NathanHD99

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Hello. Your recent edit appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. --VViking_TalkEdits 19:56, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Could you also explain why you deleted the edit on the Young Conservatives of Texas page. How would the statement of principles of an organization not be allowed for inclusion in a Wikipedia article? NathanHD99 (talk) 20:07, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

This is one reason

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Ok, I'll try a making a more Wikipedia friendly version NathanHD99 (talk) 23:46, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

April 2022

Hello, I'm Peaceray. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Young Conservatives of Texas have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 02:58, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Those contributions are not for advertising the organization but to give more information about them. How does informing readers of their Statement of Principles, their State Board members, or who they endorse qualify as "advertising"? Organizations like the Young Democrats of America and Democratic Socialists of America are allowed to do the same thing and those are not taken down for being considered "advertising". NathanHD99 (talk) 03:21, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

No their articles do not do the same thing. I think the list of officials in the YDA article is inappropriate, but I see no statement of principles. To be significant enough ("notable" isn't the correct word) endorsements should have been discussed by independent sources. Doug Weller talk 11:49, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Ok would labeling it as an "Ideology" section work better than? An organization's statement of principles and their ideology are normally the same thing if not very similar. NathanHD99 (talk) 21:50, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Also for endorsements I found an independent news source so if I cite that can an endorsement section be included in the article? NathanHD99 (talk) 21:55, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Your recent editing history at Young Conservatives of Texas 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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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Young Conservatives of Texas, you may be blocked from editing. You described them as non-partisan, which means "Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias toward, a political party." Yet the endorsements you added were clearly extremely partisan, ie all one party. Doug Weller talk 11:56, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

I'm guessing I can assume you do not want to actually resolve this editing disagreement and just want to use your admin privileges for your own ends NathanHD99 (talk) 05:36, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

No, I believe that you may be editing in violation of our terms of service. In other words, illegally. Wikipedia is a private corporation and can set its own rules about who can edit. Doug Weller talk 07:28, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

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Doug Weller talk 11:45, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Sections on notable people in articles

Should only include those with their own personal article. Doug Weller talk 11:51, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Do you have a formal relationship with the YCoT?

I don't mean are you a member, I mean are you some sort of official, etc? Because if you are, you need to read and follow WP:PAID and WP:COI. Doug Weller talk 11:58, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

It seems pretty obvious that the other editor making the same edits is the IT director. Am I right in thinking you are the other ND, the political director? Doug Weller talk 12:07, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

You haven’t answered this question. Doug Weller talk 17:24, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Please do not edit further until you answer Doug Weller's question above

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I do not receive any compensation from YCT for my edits. NathanHD99 (talk) 17:23, 7 April 2022 (UTC)