User talk:Robertbayer

Welcome to Wikipedia

Hello, Robertbayer. You have been nice to talk with on the Sexual intercourse talk page. And seeing that you have now created an account, I felt that I should help you become familiarized with Wikipedia editing. This list should help:

1. Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, which summarizes what belongs in Wikipedia and what does not;
2. Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, which describes Wikipedia's mandatory core approach to neutral, unbiased article-writing;
3. 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;
4. 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);
5. Wikipedia:Reliable sources, which explains what factors determine whether a source is acceptable;
6. Wikipedia:Citing sources, which describes the manner of citing sources so that readers can verify content for themselves; and
7. 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.

Take care, and welcome to Wikipedia. Flyer22 (talk) 18:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm gathering information/reliable sources, and pondering redesign

Hey, Robert. I'm just letting you know that I decided to gather information on the reproduction methods of same-sex couples first, and will be adding that information to the Reproduction and sexual practices section of the Sexual intercourse article. More on what I have to state can be found at Talk:Sexual intercourse#Section break: Gathering information/reliable sources and pondering redesign. Flyer22 (talk) 16:48, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Great! Sounds good. I posted a response on the Talk page in response. --Robertbayer (talk) 17:49, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Letting you know that I haven't forgotten about this discussion. I still plan on doing what I stated I would do for that section (reproduction methods of same-sex couples). I just got sidetracked, that's all. Flyer22 (talk) 04:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know you're still around. Wow, it really has been a long delay. Very sorry about that. The pathetic thing is...in between gathering sources and then just putting them on the backburner, I never forgot about my promise to you. I just kept putting off what I stated I would do. And that long, extensive debate on the talk page about whether or not the article should be more focused on non-human animals tired me out to the point that I took a break from the article in the hopes of ending that discussion. I'm ready to get back to work on it now. And, keep in mind, you can always email me. Just go to my user page, look at the Toolbox section on your left-hand corner and choose E-mail this user. Flyer22 (talk) 06:49, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

As stated on the article talk page: I finally added information about same-sex reproduction methods and gay marriage, Robert.[1] [2] Most of the sources I'd previously gathered were about gay parenting more so than reproductive methods, and so I had to make sure that I'd be adding information about the latter. Flyer22 (talk) 18:48, 28 July 2011 (UTC)