User talk:AlexFrazier
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Hello, AlexFrazier, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Herod the Great does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.
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- Begging your pardon, but I didn't make a change to any fringe point of view. I made changes to alter opinions with facts. I provided sources. And the changes I made are in conformity with over four-hundred years of academic opinion. I have no idea what you're talking about. If you're going to undo factual, quality changes made to erroneous material, then this site isn't going to be worth much academically. Case in point, expressing the opinion that Matthew's account of the Bethlehem massacre is fictitious is not in conformity with a neutral point of view. There is no evidence that it is fictitious. Nor would "most" or "many" scholars agree that it is if the quantification of those scholars included individuals from both sides of the argument. In another instance, Appian does not say that Herod was appointed king in 39 BCE. He blatantly gives a context of 40 BCE, consistent with Josephus. The argument from which this is taken is the concept that Appian places Herod's appointment in a context "that by Dio Cassius" can be dated to 39 BCE. And although that is also incorrect, I deliberately left out the contention over the interpretation of Dio Cassius and stuck to the fact that Appian didn't place Herod's appointment in 39 BCE. Ergo, I struck it, because it wasn't fact.
- It seems to me that you didn't consider the changes, nor read the reasons I made them. You just had a knee jerk reaction and undid them. I almost get the impression that you wrote this article, which is riddled with errors. Is that the case? Are you trying to protect your work? This is supposed to be a free and open platform. If I'm wrong, and can be demonstrated to be wrong, I can accept having my changes undone. But unless you have a valid reason to exclude my factual changes, I insist that you put them back in. AlexFrazier (talk) 12:46, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
- Nope, I did not write the article (the vast majority of it).
- Again: proof is for math and whisky. Not for Ancient history.
- My advice: respect WP:RS in general and WP:RS/AC in particular. Otherwise you're not going to enjoy editing Wikipedia. tgeorgescu (talk) 12:57, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
November 2023[edit]
Please do not insert fringe or undue weight content into articles, as you did to Herod the Great. An article should not give undue weight to any aspects of the subject but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to its significance to the subject. Please use the article's talk page to discuss the material and its appropriate weight within the article. Thank you. tgeorgescu (talk) 12:09, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Herod the Great. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Your opinion does not trump WP:RS. tgeorgescu (talk) 12:35, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
I suggest that you review WP:THREATEN. tgeorgescu (talk) 15:34, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
Page blocks[edit]
You have been page-blocked from Herod the Great for tendentious editing and ignoring our policies, and from its talkpage for persistent rudeness, threats and personal attacks, both for three months. Please note that if you take this kind of disruption to other pages, you will be blocked from the entire site. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Bishonen | tålk 16:15, 16 November 2023 (UTC).
January 2024[edit]
Hello, I noticed that you may have recently made edits to Herod the Great while logged out. Please be mindful not to perform controversial edits while logged out, or your account risks being blocked from editing. Please consider reading up on Wikipedia's policy on multiple accounts before editing further. Additionally, making edits while logged out reveals your IP address, which may allow others to determine your location and identity. If this was not your intention, please remember to log in when editing. Thank you. tgeorgescu (talk) 04:05, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
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