Hello, I'm
Richard Keatinge. I wanted to let you know that one or more of
your recent contributions to
History of slavery have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your
sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the
Teahouse. Thanks.
Richard Keatinge (
talk)
13:38, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Highjackingsx1, 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 Ibn Umayl 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.
If you are stuck and looking for help, please see the guide for citing sources or come to The Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Introduction tutorial
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- Help pages
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- Task Center – need some ideas of what kind of things need doing? Go here.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need personal help ask me on my talk page, or . Again, welcome. Apaugasma ( talk| contribs) 14:13, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
But there is a lot of wrong information that there is no evidence of, I delete it, but it comes back again Why? Highjackingsx1 ( talk) 21:25, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- It comes back because other Wikipedia users are watching the pages you are editing, and revert ('turn back') any bad change you make. Again, please do not delete any information without providing a good source. This is considered Wikipedia:Disruptive editing, and might get you blocked. Perhaps it would be better if, for now, you would not delete or change anything at all, only add things when you have a good source. Also, please go to your User:Highjackingsx1/sandbox and experiment a bit with adding sources, etc. Finally, please do not copy-paste text from websites or other sources, like you did at Amir (name): this is copyright violation. Apaugasma ( talk| contribs) 21:54, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Can I translate the entire article into several languages? For example, if I find a complete article written in the Italian language, can I translate this article into English, Spanish, French and other languages with the same written sources Highjackingsx1 ( talk) 23:23, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 | This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can , contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse. |
Please help me with... Hello, yes i need help with how i put the source because i try and it's not work also i Need another i try to delete some wrong information in article and it's turn back , how can i delete it without turn back again?? Highjackingsx1 ( talk) 14:53, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- Dear Highjackingsx1,
- For a guide on how to add sources to an article, please see Wikipedia:Citing sources and Help:Referencing for beginners.
- Before actually changing articles it would be best to experiment with this a bit in your personal sandbox (available above, between "Talk" and "Preferences"), or in the general Wikipedia:Sandbox.
- If you want to delete or correct some sourced information (that is, backed up by a source cited) in an article, you always must provide a reliable source (a book, a scholarly paper, etc.) that supports your deletion or correction. If you do not provide this source, your change will always be turned back ('be reverted', as we call it here).
- If you just know that some sourced information appearing in a Wikipedia article is wrong, but you do not know a source (a book, etc.) which shows that it is wrong, you unfortunately cannot correct it, and it will have to stay on Wikipedia until someone does provide a source for correcting it.
- Generally, Wikipedia is not based upon what editors and users already know, but upon what they find in the sources they read. So if you read something in a book written by an expert on the subject or in some other reliable source that contradicts what is written here on Wikipedia, please do come and correct it.
- Please do not hesitate to ask any further questions, and happy editing!
- Sincerely, Apaugasma ( talk| contribs) 15:42, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
When i delete something wrong how can i get a source that it's wrong? Highjackingsx1 ( talk) 17:56, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- Try to think about it the other way around: when you read something in a source, or remember reading something in a source, that contradicts what Wikipedia is saying, then (and only then) you can change/correct/delete something on Wikipedia (with reference to the source).
- If you do not remember where you learned something, you cannot correct it at Wikipedia.
- What you can do is re-read the sources where you think you may have originally found something. You can also go to a library, or try to find e-books or scholarly papers online (e.g., at Google scholar), and read some more about the subject.
- Of course, there are some things that you just won't find in books or papers, because they depend on some specific Point Of View (POV). One example would be your efforts to systematically change occurrences of "Muslim", "Moorish", "Egyptian", "Syrian", etc. to "Arab". While you may believe that it is more accurate to use that term, that is just your opinion, or point of view (POV). We all have our own POV, which is only natural, but at Wikipedia, we try to write from a neutral point of view (see WP:NPOV). In this case, that means that we try to use the same terms that are used by the sources, rather than the terms we would personally prefer. Systematically changing things to align with your personal point of view (known as 'POV pushing') is specifically forbidden.
- I hope this helps, Apaugasma ( talk| contribs) 18:41, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'm
Ohnoitsjamie. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a
reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to
include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the
tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on
my talk page. Thank you.
OhNoitsJamie
Talk
20:58, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.
