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Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to The Straits Times, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. robertsky (talk) 17:17, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have done what you asked and included a citation to published source. Although the edit you are refering to did include a published source in the form of the Straits Times newspaper clipping taken from wikipedia that I included on the Straits Times wiki. Regardless I have added an extra citation.

BulgeUwU (talk) 15:40, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

April 2020

Hello, I'm SummerPhDv2.0. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Stefan Molyneux, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. SummerPhD^v2.0 21:34, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for getting to me. The source was one of Molyneux's own videos so I feared that by using it as a citation I would be helping him (him being an infamous white supremacist) achieve higher search results. I will leave that page alone because I don;t think I have the necessary experience with wikipedia to deal with those issues.

BulgeUwU (talk) 15:42, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral point of view

Hey, I noticed that you had edited a few articles on my watchlist. Welcome to Wikipedia!

However, I was a bit concerned about the edits. Please familiarize yourself with WP:NPOV and WP:RS policies.

In this edit to Lauren Southern, you made sweeping edits to terms used in the article, and added that Southern is thought to have influenced the the Christchurch mosque shootings which killed 51 people without a source. Saying that someone influenced a massacre, without offering a reliable source, is an egregious violation of the biographies of living persons policy.
In this edit to George Jackson (activist), you added personal POV commentary inside the article. Yes, prison guards have their own views, but that was attributed to them -- "was described by prison officials" and cited to a reliable source.
In this edit to Robert Conquest, you stated that Much of Conquest's work was covertly sponsored by the Information Research Department (IRD), a propaganda wing of the UK Foreign Office which he also worked for. While Conquest worked for the IRD until 1956, where is the source that "much of his work" later was sponsored by them? In another [1] edit you called him an "IRD propagandist". That is not neutral language.
In this edit to Black Panther Party, you claimed that the core policy of the organisation was open carry copwatching. This sounds dubious, and again presented without a source. Later, in the lead, it is cited that their core policy were social programs (not copwatching). You also claimed, without a source, that FBI infiltration was the sole reason for in-fighting in the organisation.
In this edit to Halford Mackinder, you added that Mackinder is a "serial killer" to the lead and said that Halford became infamous after murdering eight of his Arican porters during his expedition of Mount Kenya. While Mackinder died more than 50 years ago, strong words require explicit coverage in reliable sources. Who classifies him as a serial killer? Also, is it not inappropriate to say he murdered eight porters, when he ordered or may have ordered their execution? Calling him a serial killer and using the word murder would imply he did more than just order their execution.

Righting great wrongs is a form of tentendious editing. Even if you consider a passionate anti-imperialist or a communist point-of-view righteous, Wikipedia will not be written from that POV. I doubt you will achieve much by trying to add unneutral language and switching terms to ones you like more in lead sections. I would suggest writing new text using reliable sources, like you did to Halford Mackinder, but using neutral language and not giving undue weight to minority viewpoints. --Pudeo (talk) 14:36, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou for taking the time to get to me. I have only been using wikipedia for a few months and this is the most detailed feedback I have received so far.

Lauren Southern's page. I will take greater care in the future to properly cite sources. Because the source is a video by her (Southern being an infamous white supremacist) I was split on whether a link to her content would be seen as a promotion and even heighten her search results. I will revisit that page when I have more experience.
George Jackson's page. I have just edited my note on George Jackson's wikipedia page to sound more neutral, however that page needs a lot of work as a large portion of his biography is solely form the point of view of the same prison authorities who killed him. I don't think I have ever seen a wikipedia page with this problem before. Perhaps we can diversify the testimonies by including views from his teachers, collegues, fellow prisoners and family?
Robert Conquest's page. It is entirely justified to call him a "propagandist" as he worked for over a decade for a secret government department founded to create propaganda. I do not think anybody will find this a controversial choice of words. Perhaps you can suggest a more appropriate term to describe someone who works for a secret government propaganda department?
The Black Panther Party page Their armed copwatches were the core of the party's actions in their first year as a party, this is not controversial. The switch to focusing on social programs came after California's Mulford Act (Oakland being the founding branch of the panthers) banned open carry. I did not include a citation because it is common knowledge and there is no controversy over this. As for claiming that the FBI was the only factor in splits between party branches, I don't believe they were the only factor but if my writing looked as if I implied they were then I made a mistake and I will take another look.
Harold Mackinder's page. It's interesting you bring this up but as far as I can find there aren't any historical documents that tell us whether or not Mackinder pulled the trigger with his own fingers or or whether it was perhaps botanist Douglas Saunders, but either way it was Mackinder's decision to have these African porters shot and his intense racial hatred was his motivation for doing so. When I first came to his wikipedia page it had 0 mention that he was responsible for the deaths of anyone, a fact I first learnt when I visited Oxford's Science Area and had to dive deeply to find citations for. But either way he murdered multiple innocent and unarmed people for very personal reasons, it is fair to call him a serial killer.

