User talk:Alexanderkowal
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September 2023[edit]
Hello, I'm Dudhhr. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, American Enterprise Institute, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. – dudhhr talkcontribssheher 21:43, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you Dudhhr, I'm surprised it isn't a reliable source, I've seen discussions about making that integrating that website into wikipedia, regardless I'll go find a different source, thanks for the help Alexanderkowal (talk) 21:46, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
- Is that an acceptable reference now? Alexanderkowal (talk) 22:16, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
- Is that an acceptable reference now? Alexanderkowal (talk) 22:18, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
CS1 error on American Enterprise Institute[edit]
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Notice of Dispute resolution noticeboard discussion[edit]
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CS1 error on List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history[edit]
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Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution[edit]
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you copied or moved text from one or more pages into Politics of Germany. While you are welcome to re-use Wikipedia's content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing does require that you provide attribution to the original contributor(s). When copying within Wikipedia, this is supplied at minimum in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g.,
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- @Diannaa I did attribute it, but only in my first edit. All of it is copied from other pages, I’m going to add more myself at a later date.
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Germany&diff=prev&oldid=1215526601&title=Politics_of_Germany&diffonly=1 Alexanderkowal (talk) 07:45, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- I see it now; sorry for not noticing. — Diannaa (talk) 12:00, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Diannaa no I should’ve put it in each edit that used copied material, I didn’t think about putting it on their talk pages so thanks Alexanderkowal (talk) 12:31, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- I see it now; sorry for not noticing. — Diannaa (talk) 12:00, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Diannaa I’ll put something on their talk pages now, thank you Alexanderkowal (talk) 07:59, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
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April 2024[edit]
Please do not add or change content, as you did at History of North Africa, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. On a smaller note, please also do not mark your edits as "minor" unless you are making superficial changes such as fixing format or grammar errors; see Help:Minor edit. R Prazeres (talk) 16:08, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Oh yeah my bad, clicked minor out of habit Alexanderkowal (talk) 16:45, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- It’s all from General History of Africa volume 3, do I put that in the bibliography or cite each page? Alexanderkowal (talk) 16:46, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- I've used emotive language as I was writing for the History of Africa article and I'm trying to use a tone similar to oral tradition. If you don't feel it fits then feel free to change the phrasing. I've got to trim down what I have so I thought the extended version was better for that article. Alexanderkowal (talk) 16:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- No worries. But two things:
- 1) You must add citations inline, not at the end of the page. Read the guidelines, as this is part of the basics of editing Wikipedia. Please fix that in your edits, otherwise I'll revert it again as the problem wasn't addressed properly. (Editors are happy to fix any minor format problems, but it's not up to others to add sources and citations for you.)
- 1) Do not use emotive language or try to emulate oral tradition. Wikipedia uses an encyclopedic tone; see WP:TONE for what this means.
- If you have any other questions about guidelines, feel free to ask, but do also familiarize yourself with Wikipedia policies in general. Thanks, R Prazeres (talk) 17:06, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- PS: Please also remember to include page numbers in your citations, if you haven't already. R Prazeres (talk) 17:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, I'll do that now. I have seen a lot of pages just use a bibliography but I guess for history the convention is inline citations and that does make sense. Regarding the tone, please see History of Africa#Colonial period (1878–1951), this is what I'm trying to emulate. I don't think it falls outside of WP:Tone but idk. Alexanderkowal (talk) 17:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of List of kingdoms in Africa throughout history[edit]
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About your edits[edit]
Hi, I'm QwertyForest. I have just seen the dispute going on at Politics of Germany. Although the IP has been edit warring with you, it appears that you have also been edit warring with them. I would suggest going back to TP discussion or perhaps Dispute Resolution. Keep in mind that bringing the matter to an admin noticeboard at this point is probably going to land you with the same sanctions as they give the IP. I hope you and the IP can come to a resolution. QwertyForest (talk) 15:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, I did reach out first and we are talking on the TP but we’re still warring. I’ll leave it for now and see whether we can talk it out. Thanks for your comment Alexanderkowal (talk) 15:48, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Edit summaries[edit]
There's been a discussion about reverting a lot of your recent additions basically because of no edit summaries based on the belief some contentious material is being added. I suggest you use WP:Edit summaries in the future... to avoid what might be a mass revert. Moxy🍁 22:26, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- On which page? If I've written something, I usually do loads of little edits trying to find the right wording or phrasing. I usually do edit summaries for big changes or contentious ones Alexanderkowal (talk) 22:31, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- I'll use abbreviations in the future Alexanderkowal (talk) 22:33, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Agnosticism and Atheism[edit]
Hello, I reverted your 2nd sentence in the agnosticism article, but I also see you are trying to edit the Atheism article. I just want you to know, as someone that has been editing the agnosticism article for over a decade, that the atheists in the atheism article are dogmatic. They've been trying to re-write the Agnosticism article for years to conform to their atheist narrative. You will almost certainly have, no luck getting changes in the Atheism article.They want the broader definition. I agree with the arguments you are making, but they want the broader definition so it can encompass agnosticism and then make agnosticism just a subset of atheism instead of being something distinct. Obviously up to you on what time you invest, but I just wanted to share with you the very, uphill battle you are facing. IIXVXII (talk) 21:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, it’s okay, it’s natural for a page to have a bias towards the topic. The broad definition is problematic, however as long as there’s a disambiguation link to agnosticism I think it’s okay, I’m not going to invest anymore time into it Alexanderkowal (talk) 21:35, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- I do think the agnosticism article needs to be expanded to discuss absolutism vs relativism as this seems to be the dividing line between agnostics and atheists Alexanderkowal (talk) 08:14, 29 May 2024 (UTC)