User talk:Schoolydan
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[edit]Hello, Schoolydan, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Magnolia677 (talk) 22:22, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
- Hi magnolia677, thank you for the welcome note, some of those links were pretty informative. I did have a question regarding my edits, though. Specifically I'm curious why my corrections to the zero page had been deleted. I cited sources with links (perhaps incorrectly?) and I added up to date information on the model availability. There is no FXS and there are several models that weren't listed, some really significant ones, too. Also, the reliability/service section was all factually inaccurate and read like a biased opinion piece plus it literally cited an editorial as fact which is not good journalism. Is there a different path I should be going down to make this page reflect reality? Thank you. Schoolydan (talk) 00:44, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- Oh one more thing I found looking at the edits history was that that Quality section also was called out for being "forum crap" back in 2018. It seems like I'm not the only one rolling his eyes at this page's tone. Schoolydan (talk) 00:50, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- Welcome and thanks for your contributions! It looks like your edit to the page was reverted because it introduced external links, like this, to the article body. Links like these should be restricted to sections like "External links". Since you said you were trying to cite sources, I recommend you check out Help:Referencing for beginners to see how to do so correctly. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page or check out the Teahouse! Uhai (talk) 15:24, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
- Also, do you have any connection to this company, Zero Motorcycles? The edit you made was quite promotional sounding and removing or replacing a controversy section, even if said section is flawed, is always a red flag. Uhai (talk) 15:29, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
- Welcome and thanks for your contributions! It looks like your edit to the page was reverted because it introduced external links, like this, to the article body. Links like these should be restricted to sections like "External links". Since you said you were trying to cite sources, I recommend you check out Help:Referencing for beginners to see how to do so correctly. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page or check out the Teahouse! Uhai (talk) 15:24, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
- Oh one more thing I found looking at the edits history was that that Quality section also was called out for being "forum crap" back in 2018. It seems like I'm not the only one rolling his eyes at this page's tone. Schoolydan (talk) 00:50, 24 March 2023 (UTC)