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Question from Llamalawyer77 (12:47, 1 November 2024)

Hello, Snowmanonahoe/ Isochrone, I recently edited an article that overused the adjective "generously" to describe a scientist regarding his philanthropic deeds. I changed where I could preface "contributed" and other such notations to not take away too much from the fact. The question is do you come across this type of "bragging" when it comes to what seems to be emotionally invested writers? (It is not to say it is bad to say something good about someone, but I would feel as though I was bragging if someone had bragged about my donations, which is too a highly personal matter and nullifies the point of donations.) --Llamalawyer77 (talk) 12:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Llamalawyer77 and welcome to Wikipedia. You are indeed correct to remove what we term as "peacock" wording. All Wikipedia articles must be written from a neutral point of view (one of our five pillars) and remain impartial to the subject.

From a quick scan of some of the articles you have edited, I believe (through no fault of your own) that there is still a significant amount of such puffery. You would be correct to remove them and the pages I have linked should provide guidance in doing so.

I am unsure as to your later question; you may be asking about editors with a conflict of interest, perhaps? Please feel free to expand on your question. – Isochrone (talk) 14:04, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

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Question from John Grammaticus (18:19, 13 November 2024)

Hello Isochrone! One of the pages I have edited is for an amusement park, which was filled with blatant puffery and promotional language. While even the existence of the page doesn't seem of merit to me, I feel that I can now remove the maintenance template regarding the promotional content. I would like to verify this with you first, since I don't want to do so without proper validation. Thanks in advance! --John Grammaticus (talk) 18:19, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello @John Grammaticus and thank you for your edits. I would agree that the promotional content has been removed the article, however there is still a significant amount of unsourced content. I would recommend either tagging these statements with the {{citation needed}} template or removing them outright if particularly problematic. That said, you are welcome to remove the template message. – Isochrone (talk) 07:52, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

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