Talk:Precious metal/Archives/2021
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@JayBeeEll: Funny running into you here. Small world isn't it? Okay, let's hear it. Why did you revert my edit? AP295 (talk) 19:03, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- There multiple things wrong with your edit, but the most straightforward are that you changed an accurate and neutral statement into an argumentative one, and that the statement is in the lead (where it should summarize the content in the body) but your version is not a summary of anything in the body. --JBL (talk) 23:17, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
- Silver coinage was debased during the twentieth century from around 90% silver to zero percent. That is an indisputable fact. The article seems a bit whitewashed, having not so much as a single mention of currency debasement, which has occurred many times throughout history, or the historical role of precious metals. AP295 (talk) 00:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for confirming that you intentionally changed the statement from a neutral one to an argumentative one. From WP:V:
[Wikipedia]'s content is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of editors. Even if you are sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it. ... Any material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed.
Really the whole policy is worth reading; I recommend it to you. --JBL (talk) 00:40, 24 February 2021 (UTC)- I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to contend here. Specifically, what would you like me to find a source for? AP295 (talk) 01:38, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for confirming that you intentionally changed the statement from a neutral one to an argumentative one. From WP:V:
- Silver coinage was debased during the twentieth century from around 90% silver to zero percent. That is an indisputable fact. The article seems a bit whitewashed, having not so much as a single mention of currency debasement, which has occurred many times throughout history, or the historical role of precious metals. AP295 (talk) 00:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC)