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Hi Sceptic1954, if you agree with my contributions to the page I invite you to undo the deletion of my edits which Wikiwatcher has reverted numerous times and for which he has been reported for edit-warring.-- Mystichumwipe ( talk) 08:49, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
Have added a sentence at end of lead too long renamed one section 'Controversies' to start with. I think the lead now too long. I will do some further changes. Sceptic1954 ( talk) 14:35, 24 September 2012 (UTC)Sceptic1954
I have reordered the lead to put things more chronologically. I think we should put what is agreed before what is controversial. I moved some description of his interview with Lyn Smith to another section of the article. I'll work on the controversies section now Sceptic1954 ( talk) 14:49, 24 September 2012 (UTC)Sceptic1954
I've now reworked the Controversy section. I hope I've put most of what Mysticumswipe wanted to say in a single sentence, I don't think it is the amount of space you give to making a point but how succinctly you make it that is the more effective. Remember this is a BLP and also a commercially sensitive matter, too much on the controversy and someone would either object or pitch in to change it. I'm afraid there's a citation error and I need to check one or two refs but I need a break. Would welcome comments. Sceptic1954 ( talk) 15:33, 24 September 2012 (UTC)Sceptic1954
Mysticumswipe Regarding pruning I found the following Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not Highlighting and upper case is mine.
>In any encyclopedia, information cannot be included solely for being true or useful. An encyclopedia article should NOT be a complete exposition of all possible details. Rather, an article is a summary of accepted knowledge regarding its subject.<
Without knowing this guideline I consider this is exactly what I have been doing in the pruning. In my experience the best biographical articles on Wikipedia have all the nature of summaries, brief biographies. For a full-length biography you can buy the book. If you agree with this please say so. Otherwise another editor may seek revert my edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sceptic1954 ( talk • contribs) 21:38, 25 September 2012 (UTC)