User talk:Sippydog

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Hello, Sippydog, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Chris McDaniel does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.

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April 2014

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Chris McDaniel. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Arbor8 (talk) 20:39, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Chris McDaniel

I appreciate that you are editing in good faith, but there are a number of problems with your edits beyond words like "important legislation" and "accomplishments." For example, decisions about what information to include and to exclude can lead to undue weight problems or coatracking. Additionally, most of the sources you cite either constitute original research, which is not permitted on Wikipedia, or are otherwise not reliable sources. What concerns me most, though, is that a basic Google search reveals that you have a pretty clear conflict of interest with this subject. So I think the best course for now would be for you find a place on Wikipedia to contribute where you don't have such a conflict. Some helpful resources are linked in my welcome template above. Arbor8 (talk) 20:54, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The majority of sources I used are actual links to the specific legislation at the Mississippi Legislative website. As to my 'conflict of interest' I am certainly not unbiased, but all the information I have posted is factual and I removed the problematic descriptive language. Does this mean I have no ability to post anything on the subject matter? It would seem this defeats the purpose entirely. As to the reference to 'coatracking' (I had to look that one up, thanks. I'm learning) The referenced information is factual and is a list of Senator McDaniel's work in the topic area. If someone has an alternative fact they wish to publish, isn't that the way open source works? Thanks again.