User talk:Baffle gab1978

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I know I already have 2 guild editor requests. What do I do with this article Jagadeesh Kanna. It is expanded by one user who undoes my edits [1]. Now the article has references with spaces in between them and a unneeded filmography section (this is about an aeronautical engineer). DareshMohan (talk) 03:34, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi @DareshMohan:, thanks for your message. Are the playwright / actor and the aeronautical engineer the same person, or two men with the same name? If the latter, the article should be split so the two men each have their own article. If they are the same person, the filmography section seems appropriate but may be redundant.

I agree that article does need a lot of cleanup. It has excessive references, very excessive details and the refs are poorly formatted. I made a brief attempt but I self-reverted after breaking some references. If you are being reverted, you should discuss your concerns with the other editor on the article's talk page; explain your concerns and point them to the appropriate policy and guideline pages, like the Manual of Style and the BLP policy. If they are edit-warring, report them at the edit-warring board. They are fairly new here and may need some guidance in our wiki-ways, so do assume good faith in your dealings with them. Though if the problems continue, you can escalate through the dispute resolution process.

As for bringing it to the Guild of Copy Editors, we would likely decline a c/e request because that article needs a lot more than a copy-edit to improve it, and we'd be wasting our time if our work was subsequently undone. It could be tagged with {{copy edit}} but a c/e wouldn't fix the core problems with the article. I hope that's useful. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 10:19, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I have no interest in this article but I am just sad how they removed the template at the top and not responding on their talk page. DareshMohan (talk) 06:39, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

I note your lack of interest and I understand your sadness; communication is required. Perhaps a chat with an admin would cheer you up. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 23:08, 12 November 2024 (UTC)