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Reversion of edit to Michael Spivak edit
Hi, I'm messaging you about your claim on Michael Spivak's article that he has died. I can't find any evidence of this claim elsewhere (one would expect that his death would have been reported in some mathematical journal or newspaper obituary), and given that I'm not in the US, it would be an extreme hassle for me to request a Verification of Death Letter from Texas Health and Human Services myself. Without further information, I'm not convinced that this source is accurate/verifiable (i.e. not a Verification of Death Letter for someone else named Michael Spivak), which is why I reverted your edit under WP:BDP. Could you please provide more information about this source on the Talk:Michael_Spivak#Dead?_(2020) page? Edderiofer (talk) 16:59, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Please review the reliable sourcing criteria for articles as well as WP:BLPPRIMARY regarding the use of primary documents in biographies. Note that, once reverted, you should go to the article talk page to get consensus for the changes you would like to see made to an article (see this link).-- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 18:00, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
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- To be clear, if you continue to restore the poorly-sourced death date to Michael Spivak, you will be blocked from editing. Please review the information provided to you on this page and use the corresponding article talk page to discuss changes and get consensus for their inclusion.-- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 18:22, 3 November 2021 (UTC)