User talk:157.140.3.203

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Do you think it is so smart to log in from the Museum's computers? You know we can tell who you are and where you are.--Filll 13:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


I will tell you again, now for the 5th time (you sure don't learn very fast, do you?), that it is for your own protection that you should get a log-in account; this will shield your identity somewhat. And you should sign your posts; that is just being polite and civil. Otherwise, people have to do that for you, and it is inconvenient and unpleasant. Please try to show some common decorum. How many times do you have to be asked? --Filll 22:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit Warring

Please do not undo other people's edits repeatedly, as you are doing in Bernard d'Abrera, or you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. The three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the 3RR. Thank you.--Filll 12:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POV edits on Bernard d'Abrera

Thanks to some POV warriors, large blocks of the article are being repeatedly removed. This material has references. No evidence or citations have been presented that contradict these references. I challenge anyone who disputes this material to present their argument here on this talk page. In particular:

  • d'Abrera is listed on the Dissent petition. This can be easily verified.
  • d'Abrera's affiliation on the Dissent petition is easily verified
  • The current name of the Museum is easily verified
  • The date at which the Museum changed names is easily verified
  • There have been numerous other examples of other "mistakes" in affiliation of people on the Dissent petition pointed out in the literature, all of which can be easily verified
  • The website of the Entymology Department does not list d'Abrera

None of this is OR. All of this is from WP:V and WP:RS sources. If anyone disputes these, or anything else in the article, please present your evidence on the d'Abrera article talk page. Claims of OR or incorrectness without any way to verify them really are pointless. Give me an article in the London Times showing that Bernard d'Abrera is formally associated with an institution called the British Museum (Natural History), for example. Give me an article in Academia Online discussing the PhD d'Abrera has from Harvard, for example. Then I will gladly admit that there is some controversy, and change the article accordingly.

In addition, I contacted the museum by email some weeks ago. They had not heard of him. I am waiting for further confirmation from the Museum as they search their records to try to find any svidence of his association of the Museum. I am being careful. But I am trying to be accurate and follow the rules of WP.--Filll 12:30, 14 August 2007 (UTC)