User talk:Resaliest

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Hello, Resaliest, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Greenskeeper did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may have been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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Hi, thanks for the message! Totally feel free to revert whatever I’ve messed up — as you know, I’m new here. I’m wondering if you can help me identify where I went wrong. I came to this page through the suggested copy edits feature, and noticed a lot of repeated and unclear material. As best I could, I tried to simplify, which meant shifting and rewriting some paragraphs. I don’t think I added any new content except the word flagstick. Tbh I thought my edits would likely be bad because they cut too much! I don’t know if that a faux pas, since it’s somebody’s hard work. But your message points out issues with sources and verification. Aside from flagstick, which I can delete or find sourcing, what are these issues? Did I delete existing cited sources by mistake? Thanks again for your help, and for the welcome :) Resaliest (talk) 09:21, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Some articles are edited often others are barely touched. And some get vandalized and are wp:page protected. Everything is saved in the wp:page history. If the word is not clear, you might be able to add a Wiktionary link. Such as wikt:flagstick. Probably best to wp:PIPE it so the "Wikt" isn't visible such as flagstick.

Content on Wikipedia needs to be wp:verifiable and cite a wp:reliable source (RS). The section on Setting the pins for play has no citations. One of the further reading may have instructions, but it's best to specify the source with a citation. See help:referencing for beginners. If you have questions, you can ask an expert at the wp:Teahouse. Hope this helps! Cheers Adakiko (talk) 10:33, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I understand this policy, but if you look at the version before I edited, there are no sources either. I don’t know who originally wrote the section. Maybe they were writing from personal experience, because they certainly didn’t show their work. Either way, your banner message is appropriate (I should have added one myself, I realize now) , but I can’t cite a source because the content/research isn’t mine.The original user who wrote the section might be able to help more. Thanks for the tip about linking to wiktionary, and for your vigilance in making sure Wikipedia is properly sourced. Cheers Resaliest (talk) 19:38, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]