User talk:Werkentagen
April 2023
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Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Ariel School UFO incident—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 02:17, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. TLJ7863 (talk) 02:20, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
- I don't understand how calling a spade a spade is vandalism. Brian Dunning is a wealthy fraud and self-admitted con man who has no more scientific knowledge or training than many of the people whose claims he attempts to debunk. These schoolchildrwn were eyewitnesses to something. Is it appropriate for a white, wealthy, professional skeptic to attempt to debunk their stories by literally pulling something (a Russian booster) out of the air? Was he there? Did he see what they saw? Werkentagen (talk) 02:57, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
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- You seem to go from article to article for the purpose of attacking skeptic Brian Dunning by inserting unrelated incidents from his life as if they are his major qualities ("convicted wire fraud Brian Dunning"), and edit warring when you're reverted. If you read our article Brian Dunning (author), you will find that he's a well-known author on the subject, and it's fairly far-fetched to suggest that he'd be "advertising" by editing minor Wikipedia articles anonymously, as you do here. If you persist in this campaign, you will be banned from the subject of Dunning. Bishonen | tålk 21:46, 30 April 2023 (UTC).
- So Brian Dunning is the only skeptic worth quoting? Enlighten me, I am rather uninformed. I simply notice he seems to provide counterpoint for many UFO incidents although his evidence seems to be as ephemeral and gossamer as the sighting stories themselves. Werkentagen (talk) 03:24, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- And btw, go ahead and strike me from the ranks of editors. You are all just as corrupt as everyone else. No wonder you can't find people to edit your ridiculous pages any more. Werkentagen (talk) 03:25, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- Did you get a ping to the discussion at the Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard? If you'd like to comment there, the discussion is here. Bishonen | tålk 09:59, 1 May 2023 (UTC).
- And btw, go ahead and strike me from the ranks of editors. You are all just as corrupt as everyone else. No wonder you can't find people to edit your ridiculous pages any more. Werkentagen (talk) 03:25, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- So Brian Dunning is the only skeptic worth quoting? Enlighten me, I am rather uninformed. I simply notice he seems to provide counterpoint for many UFO incidents although his evidence seems to be as ephemeral and gossamer as the sighting stories themselves. Werkentagen (talk) 03:24, 1 May 2023 (UTC)