User talk:Foxcraze

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Hello, Foxcraze, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:34, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Prince (musician)

Please take your concerns to the article talk page and propose them there (Talk:Prince (musician)). I stated that the Minnesota Black Music Awards don't even have their own article on Wikipedia and from a quick Google search don't appear to have gotten much independent coverage in media at the time they were around, so I'm doubtful Prince winning an award they gave out needs or warrants its own paragraph, especially when you're using primary references and a Wordpress blog. Also, while I'm confused as to why you actually read through all of what was on my own user page as if that's going to help your case, you seem like you're trying to catch me out as going against what I said there as if I'm a hypocrite. This comes off as a personal attack and certainly not an assumption of good faith (WP:AGF). I was talking about users inserting their biases for and against topics on articles. Me removing something you added because you've been unable to demonstrate how or why the award is important/notable with secondary sources (if that's your reason, "Prince is African-American and from Minnesota so it should be included" is not a reason). That's not me "inserting my own opinion", and I believe I am remaining impartial—I've assessed what you added and I don't think it fits. That's absolutely not saying users aren't allowed to have their own opinions; I'm stating people's biases against subjects should not go in articles—that's about a completely different thing. You can respond and attempt to argue with me here if you wish, but that's not going to achieve anything, so please take your proposal to the article talk page and gain consensus (per WP:CONSENSUS). Thank you. Ss112 14:11, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

I also see you're part of a course attempting to improve Wikipedia by adding sources to select pages (Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Anne Arundel Community College/Popular Culture in America (Spring 2018)). Well, one of the aims appears to be to add academic sources and none of what you added is academic; one (added twice) is a WP:Primary source and the other fails WP:SPS. Ss112 14:20, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

I did read through your user page and I did so because I like to know something about a person I am talking to. When I saw that you appeared to be contradictory I noted it. I apologize for attacking you I clearly misunderstood what you meant. I do not edit Wikipedia and I do not use it but am forced to for this assignment. I will post to the talk page however it seems to me based on what you are saying that regardless of the history they have with the artist and the state in general its not worthy of mention. thank you for your response and have a good day. I look forward to being corrected again because I have other areas I want to edit and I'm betting they will not be kept either. I do however have to at least make the effort and say I tried. Foxcraze 11:03, 16 April 2018 (EST)