User talk:Sam Donald

Katrina

Hi. Regarding your alterations to the Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina article. I have commented on them here. Thanks. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 17:49, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply. I removed the content mostly because you said yourself in your edit that media was not reporting it and the letter was not available. So your own words make it clear that the content is not suitable for Wikipedia. Wikipedia only summarises what has already been said in reliable sources. If you have neither a copy of the letter, nor any reliable reporting of it, then I am afraid Wikipeida is not the place for discussing it. I am unfamiliar with "History Commons", but it appears to be a collaborative user generated website (like Wikipedia is). This makes it an unreliable source and an unsuitable cite.

Apart from this, these claims are no reason to remove other cited and sourced content that do come from reliable sources. If the facts are disputed then Wikipedia should reflect that. But both sides of the story must be cited adequately. Thanks.

--Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 18:05, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

REPLY: In fact, I DO have a copy of the letter. But, I'm not putting it out. Why? Because this very site also had a copy of that letter until several days ago........until I used it as proof on a forum to refute the claims that's being put out that Blanco didn't ask for help with evacuations, when she did. Now, THAT VERY letter is missing from this very site, deleted the very day that I commented on it and used it as proof. Then, I found another copy that hasn't been scrubbed.

I'm well aware that there is an effort to scrub the net of anything that doesn't fit into the present political agenda. Someone on this site has been complicit in that, possibly you?

If you do not use Commons, then you would not approve of anything to justify the propaganda being put out by Wiki.

Sam Donald (talk)Don Sam Donald (talk) 19:41, 2 June 2011 (UTC)Don[reply]

BTW, Who are you? Do you have editorial rights to override another contributor? If not, then I will continue. Sam Donald (talk) 19:41, 2 June 2011 (UTC)Don[reply]

Your recent edits

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Talkback

Hello, Sam Donald. You have new messages at Ukexpat's talk page.
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I have responded to your comments on Ukexpat's page. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 16:30, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]