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You last edited the white people page.

White people only found America and committed mass genocide when they arrived. They are not original Americans which is common knowledge. I figure since you have some author rites (authority) on the page you should definitely correct some of the lies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A601:AF7F:1300:48B:7537:EA96:C0B6 (talk) 14:20, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you'd like to suggest specific changes to a semi-protected article, please follow the instructions at WP:SEMI. Cordless Larry (talk) 10:24, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Streatham and Clapham High School: your edit restoring the COI/advert template been reverted by Haymans42

Hi CordlessLarry,

I don't want to turn Streatham and Clapham High School into an edit warzone by wading in myself, but wanted to make sure you were aware that Haymans42 has reverted your restoration of the COI/advert template with no explanation offered on their part.

When Haymans42 first made an appearance on the page last year (by reverting my edit) I assumed they were associated with L.hammerlit., given the similarity in editing approach.

However I see that Haymans42 has explicitly denied having any interest in the school on their talk page. Since L.hammerlit's Wikipedia editing activities (including a now-deleted apparently autobiographical page) give a very strong pointer as to their identity, which is one with as close an interest in the school as is possible, the similarly in editing approach between the two users must be a coincidence.

So assuming that Haymans42 is acting in good faith but lacks experience, might it be worth pointing them to other Girls' Day School Trust pages if they want to get an idea of how they might present the school in a Wikipedia-compliant fashion? E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putney_High_School has a more restrained approach.

This might help because currently Haymans42 seems to have very limited editing experience on Wikipedia: to date, the "Streatham and Clapham High School" page is the only one they have ever edited. A less florid page without the need for a COI/advert template seems like it would be the best outcome for all concerned.

I hesitate to suggest this to Haymans42 directly: since my only interaction with them has been their attempting to revert my edits, I think it's unlikely they would listen to any suggestions from me: but I wondered if they might be more receptive to an approach from you.

Thanks, West Streatham Resident (talk) 18:37, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll revert the template removal, West Streatham Resident, and explain why. There's no reason for you not to make the suggestion about using other articles as examples yourself though, so I'll leave that to you. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:37, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for getting back - have tried to offer a constructive suggestion to Haymans42 on how they might proceed, it would be good to have more sources on the history. West Streatham Resident (talk) 17:13, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]