User talk:Mortypsmith

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We're so glad you're here! -- Essjay · Talk 09:12, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello![edit]

Hi! Welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for your contributions so far.

You'll see that some editors (including myself) have made changes to some of the content you've contributed so far. In general, this is something to get used to on Wikipedia - everything you submit moves into the public domain and others can, and will, edit and improve it.

You'll also see that some of your contributions have been reverted (that means the pages you've edited have been returned to their previous state, before you edited them). Please don't worry or be offended - this is quite common, especially for new users who are still just finding their feet.

You can get more of an idea about why this has happened here:

Writing your first article

For instance, you added a passage to several EU-related pages which discusses the European Commission's policy towards elements of the draft EU constitution. This is a valuable contribution, but unfortunately it's not usable in its current state. This is because:

You make controversial claims - claims which other users, including myself, would dispute - but you don't cite your sources for those factual claims. In Wikipedia, always cite your sources if you can. Wikipedians also strive to present a balanced argument: if one editor adds information that is not written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), you can expect that other editors will quickly make changes.
You added links on lots of pages where those links don't belong. Specifically, you added links to one heavily eurosceptic website on many different pages about the European Union. But Wikipedia is not a links repository. If this link belongs anywhere, it belongs in one place: on the article about Euroscepticism. It should not be added indiscriminately to any page about Europe. (If you review the history of these pages, you'll see that an anonymous user has already tried to add this link many times to many pages, and it has been quickly removed by other users.)

So some editors, including myself, have temporarily removed the content you added, and/or moved it to the talk pages of the articles in question. The talk pages are an area where users can discuss the content of an article before making changes. I'm sure that much useable material will be salvaged from your first contributions; indeed, you may well want to re-read what you've written and have another go yourself!

Anyway, once again, welcome to Wikipedia, thank you for your contributions so far, and please do continue to get stuck in! Wombat 14:15, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

More discussion[edit]

Hi again,

Given our preceding discussions, I thought you might want to comment on what I've posted here:

Talk:European Commission#Discussion of specific legislative proposals

Wombat 08:39, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]