JBGeorge77

I have a talk page. JBGeorge77 (talk) 23:02, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

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References

Please use high quality references per WP:MEDRS such as review articles or major textbooks from the last 3 to 5 years. Thanks and welcome to Wikipedia.

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:34, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

The recent study you used was not a review article or secondary source it is a primary source. Please read review article with respect to what these are.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:54, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

WP:MEDRS "Reliable primary sources may occasionally be used with care as an adjunct to the secondary literature, but there remains potential for misuse. For that reason, edits that rely on primary sources should only describe the conclusions of the source, and should describe these findings clearly so the edit can be checked by editors with no specialist knowledge. In particular, this description should follow closely to the interpretation of the data given by the authors or by other reliable secondary sources. Primary sources should not be cited in support of a conclusion that is not clearly made by the authors or by reliable secondary sources, as defined above (see: Wikipedia:No original research)."

This is not one of those cases when "primary sources may occasionally be used". Excellent secondary sources exist. I have added one.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:17, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

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This sort of edit is not appropriate [1]. This account will be blocked if you continue. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:19, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

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Glossolalia

JBGeorge77, I have just reverted your edit to the article Glossolalia because it is obvious that your hadn't even looked at the article, let alone read it, before you made your addition.

Basically, if you had begun at the beginning, then you would have read that Christian "tongues" is only one form of "Glossolalia". So this means that you needed to find the right section for your addition.

You see, Christianity is already mentioned.... read, read, read, ....and all the relevant chapters are already mentioned with a brief description of the subject matter. So individual verses that use the word "tongues" is clearly not necessary, because the info has already been stated in a slightly different way.

Also: to your average reader, a heading that says Verses where tongues are mentioned is totally meaningless! Only a Penecostal Christian will know what you are talking about. Or maybe someone with the gift of prophecy. No-one else will know. Because you didn't use the word Bible in the heading. And, to most people "verse" means "poetry"; it doesn't mean "Bible" so you have to be specific. Also, the word "tongues" means "things in people's mouths"; it doesn't mean "foreign languages". So when you write for an encyclopedia, you have to think about the context and the fact that millions of people, both Christian and non-Christian will consult this information. You are writing here for the people who don't know; not for the people who know this stuff already.

That is why there are clear headings in the article. You need to find the right heading and read to see if you information is there already.

I've pasted my advice for smart editting below.

Amandajm (talk) 02:54, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

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