User talk:David A

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Thank you for remvoving it, I was about to tell you it was not the right venue to fight that fight. Slatersteven (talk) 17:18, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

No problem. As a very antitotalitarian genuine far leftist, it is very frustrating and depressing to me how the totalitarian far right capitalist oligarchs have bought up, or made themselves financially indispensable to, almost all underfinanced western news media, so virtually all reporters, who technically tend to be leftleaning themselves on a personal level, are nevertheless forced to never properly investigate all of the evils that our corporate overlords and their enforcers perform, and rather have to help them play hatemongering divide and conquer with the poor and powerless working class, instead of having them unite and focus on their true enemies, the billionaires in charge and their bought and paid for politicians. David A (talk) 17:31, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Maybe, but this is not a forum. Slatersteven (talk) 17:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes. Sorry about that. I have a very stream of consciousness way of communication. David A (talk) 18:02, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

So do I its why I am very strict with how I communicate here. Slatersteven (talk) 18:29, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Okay. I will have to try harder then, but I am not very competent socially. David A (talk) 19:32, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Then please read wp:soap and wp:forum. Slatersteven (talk) 16:07, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Okay. I will do so. 🙏 David A (talk) 16:32, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

That leaves this, which is so problematic that I think a Contentious Topic notification is in order. Wait--I see ToBeFree already supplied one. Please stay out of trouble in such areas: an editing restriction is easily made but the paperwork is cumbersome. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 19:58, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. In an ideal world, contentious topic notifications don't depend on problematic-ness. :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:02, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Well, to be fair, I reverted my response, but I can remove the edit you cited as well, if that is preferable.

Where is the contentious topic notification? David A (talk) 21:05, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Never mind. It seems to have been submitted above a few years ago. David A (talk) 21:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Anyway, I will try to focus on helping to improve on entertainment pages instead, and have removed the politically related ones from my watchlist, as I have limited mental filters to prevent me from saying exactly what I think all the time. David A (talk) 21:22, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

About the She-Hulk page

We're very sorry for editing those abilities like that. We thought we put in the right powers this time, but it turns out that we were really wrong. Please forgive us and we'll never ever do it again in the future. 2600:1700:B030:EC0:49A3:C7B8:C051:B884 (talk) 23:54, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

No problem, and thank you for your apology, but I would greatly appreciate if you stop messing things up there any further. 🙏🙂💖 David A (talk) 07:47, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

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pro-fascist ideology of Bleach

Interesting. Might be worth mentioning in the article. Reminds me of a similar criticism of Legend of Galactic Heroes (although I diagree with that). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:56, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Well, it is due to the nature of the protagonist-centered morality of the supposed "good guys" of the Bleach story, particularly Mayuri, as well as the type of government they are fighting for, but in lack of very good sources of published criticism of the work in question, I do not think that it would be appropriate of me to cause potential controversy. David A (talk) 15:57, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Some friendly advice on RFK Jr. editing

Speaking as someone who almost exclusively edits political and civics-related articles, I know how tough it can be to separate your own personal beliefs from the topics you're editing. As seen on the campaign talk page, it looks like you might be struggling with that delicate balance as well. When I run into these situations myself, I find it helpful to:

1. Take a few deep breaths
2. Focus on editing other, unrelated topics
3. Take a wiki-break, if need be
4. Remember that this website isn't real life, just an encyclopedia.

Anyway, just thought I'd offer a few tips that you might find helpful.

All the best! Woko Sapien (talk) 21:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your concern. It is very appreciated. David A (talk) 06:19, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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In summary, can you explain how I should modify my behaviour please? David A (talk) 06:37, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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Okay. Thank you for your help. David A (talk) 04:53, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

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Please see this diff. Seems like stalking by the same editor to remove this image. --Timeshifter (talk) 21:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes. Agreed. I will restore it. David A (talk) 03:58, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

They also seemed to remove a reference here, but it is best if you verify. David A (talk) 04:03, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the the help. As for the Druze article that is beyond my knowledge and pay grade. :)

Lately, I have been concentrating on maps, charts, and tables. I have limited time, energy, and health. --Timeshifter (talk) 16:43, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

No problem, and I am sorry to hear that. I would recommend regular crosstrainer or swimming exercise combined with good nutritional supplements, such as multivitamins, EPA and DHA fish oil or algae oil, and balanced mixtures of probiotics stomach bacteria for improved health. Thorne Multi 50+ is a very good multivitamin, for example. You can ask ChatGPT4 for suggested nutritional supplements customised for your specific needs as well. David A (talk) 20:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the ideas. --Timeshifter (talk) 20:29, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

No problem at all. David A (talk) 20:31, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Details

It's worthy of investigation, but I'm not sure there is enough evidence to justify a checkuser and I'm unconvinced they are the same person. It may be tag teaming and it seems not much can be done about that. Sean.hoyland (talk) 09:18, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay. No problem. Thank you for helping out. I am more concerned about the possibility that they may work together for an official government agency of some kind. David A (talk) 11:16, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

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Edit warring in a contentious topic

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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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• This edit [1] was previously removed by ABHammad [2] on May 20.
• This edit [3] was partially removed @O.maximov [4] on May 19.

* Protests of 1968 was otherwise removed by @Kire1975 [5] on May 19.

Personally I think MOS:NOTSEEAGAIN is a valid reason, as both the links you are restoring are featured in the overview section. Either way, please take it to the talk page before restoring such information, as you are restoring links that three other users have removed. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 12:58, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Now @האופה has reverted you on May 20 for reference sake. [6]. As a reminder, contentious topics have a WP:1RR rule in place. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 13:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Okay. My apologies then. I just thought that this information made sense to include and was removed without any explanation. David A (talk) 14:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

I have mentioned in in the talk section of the relevant page now: [7] David A (talk) 14:35, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

@CommunityNotesContributor- None of this is edit-warring. Please remove my @ and this diff from this conversation. Thank you. Kire1975 (talk) 03:46, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

I've striked reference to your diff, as is only contextual anyway. Breaching WP:1RR within 24 hours, in a contentious topic, is definitely edit warring though. There are no ifs or buts about it. Better to warn a user than see them blocked in my opinion. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 11:49, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

I see I was confused. If you included this diff instead of or in addition to the edit I made, then I might have seen the edit warring. Kire1975 (talk) 19:04, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

That was included above as ref 3. You're was added as context that the link was removed previously. It wasn't very clear of me I admit, probably only clear for the user in question. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 20:29, 21 May 2024 (UTC)