User talk:Rkingginri

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Hello, Rkingginri, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Uncertainty in the Empire of Routine 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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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  TrangaBellam (talk) 07:54, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi TrangaBellam, Thanks for the welcome! I am confused, though, why you believe that my edit violated the NPOV policy, when the existing article contained a variety of exaggerated claims and stated a number of criticisms of the book as fact. I summarized Dykstra's responses to the criticism in the same tone as the summaries of the criticism. If my edits violated the NPOV, then so does the earlier section of the article regarding the criticisms, and the entire article should be taken down. Rkingginri (talk) 23:44, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

One add! The source of my edits was from Dykstra's published reply, just as the source of the previous section's descriptions was from the published critiques. I used direct quotations to show this. So there is an asymmetry, again, if my edits are considered a violation of NPOV, but not the previous section of the article. Rkingginri (talk) 23:45, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

When four acclaimed historians denounce a work in the strongest of terms, the author's defense - even if it is mentioned in the article - will not have the final say. See WP:WEIGHT. TrangaBellam (talk) 06:31, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Also, please stop edit-warring. TrangaBellam (talk) 06:31, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Rkingginri. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Uncertainty in the Empire of Routine, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. TrangaBellam (talk) 06:42, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

You are affiliated with Yale, the institution where Dykstra is a faculty. Please stop editing the article. TrangaBellam (talk) 06:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)