User talk:Skw71

August 2011[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Tony Tan Keng Yam. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 03:23, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Tony Tan Keng Yam. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. — Jeff G. ツ 03:51, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Can u highlight specific examples so that I can learn from it?

Please discuss the removal of the COI and POV tags on the talk page. As more than one editor feels that there is a COI and POV problem on the article, you should seek to gain consensus to remove the tags, and not remove them unilaterally. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 03:54, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Does that mean only need 1 or 2 editors to maintain objection and the tags will remain forever? Is there no final arbitrating party in Wiki?
  - No, but there should be proper discussion before removal. For example, I agree with the POV tag (for now) as I've laid out on the talk page. If there is general agreement amongst a consensus of editors that the issues no longer exist, they will be removed. On Wikipedia, consensus works by discussion and not by numbers, so any persuasive argument by two editors that proves the issues have been resolved may be sufficient. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 04:38, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - I removed the tags as I thought subsequent edits had addressed the concerns raised. Perhaps, not critical enough? So who can make such judgement and remove the tags? Skw71 (talk) 04:44, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! {{Edit protected}} is meant for use when pages are protected and people want to add content but they cannot. The sections you are adding this template to are general discussion sections by people who can edit the article, so should not be tagged as such. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 04:21, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi! Thanks for highlighting. The issues raised in some of those discussions seemed to be resolved. How can we indicate so?
  - There is no need to indicate so, especially if they are obvious. People will just not respond to these sections any more. If you really feel strongly, you can use {{resolved}}, a template specifically for this. Also, please note that you can sign your messages! Just type four of ~. Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 04:38, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thanks for reply. I just find it time consuming to read again those issues that have been resolved. Should suggest to Admin to have such a Tag. Skw71 (talk) 04:43, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]