Netsider
Why? It's still part of history whether it even gets finished or not.
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Hello, Netsider, 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 Violence and controversies during the George Floyd protests 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.
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I do not understand why my contribution was not accepted. It's not controversial, and is an established fact that more events, such as the one I gave an example of (the incident with Adam Haner), have happened than those listed. Without my contribution, the Wikipedia article seems misleading because it doesn't state the fact that those were just a few examples (people are generally under the impression that Wikipedia is as comprehensive as possible, so I think this should be said, even if the incident with Adam Haner must be excluded).
Also, Wikipedia should say if a contribution was denied for lack of sources/citations, or some other reason (it's extremely vague, and violations of rules should be as clear as possible in order to uphold the point of them). Netside (talk) 05:02, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Netside (talk) 05:03, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Hi, I realize the number of different guides/tutorials/policies/etc makes it difficult to get started editing. If you haven’t already, going through the “Introduction tutorial” linked in the first message is probably the easiest way to get up to speed. It includes a tutorial on adding references.
- I reverted your edit to that page because it provided no source. Since Wikipedia can be edited by anybody, it’s important that articles are clearly cited to reliable secondary sources, so readers can verify the information independently. POLITANVM talk 05:15, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Understood, but wouldn't a better practice (for Wikipedia in general) be to verify the information? Rick Porter (of the Hollywood Reporter) wrote an article verifying that the series is officially greenlit.
Here is the article (it's no longer a rumor) and a profile about the author:
- Since I wasn’t involved with any of your edits around CSI: Vegas, it’d probably be better to ask those editors (pinging JohnFromPinckney and Troutfarm27) or ask on those articles’ talk pages. I also want to re-recommend the tutorial in my welcome message, particularly Help:Introduction to talk pages. POLITANVM talk 04:34, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
- My apologies for not being concise enough in my edit summary, but the CSI: Vegas standalone article was reverted for two reasons. First off, it relied on only one source (IMDb isn't considered a reliable source since its content are user-generated). The second reason was that you didn't really provide enough context about the show that would warrant its own article, which is why I stated that the topic doesn't warrant its own article at this time. Even though your account has been around for a few years, you seem new to creating articles, so I suggest creating a draft article and submitting it once you've add more sources/context. Troutfarm27 (Talk) 05:16, 5 April 2021 (UTC)