User talk:Chimera1917: Difference between revisions

Hello, I’m Binksternet. 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 List of topics characterized as pseudoscience 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. Binksternet (talk) 16:22, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, but I don’t see how my point was not neutral. I did add a sentence of clarification in the portion regarding historical materialism. Chimera1917 (talk) 16:35, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, discussion pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at List of topics characterized as pseudoscience, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others’ comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Chess enjoyer (talk) 17:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for this response. I stand by my omission of historical materialism in the list of topics regarded as pseudoscience page because it literally does not fit by the definition, but I should not have deleted the comments, which was out of frustration. Thank you for understanding. Chimera1917 (talk) 17:24, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It’s okay to have a difference of opinion with other editors, but that doesn’t mean you can just go ahead with your change after it’s been challenged by others. This is known as edit warring, and is strongly discouraged. Please don’t remove the entry again unless there is consensus on the talk page for it. Chess enjoyer (talk) 17:32, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I also removed the clarifying sentence you added, as it seemed to be original research, which also isn’t allowed. Chess enjoyer (talk) 17:34, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]