Populistdude

Welcome to Wikipedia

Welcome to Wikipedia! Regarding your question about allegations against a certain individual, Wikipedia has very strict rules. You probably should not be mentioning this at all in Wikipedia in the absence of very reliable, previously published third-party sources. See [1]. I would suggest that you consider not mentioning anything else about these allegations at all where the individual involved has not been convicted. Yours, Famspear 21:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Dear Populistdude: The material which you inserted has been deleted from the talk page, per Wikipedia rules and guidelines. It's not that the material is necessarily considered vandalism. Wikipedia must be very careful, in any material that talks about living persons, to print only material that is verifiable by sourcing to reliable, published third-parties. Yours, Famspear 21:44, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia policies, etc.

Dear Populistdude: Anyway, regarding your question about how to properly annotate material, here are links to the basic rules:

IMPORTANT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability (official policy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources (guideline)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Using_online_and_self-published_sources (guideline)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources (style guide)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons (official policy)

For more background on other rules, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars

IMPORTANT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view (official policy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/FAQ (official policy)

IMPORTANT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research (official policy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus (official policy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not (official policy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines (guideline)

In summary, the three most important official policies are: Verifiability, Neutral Point of View, and No Original Research.

Yours, Famspear 21:52, 5 July 2007 (UTC)