User talk:Cmventura
Sourcing, and welcome to Wikipedia
[edit]Hello, Cmventura. In seeing your edits to the Eye color article, I need to point you to WP:Sourcing, advise you not to change sourced content to state something that is not stated in the sources, and to not remove reliably sourced content unless you provide a good reason for doing so (either in your edit summary on or the talk page). I see that you have relatively few edits to Wikipedia...at least under this user name. Thus, because you may not be as familiar with Wikipedia policies as myself and some others, I give you this list in order to help your editing here at Wikipedia:
- Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, which summarizes what belongs in Wikipedia and what does not;
- Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, which describes Wikipedia's mandatory core approach to neutral, unbiased article-writing;
- Wikipedia:No original research, which prohibits the use of Wikipedia to publish personal views and original research of editors and defines Wikipedia's role as an encyclopedia of existing recognized knowledge;
- Wikipedia:Verifiability, which explains that it must be possible for readers to verify all content against credible external sources (following the guidance in the Wikipedia:Risk disclaimer that is linked-to at the bottom of every article);
- Wikipedia:Reliable sources, which explains what factors determine whether a source is acceptable;
- Wikipedia:Citing sources, which describes the manner of citing sources so that readers can verify content for themselves; and
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style, which offers a style guide—in general editors tend to acquire knowledge of appropriate writing styles and detailed formatting over time.
These are often abbreviated to WP:NOT, WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:RS, WP:CITE, and WP:MOS respectively.
Also, you need to always sign your comments when "talking" on Wikipedia talk pages. To sign your comments, all you have to do is type four tildes (~~~~) beside them.
Take care, and welcome to Wikipedia. Flyer22 (talk) 00:54, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
April 2011
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Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to Santa Monica, California. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. tedder (talk) 01:12, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Please see talk:Santa Monica, California#"Affluent". Will Beback talk 23:54, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
September 2011
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Please do not add unsourced content, as you did to Santa Monica, California. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. tedder (talk) 01:45, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
{{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Elockid (Talk) 02:18, 27 September 2011 (UTC)