User talk:75.73.7.4

March 2024[edit]

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Message posted to ThaddeusSholto's talk page[edit]

Your decision to delete (initially) my entry, and (then later,) other entries from "List of Doughnut Shops" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doughnut_shops Before I added new entry, I had read the Talk page for "List of doughnut shops". There was nothing on that page which indicated my entry wasn't in agreement with that discussion.

There was discussion, but no concurrence on inclusion criteria. Many in Talk discussion about Inclusion Criteria disagreed with your reasons (included when you made the edit) for why you just deleted the entry I had add, and then, after I protested (including my reason which mentioned the Inclusion Criteria discussion), you then re-deleted my entry, and changed several other entries on the page.

You're the editor who is making disruptive edits on that page. Rather than delete MY initial entry (as well as re-delete it), you should have read the talk page AND initiated discussion on the talk page.

Your note when you made your edit said "note states "only articles included on English Wikipedia should be included". In fact, there is NOTHING on the Talk page which states that. Editors like you are the reasons people new to Wikipedia don't stay with it. Your actions seem bullying; you're certainly didn't make your decision the way it should have been made.

When you click the edit button on List of doughnut shops a box with very large text says "Attention editors" and clearly explains "Please do not add links to articles that have yet to be written (redlinks). Please see WP:Write the article first." Further, the talk page has consensus that only articles should be added. Your persistence is advertising one single donut shop is disruptive. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 15:23, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:BOLD "Do not be upset if your bold edits get reverted." When someone adds something to an article, it can be removed. Not every edit requires discussion especially when it goes against the consensus of the talk page and the editing notes on the article itself. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 15:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As I said, I read the Inclusion Criteria on the Talk page before I ever edited the page.

When I made the initial edit, there were SEVERAL shops listed that did not have a link to a wikipedia page - there was no link to them on the List of Doughnut Shops page. I did accidentally include a red link when I added one entry, which I removed fairly quickly.

The "Attention editors" entry that says "Please do not add links on non-English Wikis, only articles included on English Wikipedia should be included" simply says that if you're going to link to a Wiki page, it should be to an English Wikipedia page. It doesn't state that you cannot add something that doesn't have a Wikipedia page.

I have no personal link to the entry I added, other than it is extremely well known in the Twin Cities area, and has a long history in the area. The city of Bloomington did a special video commemorating the business (I provided that link in the citations) because of its longevity and being well-known.

I question inclusion of other entries on the list. Café du Monde is not a doughnut shop. It's a well-known cafe, but it's not a doughnut shop. I think there is some selective decision-making going on. Other than there being somewhat arbitrary decision-making going on here, I'm not personally opposed to Café du Monde being included - but it seems strange for you to delete my entry, but leave Café du Monde on this page (it should be on a list of well-known cafes, not doughnut shops - they only serve one kind of doughnut, a beignet - that's hardly a doughnut shop)! Denny's 5th Avenue Bakery is also a far more well-known, and longer established doughnut shop than several of the others included on the page, including Cardigan Doughnuts.

I've wasted too much time, trying to improve something, and then being shot down. I can spend my time in better ways. But I will close with saying, I think you're being inconsistent, and selective as to how you interpret the talk page.

75.73.7.4 (talk) 15:50, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did make some comments on the talk page of the article. 75.73.7.4 (talk) 16:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Jeffrey_Elman#Why_did_Nomoskedasticity_revert_an_edit_I_made[edit]

Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jeffrey_Elman#Why_did_Nomoskedasticity_revert_an_edit_I_made William M. Connolley (talk) 14:59, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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