I'll read the homework you've given me on the WP:NPOV and WP:RS policies. Again I am grateful that you took the time to engage with me and helped me become a better editor. BulgeUwU (talk) 15:38, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

April 2020

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Information Research Department, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Julietdeltalima (talk) 16:26, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen the edits you reversed and you are mistaken, nothing I added was not common knowledge.

You also reversed my edit mentioning that it was The Guardian newspaper who revealed the existance of the IRD, but the original article by the Guardian was already cited by someone else at the end of the same sentence.

Soon I will redo these changes with extra citations added.

BulgeUwU (talk) 16:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Marcel Cartier for deletion

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Ahh yes you are correct, this was a very embarassing mistake on my part. I'll fix it right away :)

BulgeUwU (talk) 21:53, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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For making an article on Jessie Eden. I'm so glad that a user got round to making an article on this significant historical figure! Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:18, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou so so much Spiderone, I had a lot of fun writing this but it took me 12 hours and now I am about to collapse. I will finish the article with extra details and sources tomorrow. BulgeUwU (talk) 20:27, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I bet! I've added a few links to her article in other places so hopefully it makes her article easier to find and hopefully more people will stumble upon this and learn about her. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:37, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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May 2021

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Perak, you may be blocked from editing. Hzh (talk) 20:19, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Assume good faith, please

Hi BulgeUwU, I would strongly encourage you to take a breath of fresh air, and relax. Wikipedia shouldn't be a place that generates anger or hostility. While some users disagree with article content, we all need to remain level-headed and press forward (I am not accusing you of doing the contrary). That being said, my few encounters with you have been you repeatedly reverting edits (not just mine), in locations where you have added a decent amount of content. I am adding a note here in hopes that you will further familiarize yourself with WP:OWN and WP:GOODFAITH.
You add lots of content to a variety of articles—no doubt about that. But just because you have done so does not mean that you own the article. Others are free to edit as they choose (as long as they abide by WP guidelines/policies, obviously). But when others edit or partially revert your edits, it's not time to start an edit war or get defensive. Users are allowed to edit any page, whether you edit them or not. All users need to assume good faith, and I hope that you assume that other Wikipedia users are here to improve Wikipedia, not damage it. In regards to U.S. Army Esports, I randomly stumbled across the article, yet you accused me of having some bias and used that factor exclusively to dismiss my edits. You did not engage with me at all on the talk page. Please assume good faith, and please engage with folks on talk pages in a civil manner. You are making some great edits on here, but when a user tries to undo an edit(s) of yours, please do not just revert their edit and say "take it to the talk page." Sometimes there are some explicit policy violations that need to be remedied ASAP, sometimes it's not so urgent. If you take away anything from this, please assume good faith. We're all here to improve Wikipedia. PerpetuityGrat (talk) 18:58, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Do not delete

Please restore the information in Ngo Dinh Diem's article because it is source information and is a matter of research and evaluation, not conclusions. Please restore. Thanks. Football is very great (talk) 04:26, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is not subjective, we only point it out for reference, it is an objective study and assessment, not a conclusion about the truth about Mr. Diem. Football is very great (talk) 05:39, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dear "Football is very great", No I won't. - --BulgeUwU (talk) 12:35, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Minor

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Oopsie?

