User talk:Silodam

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Silodam, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Henk Stallinga[edit]

Your recent edits removed content from reliable sources and the references to those sources, and have been undone. -- Mdd (talk) 15:31, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your earlier edits to this article (see here) clearly indicate, that you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia customs. None of the references you added are considered reliable, see WP:RELY. Particularly articles like about existing designers should strictly follow Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons concerning:

-- Mdd (talk) 15:41, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please refer to the email I sent you to discuss the reasoning for amending you contribution and undoing your edit. Silodam (talk) 10:46, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In Wikipedia it is custom to discuss these matters on the existing talk pages, so that everybody can understand the reasons for changes. It doesn't work to discuss and decide thinks outside Wikipedia, because any next editor will turn it back if the changes are not made according to general Wikipedia guidelines.

Also particularly if you have a possible Conflict of Interest you should be not undo edits like you did here, but explain on the talk page, why you think changes are needed... and wait till more experienced editor respond. As a matter a fact, you should as a newcomer never undo an edit, without giving a proper reason in the edit summary. If you continue to do so, this will have serious consequences.

As to the particular matter. There definitely is a relation between Droog Design and Henk Stallinga, which has been mentioned in multiple reliable sources. This can be mentioned in the article, and should not be removed if properly referenced. I admit you do have a point, which could be incorporated into the article. Let it be clear that Wikipedia articles are meant to explain the audience about the notable aspects of the designers life and work. -- Mdd (talk) 22:35, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]