User talk:SaveOurFreeAmerica1983

April 2025

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contribution(s). However, as a general rule, while user talk pages permit a small degree of generalisation, other talk pages such as Talk:Donald Trump are strictly for discussing improvements to their associated main pages, and many of them have special instructions on the top. They are not a general discussion forum about the article's topic or any other topic. If you have questions or ideas and are not sure where to post them, consider asking at the Teahouse. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 02:02, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My post was to highlight existing bias on the Donald Trump article and suggest ways that Wikipedia could mitigate that bias. SaveOurFreeAmerica1983 (talk) 02:06, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTFORUM

Hello, regarding your edit here, talk pages on Wikipedia are for discussion between Wikipedia editors regarding potential improvements to the article. They are not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject matter. Please see WP:NOTFORUM for more information. Thank you. MilaKuliž (talk) 02:18, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SaveOurFreeAmerica1983,

The purpose of Wikipedia is to create and maintain referenced articles about notable subjects and talk pages are provided to discuss improvements to articles. They are not for the discussion of current events or whatever happens to be on your mind. If you continue to abuse them, your access to them may be removed. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:41, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! SaveOurFreeAmerica1983, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:41, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Valereee (talk) 10:27, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Free speech and Wikipedia

Hey, SOFA1983, you'd posted here that closing/removing posts on a talk page was a violation of your right to free speech. For the record, you don't actually have a right to free speech on Wikipedia article talk pages like Talk:Donald Trump. Other editors can close or remove your posts for a number of reasons, such as WP:NOTFORUM, or because there's already settled consensus; at that page there is a list of 70 items that have consensus developed through discussions, all of which can be found in the archives of that talk page.

Please be aware that you are posting not only in a designated wp:contentious topic but in one of the most contentious topics on the website. Other editors don't have a tremendous amount of patience with newbie mistakes at such articles. Valereee (talk) 11:19, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]