. Thank you. 199.125.109.103 (talk) 12:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I have added an reference, the same source as a picture on the same page--Dala11a (talk) 12:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Wrong - if you read the reference you would find that it says that dependence is a combination of pleasure, psychological addiction and physical addiction and about the only reason for cannabis having the dependence it has is that it is pleasurable, which is not a reason to cite it as addictive. 199.125.109.103 (talk) 13:08, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to drug addiction. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. You can not use a reference that states the opposite of your POV and call it a reference. Please refrain from adding your personal POV to articles. 199.125.109.103 (talk) 12:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to cannabis (drug). For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. 199.125.109.103 (talk) 12:56, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Fact Templates on War on drugs

Please do not use {{fact}} inappropriately, as you did on War on drugs. {{fact}} should only be used if a statement lacks verifiability, not for tagging arguments that you see as weak or questionable, but that are otherwise verifiable. Wikipedia is not a publisher of your personal opinions. Thanks, Cambrasa 14:25, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Your Conclusion About Hemp's Value Is Bull

Do more research, because it is not a myth that hemp was valuable in the 1930's, and that it was a threat to Hearst's paper empire. Like Cambrasa told you, Wikipedia is not a publisher of your personal opinions. If you don't keep your opinions to yourself, you will be blocked. Kevin j (talk) 22:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC) ?

I you have no better argument than call it Bull, who is doing original research?--Dala11a (talk) 22:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Edit summeries

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