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999 (emergency telephone number)

Your recent edits that removed sourced information at 999 (emergency telephone number) was, in my view , unhelpful. Each of the sources that you removed explicitly included the reference to the use of 999. Please check much more carefully in future. In general, with information that is very likely to be correct and has been added in good-faith and which may only need a source finding for it, it would be much better to tag it as requiring a source rather than deleting the entry. Deletion in such cases is counter productive and, in this case at least, could have been harmful.  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   12:57, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

I checked perfectly carefully thanks Good use of sarcasm though. The sources mentioned 999 but did not say that their particular service could be reached through this number. If anything, it’s dangerous to list inaccurate information in these articles. Don’t list this stuff again without a source please. Amisom (talk) 17:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

There was no sarcasm, simply concern. Mentioning the number as a way of contacting the service is a pretty good indicator that 999 is the number to use.  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   18:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

This local council mentions that in an emergency people should dial 999 [1] - does that mean we should add it to the list of services that can be accessed via 999? No, because that's not what the source says. Amisom (talk) 18:44, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Many types of emergency services, and providers of those services, can be accessed by calling 999. Referral to the services listed is at the discretion of the 999 operator and/or supervisors. Just because their phone does not ring immediately does not mean these services are inaccessible through 999. Consider avoiding lecturing other Wikipedia editors, especially those with multiple privileges, about sourcing when you can see they have been here much longer, and performed vastly more edits, than you have. It will generally not go well for you when you do this. 18:49, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

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