User talk:Pleasanthill

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Hello, Pleasanthill! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Bfigura (talk) 05:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Vibrational_Medicine

Hi there. I noticed you recently wrote the above article. With regard to sourcing, please note that in order to ensure verifiability, Wikipedia requires that facts be sourced by multiple independent reliable sources. In this case, I'm not sure that the Q-Institute would qualify as a reliable source. It might be more appropriate to cite peer-reviewed medical journals, or published influential texts that discuss the subject. Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 05:53, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

PS, I should also mention that you should take a look at WP:FRINGE. As the article admits, Vibrational medicine is not really mainstream. I'm certainly not trying to say that non-mainstream topics can't have articles on Wikipedia, but you should be aware that topics which might be considered 'fringe science' have some constraints. (Which are mainly there to prevent wikipedia from being used as a soapbox.) I just wanted to tell you now, so you didn't find out later when someone's banging down the door trying to delete the article. Best, --Bfigura ^(talk) 06:37, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, our messages must have crossed in wiki-space. But regarding your comment on my talk, I saw the quotation, which is good. However, as I kinda say above, I think you might want as many references as you can conveniently put your hands on. If you'd like some help, the people over at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Paranormal might be interested, as they generally get into non-mainstream medical science. (Note, I'm not trying to be pejorative at all, I just think that's the most appropriate wikiproject to go to for help). Cheers, --Bfigura ^(talk) 06:44, 30 September 2007 (UTC)