I am a Chinese-American of the third generation. I worked as a political negotiator, during the Iraq War in 1990. My college background is four years of college as a business management major and history minor. My family are very prominent Chinese people as my second cousin is China's renowned Premier Zhou Enlai. I am a member of China's Imperial family and a self-taught cultural expert on China and the Middle East.
I wrote additions to the topics of "Eber," "Joktan," and the "Zhou Dynasty." My family's dynasty of which I am a qualified expert. In history, there are conflicting interpretations as to events and dates. I think that it is wrong to only allow one view to dominate and to not publish all valid views. Somehow, your editors erased what I had republished about two or three hours ago (my time, at this writing, is August 17, 2005, 11:10 p.m.). Then, too, I think that it is wrong for people (the general public) to erase all of the hard work and time that you have put into your article and to continually erase it every time you post.
Can anything be done about this?
Yours,
Lester D.K. Chow lchow@lava.net
Ps: I own the copyright to the information that I posted, yet my articles were deleted and I am not sure who did it!
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Lester D.K. Chow and Associates wrote:
I wrote additions to the topics of "Eber," "Joktan," and the "Zhou Dynasty." My family's dynasty of which I am a qualified expert. In history, there are conflicting interpretations as to events and dates. I think that it is wrong to only allow one view to dominate and to not publish all valid views. Somehow, your editors erased what I had republished about two or three hours ago (my time, at this writing, is August 17, 2005, 11:10 p.m.). Then, too, I think that it is wrong for people (the general public) to erase all of the hard work and time that you have put into your article and to continually erase it every time you post.
Hi,
Because I'm not the person who removed your contributions I'm doing a bit of second-guessing here.
The reasons I think your contributions were removed is because you did not write them in an encyclopediac manner. Encyclopedias are typically written in the third-person, while yours was written in the first-person. You also added some sentences which are more appropriate in individual essays debating a point (e.g. "I would like to add some information to the above article, in correction of the above article, about Eber").
Most of what you have written appears to be useful, but the way you have written it is not how articles should be written. Try correcting the article directly rather than adding a paragraph saying what is wrong with it (known on Wikipedia as "being bold"), and make sure you cite sources.
Have a look at Wikipedia's Manual of Style on article writing: --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style
Hope this helps,
Chris
- -- Chris Jenkinson chris@starglade.org
Lester D.K. Chow and Associates wrote:
I am a Chinese-American of the third generation. I worked as a political negotiator, during the Iraq War in 1990. My college background is four years of college as a business management major and history minor. My family are very prominent Chinese people as my second cousin is China's renowned Premier Zhou Enlai. I am a member of China's Imperial family and a self-taught cultural expert on China and the Middle East.
I wrote additions to the topics of "Eber," "Joktan," and the "Zhou Dynasty." My family's dynasty of which I am a qualified expert. In history, there are conflicting interpretations as to events and dates. I think that it is wrong to only allow one view to dominate and to not publish all valid views. Somehow, your editors erased what I had republished about two or three hours ago (my time, at this writing, is August 17, 2005, 11:10 p.m.). Then, too, I think that it is wrong for people (the general public) to erase all of the hard work and time that you have put into your article and to continually erase it every time you post.
Can anything be done about this?
The whole point about Wikipedia is that *anyone* can edit any article they wish and that it is not restricted soley to "experts".
The NPOV (Neutral Point Of View) policy does not mean "all views must be published" but that the tone of the article should be neutral and balanced. Any additions to an article that appear to be overly biased in one direction or another are therefore likely to be deleted or edited by another editor to achieve the desired neutral overview. No one editor can claim "ownership" of an article, regardless of what their "expert credentials" may be.
-a
Lester, please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zhou_Dynasty#Removed_Lester_DK_Chow_info
for some feedback.
-Andrew
On 8/18/05, Lester D.K. Chow and Associates lchow@lava.net wrote:
I am a Chinese-American of the third generation. I worked as a political negotiator, during the Iraq War in 1990. My college background is four years of college as a business management major and history minor. My family are very prominent Chinese people as my second cousin is China's renowned Premier Zhou Enlai. I am a member of China's Imperial family and a self-taught cultural expert on China and the Middle East.
I wrote additions to the topics of "Eber," "Joktan," and the "Zhou Dynasty." My family's dynasty of which I am a qualified expert. In history, there are conflicting interpretations as to events and dates. I think that it is wrong to only allow one view to dominate and to not publish all valid views. Somehow, your editors erased what I had republished about two or three hours ago (my time, at this writing, is August 17, 2005, 11:10 p.m.). Then, too, I think that it is wrong for people (the general public) to erase all of the hard work and time that you have put into your article and to continually erase it every time you post.
Can anything be done about this?
Yours,
Lester D.K. Chow lchow@lava.net
Ps: I own the copyright to the information that I posted, yet my articles were deleted and I am not sure who did it!