User talk:ManOfDirt

June 2023

Hello, I'm Muboshgu. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to 2024 United States presidential election seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:08, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Personal attacks

Please observe Wikipedia:No personal attacks, which you have not done on the Left-wing politics talk page. While such abusive language may be acceptable in other internet fora, you may be blocked from editing if you continue to make personal attacks against other edtiors. TFD (talk) 13:26, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Username considerations

Hello, User:Western Progressivist!

I am reaching out to you to politely comment on your username and potentially persuade you into thinking of a new one in the future.

Just to preface this, I do not believe your username is egregiously incompatible with Wikipedia's username policy, nor am I an administrator, and I too personally identify as a progressive, so I am not saying this as someone with a bias against you.

That said, I am concerned that your username could potentially go against this section of the username policy:

"[...] imply that you are not here to build an encyclopedia or will use Wikipedia for purposes that it is not created for"

That quote above is referring to policies on what Wikipedia is/is not, and what types of editors are incompatible with the purpose and objectives of Wikipedia. It is critical for Wikipedia to [represent] fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic. It is also generally preferred that editors avoid going overboard with polemic content on their userpages.

I display on my profile (though not very prominently) that I consider myself to be a progressive as I believe there is value in being honest and upfront about my biases so editors can recognize when my worldview may be clouding my judgment, but to display them in your username suggests that you may be editing Wikipedia primarily for the purpose of promoting a certain perspective, which would not be compatible with the project's goals.

(I also recognize that my bias may be why I am more likely to assume good faith here and assume that you are not just here to promote a western progressive worldview — would I have as easy of a time doing the same if your username were Western Conservative? I may never know, but we all must work to recognize and combat our own POVs in our editing.)

Rambling aside, if you are interested in changing your username, it is possible to do so here. But only if you want to, I don't have the ability to force you to do so, nor do I think your username really crosses any red lines. Just something to consider.

Best wishes,

Vanilla Wizard 💙 19:19, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Wizard. I will do so immediately.

Furthermore, I'm more on what some consider the "unrealistic" left (even though the realism is based on worldview). Again, thank you. Western Progressivist (talk) 20:22, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but how do I change my username? Western Progressivist (talk) 00:36, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, you just head over to the page Special:GlobalRenameRequest, enter what you would like your new name to be, and type out the reason for the request. After that it's just a waiting game, and someone with permission to perform the rename will notify you by email when it's completed 🙂 Vanilla Wizard 💙 19:38, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

December 2023

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 21:21, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hi, just a friendly tip, your recent edits at the Left-libertarianism article were tagged as minor, which is usually only reserved for technical changes like fixing misspelled words, removing duplicate words, grammar, punctuation, adding citations or copy-editing/moving text around without really changing the context. When some editors that patrol these articles see minor edits that involve changes others than the types I mentioned they might tend to get suspicious and will sometimes revert them without looking too deeply to see if the changes might be warranted. I did not revert anything but decided to come let you know, if that's alright. Cheers. DN (talk) 08:04, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]