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Potato pancake

Kudos deleting some of the only sourced content in the article, don't do it again.Zaki Naggar (talk) 23:39, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Zaki Naggar: Hi! It looks like you are fairly new to editing Wikipedia, so -- welcome! I removed that content because, while sourced, it was not particularly notable; for example, the cited source for the coconut/cranberry/cardamom variation makes it pretty clear that it was the result of pure creativity by the author of the recipe, as opposed to something that is a common, traditional, or even emerging variation. It seems like your later edits acknowledged this by removing that one, so I don't think we really disagree. That said, you may want to take a look at the policies for reliable sources, due and undue weight, and original research as you move forward. I don't necessarily think your edit directly violated these rules, but these are the sorts of issues I had in mind when I removed it.

(Also, if I may make another suggestion, you may want to consider how you interact with people on here -- sarcastic "Kudos" followed by "don't do it again" comes across as pretty aggressive, as did your edit summary of "stop deleting sourced content" when it was only a one-time deletion as opposed to someone repeatedly cutting stuff from a page. And, as the links above make clear, just because content can be sourced does not mean it belongs on Wikipedia.)

Anyway, like I said, I think your edits ended up in a good place, so I don't plan to make any further changes on that front. Welcome, again, and happy editing! --EightYearBreak (talk) 16:04, 6 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RELTIME

Please note the guidelines about avoid relative time words when writing. WP:RELTIME

Please also see Template:As of which warns that using words such as "now" or "currently" is not advised. -- 109.79.86.113 (talk) 03:52, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]