Source Deletion 

Hi, just wanted to let you know I restored a table to the Nestle-Aland page.  Not sure why you didn't notify me that you were removing it.  In any case, I found this source through a Roman Catholic, and it has an imprimatur from that church.  I've found other scholarly reviews for it as well, including a peer review from the Society of Biblical Literature.  Although I'm sure yours was a good faith edit and a simple mistake, I'm a bit concerned that you didn't ask me about it.

I'm also concerned after glancing at your user contribs that you do a LOT of source deletion without discussing this with the other good faith editors that have taken time and research to provide.  Although we do need to have sources cleaned up here, we'd actually get along faster if you slow down a bit and discuss the sources with the editors who have provided them.  It's a simple courtesy, and would save us all time redoing earlier work.  It's tough writing an encyclopedia, but continuously REwriting it is even harder.

Just so you'll know, I do not add sources that I do not personally own.  I have a rather extensive library, and often purchase books for the purpose of responsibly editing on this site.  It's a rather expensive exercise and requires more time than simply deleting sources I'm not familiar with.  There have been times that I did not like a source that was listed, and bought several other sources in order to rebuild or supplement information that was insufficiently verified.

Again, this is a slower and more expensive process than simple deletion.  I'd appreciate it if you do the same.  If you don't mind, could you let me know if you have deleted other sources I've provided on this site?  After some months away I was looking forward to adding sourced material in the field of stock technical analysis, but I'm now dreading having to go back and research any other places you may have deleted my earlier work in religious or literary subjects.  I'd appreciate any help you can give me here so I can move on to other subjects with minimal time restoring any sources that have been removed.

Thanks for your help.  And again, I'm sure it was a good faith mistake on your part.  I'd appreciate the same spirit in return.

Best.