User talk:Skinnytony1

Welcome[edit]

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Reliably published sources are required[edit]

Content, particularly content relating to living people, must be supported by reliably published sources with a reputation for fact checking, accuracy and editorial oversight, this is particularly true in claims about medically related content.

In addition, content in an article must be from sources that are directly discussion the subject of the article, not merely something related to the subject of the article. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:10, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

THanks bro but I think the Centre for Disease Control couldn't be more reliable http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5326a3.htm Skinnytony1 (talk) 13:17, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

while the CDC is "reliable" in the general use of the term, it will generally be a "primary" source and of little use to Wikipedia because Wikipedia editors gather the analysis and commentary of others that have looked at the primary sources; we dont provide any of our own analysis in article content. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 10:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Particularly when dealing with content about a living person, Wikipedia is not here to provide "pro" and "con" sides. Setting up something as "controversy" or "criticism" sections are almost always a bad idea. And setting out to show how bad something is really has no place here. Content must always be from sources that are directly and explicitly actually discussing the subject of the article.

And I should have linked the abbreviations: WP:BLP and WP:NPOV. If you type WP:___ (fill in the appropriate letters) into the search Window you will get directed to one of the pages that outlines the Wikipedia policy or guideline .-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 10:54, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ervin Laszlo[edit]

I appreciate your attempt at editing the Ervin Laszlo article. Unfortunately the references you cited I.e. (YouTube, blogs etc) are not reliable sources for Wikipedia so they were removed. You need to either cite reliable books (look on Google books for any books that discuss Laszlo etc) or scientific papers (PubMed or JSTOR are useful). If you look at the Dean Radin article, or Russell Targ, have a look at the "reception" sections, I heavily edited these. I believe something similar should be done on the Laszlo article (are there any reviews for his books?), perhaps we can work together on trying to improve the article but only if reliable sources are used. I am in agreement with you, Laszlo's views are complete pseudoscience but we need reliable references if we are to include this in his article. Cheers. Goblin Face (talk) 18:39, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Totes agree Goblin Face. Let's do it. I dumped my edit onto the article at rational wiki so that write up wasn't in vain. wikipedia has a bigger audience so i think it's important to get this one done properly. I hear you about "reception" section...it's sad tho, i've noticed a transition in articles away from "criticism" which is usually the only interesting section. protecting their ass. Skinnytony1 (talk) 02:10, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Minor edits[edit]

I notice that you often mark edits as minor, when they are much more than just a simple correction of a typo. Please don't do that. It's better to err on the safe side, and, in fact, there is no requirement to mark any edit as minor. Otherwise, carry on with the good work. -- BullRangifer (talk) 15:45, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thx for the comment BullRangifer, I'll stop being so lazy :P Skinnytony1 (talk) 05:54, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikistrat[edit]

Hey! It looks like Dan Green hasn't been active on Twitter in a couple of years. Check their LinkedIn profiles, though. You'll find Green is indeed a Tech Advisor now, no longer CTO. Schaffer has moved from CEO to Business Development Advisor. Hershkovitz and Skuldt haven't worked for Wikistrat in years - I'm not sure it makes sense to put them in the intro? Same for Daftari and Weitz. Since there is an Analysts section where we mention the company's most prominent analysts, I think they should be listed there, with the references you found. (Weitz already is.) Ottens (talk) 18:25, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ottens thanks for getting to the bottom of that and appreciate the time it would have taken to find out...if you don't I'll change the wiki to reflect the above. Skinnytony1 (talk) 10:04, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of White knight (intelligence firm)[edit]

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Looking at the citations, the content of this article is based on speculation. None of the sources confirm that Zamel has ownership in the company, or what it actually is, or its links to Psy Group. If the content remains, it should be put in the Psy Group article.

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A page you started (White knight (intelligence firm)) has been reviewed![edit]

Thanks for creating White knight (intelligence firm).

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I am redirecting this page for the moment per the WP:CRYSTALBALL concerns. Feel free to continue working on the article by making a draft.

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