Mz7 (
talk)
20:23, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'm
Richard Keatinge. I wanted to let you know that one or more of
your recent contributions to
History of slavery have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your
sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the
Teahouse. Thanks.
Richard Keatinge (
talk)
13:38, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Highjackingsx1, 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 Ibn Umayl 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.
If you are stuck and looking for help, please see the guide for citing sources or come to The Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Introduction tutorial
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- Help pages
- Simplified Manual of Style
- Task Center – need some ideas of what kind of things need doing? Go here.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need personal help ask me on my talk page, or . Again, welcome. Apaugasma ( talk| contribs) 14:13, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
But there is a lot of wrong information that there is no evidence of, I delete it, but it comes back again Why? Highjackingsx1 ( talk) 21:25, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- It comes back because other Wikipedia users are watching the pages you are editing, and revert ('turn back') any bad change you make. Again, please do not delete any information without providing a good source. This is considered Wikipedia:Disruptive editing, and might get you blocked. Perhaps it would be better if, for now, you would not delete or change anything at all, only add things when you have a good source. Also, please go to your User:Highjackingsx1/sandbox and experiment a bit with adding sources, etc. Finally, please do not copy-paste text from websites or other sources, like you did at Amir (name): this is copyright violation. Apaugasma ( talk| contribs) 21:54, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Can I translate the entire article into several languages? For example, if I find a complete article written in the Italian language, can I translate this article into English, Spanish, French and other languages with the same written sources Highjackingsx1 ( talk) 23:23, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
|
| This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can , contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse. |
Please help me with... Hello, yes i need help with how i put the source because i try and it's not work also i Need another i try to delete some wrong information in article and it's turn back , how can i delete it without turn back again?? Highjackingsx1 ( talk) 14:53, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- Dear Highjackingsx1,
- For a guide on how to add sources to an article, please see Wikipedia:Citing sources and Help:Referencing for beginners.
- Before actually changing articles it would be best to experiment with this a bit in your personal sandbox (available above, between "Talk" and "Preferences"), or in the general Wikipedia:Sandbox.
- If you want to delete or correct some sourced information (that is, backed up by a source cited) in an article, you always must provide a reliable source (a book, a scholarly paper, etc.) that supports your deletion or correction. If you do not provide this source, your change will always be turned back ('be reverted', as we call it here).
- If you just know that some sourced information appearing in a Wikipedia article is wrong, but you do not know a source (a book, etc.) which shows that it is wrong, you unfortunately cannot correct it, and it will have to stay on Wikipedia until someone does provide a source for correcting it.
- Generally, Wikipedia is not based upon what editors and users already know, but upon what they find in the sources they read. So if you read something in a book written by an expert on the subject or in some other reliable source that contradicts what is written here on Wikipedia, please do come and correct it.
- Please do not hesitate to ask any further questions, and happy editing!
- Sincerely, Apaugasma ( talk| contribs) 15:42, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
When i delete something wrong how can i get a source that it's wrong? Highjackingsx1 ( talk) 17:56, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
- Try to think about it the other way around: when you read something in a source, or remember reading something in a source, that contradicts what Wikipedia is saying, then (and only then) you can change/correct/delete something on Wikipedia (with reference to the source).
- If you do not remember where you learned something, you cannot correct it at Wikipedia.
- What you can do is re-read the sources where you think you may have originally found something. You can also go to a library, or try to find e-books or scholarly papers online (e.g., at Google scholar), and read some more about the subject.
- Of course, there are some things that you just won't find in books or papers, because they depend on some specific Point Of View (POV). One example would be your efforts to systematically change occurrences of "Muslim", "Moorish", "Egyptian", "Syrian", etc. to "Arab". While you may believe that it is more accurate to use that term, that is just your opinion, or point of view (POV). We all have our own POV, which is only natural, but at Wikipedia, we try to write from a neutral point of view (see WP:NPOV). In this case, that means that we try to use the same terms that are used by the sources, rather than the terms we would personally prefer. Systematically changing things to align with your personal point of view (known as 'POV pushing') is specifically forbidden.
- I hope this helps, Apaugasma ( talk| contribs) 18:41, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'm
Ohnoitsjamie. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, but you didn't provide a
reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to
include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the
tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on
my talk page. Thank you.
OhNoitsJamie
Talk
20:58, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.
Mz7 (
talk)
20:23, 24 March 2021 (UTC)