User talk:Agntmonkey

Welcome

Howdy. Welcome to Wikipedia. I'm looking forward to meeting you and seeing your contributions. John.Farquhar (talk) 19:46, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Welcome

Hi! I just wanted to stop by and quickly welcome you to Wikipedia. I'm helping out a bit as the online Ambassador for the "Reality Check" course, so if you need any assistance just give me a yell. You can leave a message on my talk page, or send me an email - both should work well, and I'm really happy to receive questions. I'm in Australia, so our time zones will be out of sync a bit, but I'm normally online during the mornings and evenings your time. At any rate, it should be an enjoyable course. :) - Bilby (talk) 05:44, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Just want to second that. I noticed you are going to be working on Cryptozoology and wanted to steer you towards Ben Radford and Joe Nickell's work. They can be found by searching www.csicop.org. If you need help please just ask. Sgerbic (talk) 06:30, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

....Hey

Why hello there. TSchmidt39 (talk) 15:47, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Cadborosaurus

Hi! I thought I'd check in on how everyone in the course is doing. :) I like the edit you on Cadborosaurus - I hadn't heard of Caddy before, but it sounds intriguing. :) One suggestion, though, is that because of the nature of Wikipedia you'll need to stick to what Wikipedia counts as reliable sources for your work. This becomes a bit more important with the sort of topic you are working on, as there is a tendency (with a lot of justification) to hold "fringe" topics to high standards. Thus the source you've used, which is self published, would probably be considered as insufficient. As a general rule you will want to find peer-reviewed academic papers as your first choice, followed by academic texts, books, newspapers and magazines. Websites can be fine, but they need to be used with some care, especially where there isn't any independent editorial control.

With Cadborosaurus, it looks like Lionel Fanthorpe did some work on the topic, and thus it is covered in "Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea" (2004), ISBN 9781550024982. While not a first tier source, it is published by a reputable publisher so it should give your article a bit more support. :) - Bilby (talk) 00:54, 24 October 2011 (UTC)