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| :I don't understand how calling a spade a spade is vandalism. Brian Dunning is a wealthy fraud and self-admitted con man who has no more scientific knowledge or training than many of the people whose claims he attempts to debunk. These schoolchildrwn were eyewitnesses to something. Is it appropriate for a white, wealthy, professional skeptic to attempt to debunk their stories by literally pulling something (a Russian booster) out of the air? Was he there? Did he see what they saw? ] (]) 02:57, 26 April 2023 (UTC) | :I don't understand how calling a spade a spade is vandalism. Brian Dunning is a wealthy fraud and self-admitted con man who has no more scientific knowledge or training than many of the people whose claims he attempts to debunk. These schoolchildrwn were eyewitnesses to something. Is it appropriate for a white, wealthy, professional skeptic to attempt to debunk their stories by literally pulling something (a Russian booster) out of the air? Was he there? Did he see what they saw? ] (]) 02:57, 26 April 2023 (UTC) | ||
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Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Ariel School UFO incident—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 02:17, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Misplaced Pages. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. TLJ7863 (talk) 02:20, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
- I don't understand how calling a spade a spade is vandalism. Brian Dunning is a wealthy fraud and self-admitted con man who has no more scientific knowledge or training than many of the people whose claims he attempts to debunk. These schoolchildrwn were eyewitnesses to something. Is it appropriate for a white, wealthy, professional skeptic to attempt to debunk their stories by literally pulling something (a Russian booster) out of the air? Was he there? Did he see what they saw? Werkentagen (talk) 02:57, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
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A special set of rules applies to certain topic areas, which are referred to as contentious topics. These are specially-designated topics that tend to attract more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project and have been designated as contentious topics by the Arbitration Committee. When editing a contentious topic, Misplaced Pages’s norms and policies are more strictly enforced, and Misplaced Pages administrators have special powers in order to reduce disruption to the project.
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