User talk:Bob Gollum

Lists of people

I noticed that you reverted my edits on several lists of people, including List of comics creators appearing in comics. The entries that you re-added do not belong on this list. Wikipedia has a guideline called WP:LISTPEOPLE which says that every entry on a list of people must either have its own article or it must have multiple independent and reliable sources that provide evidence of notability. You incorrectly labeled my edits as vandalism when I was simply trying to remove entries that don't belong. Furthermore, I am concerned because it appears you have been following my edits to other lists of people (like List of Chinese Indonesians) and reverting my changes there too. Systematically following a particular user's edits and reverting them without a clear and justifiable reason based in policy can be perceived as WP:WIKIHOUNDING, which is a serious harassment violation. IronGargoyle (talk) 21:33, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

It does appear that you are vandalizing multiple articles, and it seemed appropriate to correct that, and I added references or links to address the concern that prompted your deletions. But you are misstating the WP:LISTPEOPLE guideline, which only says that the existence of a wikipedia article or reliable secondary sources (not necessarily multiple) creates a presumption of notability. And you deleted significant people from the list who meet even the criteria you apply, which are more stringent than Wikipedia's criteria. I have written more about this on the article's talk page. Bob Gollum (talk) 01:01, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

I suggest reviewing WP:Vandalism, because it is clear from your usage of the term that you don't understand what it is. Vandalism does not include any good-faith attempt to improve Wikipedia, and I am certainly trying to improve Wikipedia. Sometimes improvement involves cutting out chaff. IronGargoyle (talk) 02:08, 24 February 2024 (UTC)