Hello, Beau.Beauchamp, 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:
You may also want to complete the
Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the
Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.
Always cite a source for any new information. When adding this information to articles, use <ref>reference tags like this</ref>, containing the name of the source, the author, page number, publisher or web address (if applicable).
Reliable sources typically include: articles from mainstream magazines or newspapers (particularly scholarly journals), or books by recognized authors (basically, books by respected publishers). Online versions of these are usually accepted, provided they're held to the same standards. User generated sources (like Wikipedia) are to be avoided. Self-published sources should be avoided except for information by and about the subject that is not self-serving (for example, citing a company's website to establish something like year of establishment).
Articles are to be written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not concerned with facts or opinions, it just summarizes reliable sources. Real scholarship actually does not say what understanding of the world is "true," but only with what there is evidence for. In the case of science, this evidence must ultimately start with physical evidence. In the case of religion, this means only reporting what has been written and not taking any stance on doctrine.
Material must be proportionate to what is found in the source cited. If a source makes a small claim and presents two larger counter claims, the material it supports should present one claim and two counter claims instead of presenting the one claim as extremely large while excluding or downplaying the counter claims.
Also, check the dates on talk page discussions before responding. If it's been over a year (or longer) since the last response, start a new section instead.
Ian.thomson (
talk)
16:42, 8 April 2018 (UTC)reply
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Welcome!
Hello, Beau.Beauchamp, 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:
You may also want to complete the
Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the
Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.
Always cite a source for any new information. When adding this information to articles, use <ref>reference tags like this</ref>, containing the name of the source, the author, page number, publisher or web address (if applicable).
Reliable sources typically include: articles from mainstream magazines or newspapers (particularly scholarly journals), or books by recognized authors (basically, books by respected publishers). Online versions of these are usually accepted, provided they're held to the same standards. User generated sources (like Wikipedia) are to be avoided. Self-published sources should be avoided except for information by and about the subject that is not self-serving (for example, citing a company's website to establish something like year of establishment).
Articles are to be written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not concerned with facts or opinions, it just summarizes reliable sources. Real scholarship actually does not say what understanding of the world is "true," but only with what there is evidence for. In the case of science, this evidence must ultimately start with physical evidence. In the case of religion, this means only reporting what has been written and not taking any stance on doctrine.
Material must be proportionate to what is found in the source cited. If a source makes a small claim and presents two larger counter claims, the material it supports should present one claim and two counter claims instead of presenting the one claim as extremely large while excluding or downplaying the counter claims.
Also, check the dates on talk page discussions before responding. If it's been over a year (or longer) since the last response, start a new section instead.
Ian.thomson (
talk)
16:42, 8 April 2018 (UTC)reply