User talk:Haverton Hill
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November 2023[edit]
Hello, I'm Blaze Wolf. I noticed that you made an edit to a biography of a living person, Alexandre Dumas, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 17:27, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Blaze, thank you for your comments. A couple of points though: Alexander Dumas is not a living person and, secondly, the name of his mother is already mentioned in the article, so I just added it to the Infobox for consistency. Thanks, Haverton Hill. Haverton Hill (talk) 17:38, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Hey Haverton! Thanks for the response. Feel free to remove this warning from your talk page then. That was a fault on my part for not checking the article before reverting. I am given limited information when viewing revisions on SWViewer so I just assumed it wasn't supported in the article and then reverted it and moved on. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 17:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Blaze, thanks. I don’t know how to remove this warning. It would be helpful if you could check more carefully in future. HH Haverton Hill (talk) 17:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- I'll just go ahead and strike it out. I certainly will try and be a bit more careful. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 19:59, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Blaze, thanks. I don’t know how to remove this warning. It would be helpful if you could check more carefully in future. HH Haverton Hill (talk) 17:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Hey Haverton! Thanks for the response. Feel free to remove this warning from your talk page then. That was a fault on my part for not checking the article before reverting. I am given limited information when viewing revisions on SWViewer so I just assumed it wasn't supported in the article and then reverted it and moved on. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 17:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)