Presumably this was an error. Cambial — foliar❧ 11:06, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

lmao how on earth did I managed to even do that. Sorry about that, BulgeUwU (talk) 11:07, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Very funny but I'm good thanks. BulgeUwU (talk) 21:14, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@Gadfium Can someone explian what exactly was offensive about this name? I can't work it out. Jagmanst (talk) 04:50, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Jagmanst: See also Captain Eek's message above. Bulge could mean several things, but 'cute bulge' is obscene (see uwu) and the user's reply to Eek did not offer any alternative explanation. Since they have changed their username, this is no longer an issue.-gadfium 05:07, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Jagmanst and @Gadfium. Bulge was meant as a reference to the Battle of the Bulge, a key loss for Nazi Germany, and Uwu was meant to express glee at the sight of fascists being defeated. Half the pages I have created on wiki were biographies of influential anti-fascists. I was hit with the block and order to change my username after getting into a disagreement with a fellow editor. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 19:19, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you had replied to Captain Eek with that explanation, the unpleasantness could have been avoided.-gadfium 19:26, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you. Happy editing. gadfium 21:53, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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1RR violation at Mass killings under communist regimes

Mass killings under communist regimes is under discretionary sanctions stipulating (among other things) that "You must not make more than one revert per 24 hours to this article," per the prominent notice that displays whenever editing the page, a restriction that you have blatantly violated ([2], [3]). Please self-revert this violation or it may be reported to WP:AE, where you could be sanctioned by an administrator. Regards,TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 23:20, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

At this point Mass killings under communist regimes has such a terrible reputation for editors edploiting wikipedia's guidelines as a tool for silencing others that I welcome the attention of more administrators. I edited wikipedia for over a year with few problems until the very hour I first made edits to that terrible page I was falsly flagged for breaking wiki guidelines and forced to change my username, with my ban (the first I have ever had on wikipedia) lasting almost a week. A quick look at the talk page shows many other editors who have had similar experiences. So I'm not at all surprised by your bullying tactics. For any administrators readng this TheTimesAreAChanging has the worst habit of randomly undoing people's work, upholding blogs and historians which vae already been widely discredited by other historians such as infamous Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and making it near impossible to make any positive change. I'm considering just deleting my account because I know that people like TheTimesAreAChanging can successfully tie me up in a web of complex jargon and a machine gun of tricks and accusations that will waste everyones time as a method of blocking change. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 01:39, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK, AE it is, then...TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 02:58, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Trevor Carter

The article Trevor Carter you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Trevor Carter for comments about the article, and Talk:Trevor Carter/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 16:03, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just stopping by to add my own congratulations. Are you interested in doing GA reviews, by the way? There's always a backlog, and we can always use more reviewers. It's particularly a good idea to review if you plan to bring more articles to GA status, since the sort order on the nominations page means those who review more get higher up the list. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 16:06, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing news, I cannot believe I earned my first GA article!! Hopefully this will be the first of many, I feel as if this experience has forced me to look at my own work through a more critical lens and helped me become a better editor. This experience should help me speed through the process when someone reviews my next GA nominated article.

Also, I did not know that helping with the backlog of GA reviews meant that my own nominations would appear higher on the list. NGL that is a very powerful motivator. In that case I'll try complete at least one GA review by the end of the month. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 17:23, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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A goat for you!

I am sorry that your FAC did not go as expected. However, I hope that the comments you got help you improve your approach to creating Wikipedia content. It's great that you created the article for Strachan which otherwise Wikipedia readers would not know existed. Let me know if I can help you with any questions about sourcing and referencing.

(t · c) buidhe 08:11, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Buidhe, My first FAC may have failed but I still believe the article is GA material so I'll try there. Cheers for the goat. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 17:51, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

SPI

If you want to accuse someone of being a sock-puppet, you should do it at WP:SPI, not WP:AN. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 01:31, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I did not know that SPI existed, sorry for creating clutter. I am learning to use SPI now. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 01:39, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well no need to apologize, to be sure -- the WP administrative/bureaucratic infrastructure is vast :). SPI is challenging to use because of all the structured templates, but it looks like you managed more or less. And of course the case you're making is very straightforward, hopefully the block will come quickly. 100.36.106.199 (talk) 01:58, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou :) The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 01:59, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' noticeboard

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. CptJohnMiller (talk) 11:59, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A note to The History Wizard of Cambridge, CptJohn Miller has been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet, and is possibly the same person who posted some disgusting things (now revdelled) at your talk page (although I'm not completely certain they're the same person). Nythar (💬-🍀) 12:30, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou @Nythar, I'm glad this horrible situation has been resolved. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 01:59, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Some minor correction

