User talk:Codename AD
I edit way more often now.[citation needed].
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[edit]I am not a professional or regular editor of wikipedia, but hoped that you would accept a reference to another wikipedia page, and, on seeing that it is basically and fundamentally correct, might make the appropriate changes to my edit. The more accurate (and contradictory to the former) information is contained in the Starter (engine) wikipedia page and copied into the General Motors page, and the source quoted, the Starter (engine) wikipedia page, contains its' own references.
I cannot understand why you think a wikipedia page containing better information, with its' own sources and references, cannot be used to rectify errors in another wikipedia page.
My edited chunk was thus:
Durant, with the board's approval, also tried acquiring Ford Motor Company, but needed an additional $2 million.[19] Durant over-leveraged GM in making acquisitions, and was removed by the board of directors in 1910 at the order of the bankers who backed the loans to keep GM in business.[16] The action of the bankers was partially influenced by the Panic of 1910–1911 that followed the earlier enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. In 1911, Charles F. Kettering of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) and Henry M. Leland invented and patented the first electric starter in America.[20] (((Except that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starter_(engine) states that "The first electric starter was installed on an Arnold, an adaptation of the Benz Velo, built in 1896 in East Peckham, England, by electrical engineer H. J. Dowsing.[2]In 1903, Clyde J. Coleman invented and patented the first electric starter in America U.S. patent 0,745,157.[3]"))). In November 1911, Durant co-founded Chevrolet with race car driver Louis Chevrolet, who left the company in 1915 after a disagreement with Durant.[21]
Does it not make sense to adopt the better information into the General motors page? If not, why not, is there something wrong with the references in the Starter_(engine) page?
Glad that we could have this discussion, my only previous edit, many years ago, was simply deleted without such interaction, or even a message.
The button below "Publish changes", to submit text to our chat, seems wrong. I've no wish to "Publish", and these are not "changes", as a "chat" is a matter between two, or a few, persons, not public, and this text did not formerly exist. I don't mind it being publicly viewable, but one of these words is wrong. Either it's a chat, or it is published.
--jez — Preceding unsigned comment added by Semifraudulent (talk • contribs) 10:33, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- The thing is, you shouldn't cite another Wikipedia page. See WP:RS more details of reliable sources. I hope this helped you on why Wikipedia should not be cited. WP:Verifiability is an important policy to read up on. Same with WP:Notability. I know that you were editing in good faith, just remember that for big changes, cite a source. Codename AD talk 10:40, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Bro, why did you delete my edit of the legacy of aurelian? I spent a bit of time on that you know Mightyfootttt (talk) 05:41, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- WP:NPOV Is a core policy of Wikipedia. And judging by your edit, I considered it to less than neutral. Codename AD talk 05:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- I literally just signed in to Wikipedia. I'm not gonna know what this stuff is. Mightyfootttt (talk) 05:58, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
- WP:NPOV Is a core policy of Wikipedia. And judging by your edit, I considered it to less than neutral. Codename AD talk 05:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
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