User talk:NatashaValentina1

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{{helpme}} I'm trying to edit my mom's page (Maria Sachs). I put a facebook link to her fan page for 'sources'. I completely understand if there are rules against Facebook, and therefore, the link was removed. However, someone has removed ALL recent edits. I had edited her profile last night, because some of the information was misleading, particularly about my father. Is there any way to undo edits? I'm new to Wikipedia, and it's really daunting and a bit overwhleming to try and find information or help on here. I wanted to expand on her profile, and put in more information relevant to her bio. I also wanted to include that while she is an alumni of university of maryland, she never studied in College Park, but rather was a student at one of their military bases in western europe. Please advise NatashaValentina1 (talk) 10:10, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

The edits were removed by one of WikiPedia's bots - a software program not a human being. If you'd like to know more about why it runs that way, see User:XLinkBot/FAQ.

Please read or skim the WikiPedia policy pages on biographies of living person and conflict of interest. In brief:

1. Feel free to remove anything from the article that is not backed up by the cited source. When making the edit, I recommend filling in the WP:edit summary with something like "Removing facts not backed up by sources".
2. Do not add new information directly to the article. Instead, consider placing the information on the article talk page so that other editors can make use of it. The information must be backed up by reliable sources so that other editors can verify it.

-- John of Reading (talk) 11:05, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Maria Sachs has been reverted.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://www.facebook.com/sachscampaign?v=info.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 10:01, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

And in case you wondered: The information you added is not lost, it can be found in the article history. Your most recent revision is here. decltype (talk) 11:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

-Hi John- Thank you for taking the time to write back to me. I will place the information on the article talk page.

{{helpme}} hello- Thanks again for all your help in getting me started as an editor on wiki. I'd like to add additional citations so that the article on Maria Sachs becomes more verifiable. I found two articles that were published in major local newspapers that deal with her supporting of Veterans issues. I'll add the articles now under 'references'- but if you happen to see any problems with the cited articles, I'll try and fix it. Thank you again- I'm in the process of learning as much as I can on how to properly add information and cite. NatashaValentina1 (talk) 07:52, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Maria Sachs

Re. Maria Sachs

I checked your edits, and they looked good.

The bot had undone them all, due to the facebook link; the removal of your good edits was a form of Collateral damage. Sorry.

I have now undone the bot - so your edits are all in place. I moved the facebook link to a new section called 'external links' - which is fine - per WP:EL.

I do, however, want to emphasize the needs for reliable sources, and it would help greatly if you could use inline references;

How references work

Simple references These require two parts; a) Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref> b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}"; == References == {{reflist}} (an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections) To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:NatashaValentina1/reftest and try it out. Named references Chzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook"> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/> Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result. Citation templates You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look; Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation | last = Smith | first = John | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century | publication-date = 2001 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | page = 125 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4 }} </ref> Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result. For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

You may also wish to read WP:AUTO - I know it isn't an autobiography, but most of that applies.

For more help, you can either;

• Leave a message on my own talk page; OR
• Use a {{helpme}} - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put {{helpme}}, and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~~~~ at the end; OR
• Talk to us live, with this or this.

The last of those is particularly useful - please try it; pop in now and say hello.  Chzz  ►  12:26, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

September 2011

Hello NatashaValentina1. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Maria Sachs, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

All editors are required to comply with Wikipedia's neutral point of view content policy. People who are very close to a subject often have a distorted view of it, which may cause them to inadvertently edit in ways that make the article either too flattering or too disparaging. People with a close connection to a subject are not absolutely prohibited from editing about that subject, but they need to be especially careful about following the reliable sources and writing with as little bias as possible.

If you are very close to a subject, here are some ways you can reduce the risk of problems:

• Avoid or exercise great caution when editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with.
• Be cautious about deletion discussions. Everyone is welcome to provide information about independent sources in deletion discussions, but avoid advocating for deletion of articles about your competitors.
• Avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam).
• Exercise great caution so that you do not accidentally breach Wikipedia's content policies.

Please familiarize yourself with relevant content policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Jason Quinn (talk) 20:46, 8 September 2011 (UTC)