Hello, I've seen you mentioning me at AN and SPI. You said that Militaryfactchecker was banned on the 2nd June by admin @Arado Ar 196, so here are some correction: I'm not an admin, I just closed the thread (diff). When the matter is resolved, anyone can do it. Militaryfactchecker was blocked indeff by admin Cullen328 (then block was upgraded by checkuser later). To prevent any such confusion in the future, you can check block logs (like that one). Have a nice day! a!rado🦈 (C✙T) 04:28, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, you can enable "Strike out usernames that have been blocked" in preferences (though it shows only most recent block). a!rado🦈 (C✙T) 04:33, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that, I'm still inexperienced with a lot of the wikipedia backroom functions. Thanks for the clarification. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 04:38, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ben Roberts-Smith

Hi, I've started an RfC on Ben Roberts-Smith talkpage that you may be interested in. AlanS^talk 07:54, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, thankyou for keeping me informed. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 10:19, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Pay no attention to this IP; it's just Militaryfactchecker harassing you again (per my comments here). Nythar (💬-🍀) 10:24, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

LMAO this must be the 5th time that militaryfactchecker has been bothering editors related to pages like Murder of Agnes Wanjiru, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, and the British Army Training Unit Kenya. He and his sock accounts have been harassing me for a month. Thankyou for helping uncover enough evidence to get his latest IP bocked. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 14:34, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Trevor Carter

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Re. Billy Strachan film ref?

Hi, The History Wizard of Cambridge – it might be useful to find a source deemed more "reliable" than the Daily Mail. In that connection, this is what The Telegraph said on 8 November 1994 in their short piece "Lenny's hero". Proscribe (talk) 10:35, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of David Ivon Jones

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Hey Alien, this is very exciting. The David Ivon Jones article has been begging for a GA review for a long time. I look forward to working with you :) The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 18:50, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Your GA nomination of Billy Strachan

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Your GA nomination of Billy Strachan

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Just a passing star ...

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		The reactions of the vast majority of editors facing community sanction at ANI run the gamut from stony silence to rabid denials to bomb throwing. You, by contrast, are recognizing where you messed up, are publicly resolving to do better, and asking for the community's help in achieving that. That deserves notice, and has certainly earned my respect. *Ravenswing* 12:01, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers Raven. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 04:50, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Billy Strachan

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You are now subject to a topic ban

Per the consensus of this discussion at ANI you are now banned from the topics of autocratic governments or individuals, socialism, and communism, broadly construed. If you have any questions about this sanction feel free to reach out to me on my talk page, or ping me here. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:56, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio, plagiarism, and too close paraphrasing

I regret coming here on the heels of your topic ban with unpleasant news, but every article of yours I have worked on is filled with too-close paraphrasing, plagiarism and some instances of copy-pasted WP:COPYVIO. Please spend some time reviewing those pages; user:Victoriaearle/Tutorial and Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches may also be helpful. We can't just switch up a few words in a sentence; we have to write in our own words. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 10:31, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of David Ivon Jones

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Sorry about the Topic Ban

Sorry to hear about your topic ban. I obviously disagreed with it. I think it is a scandel that an editor who in good faith sought feedback for GA review would face this kind of response, when there were far better and more collegiate ways to address editorial issues.

Looking through your talk page, I see you have faced a lot of unpleasant encounters on wikipedia. This in conjunction with you apologising to me on my talk page for a perfectly normal interaction has made me somewhat concerned, on whether you have internalised some of the incessasnt and unfair criticism you have received.

I hope you rebound from this and can focus your energies in spaces that treat you better. Jagmanst (talk) 05:18, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's no worry, there are a million more topics that I am not banned from so it's not the end of the world.

I've learnt the guidelines of wiki through trial and error and I don't remove anything from my talk page, so it tends to give a more negative impression of my experience on wikipedia then I've actually had. I've had far more positive experiences with fellow editors than negative.

There is also a silver lining to this. In an attempt to vindictively find further faults with my work, some editors have actually ended up improving many of the wiki pages I created. Ironically there has been more interest in my work following my topic ban then there was when I was requesting GA/FA/Peer reviews.

I will ease off wiki for a while to give myself time to focus on work, read up more on the inner working of wiki, and eventually return as a Jailhouse lawyer. Thankyou again for reaching out to me. The History Wizard of Cambridge (talk) 20:09, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]