User:VsevolodKrolikov/Go and get published in an RS

Some people mistake Wikipedia for a bulletin board, a place where they can change what the world knows because of what they themselves know. There is nothing wrong in wanting to change the world, nor in finding out new things, nor in wanting to help others like this.

Just not on Wikipedia. Wikipedia does not disseminate ideas before the real world knows about them. So if you have a great new analysis, some valuable information, some impressive new research - go and get it published in a reliable source.

But what if you feel that some widely held expert viewpoints are simply wrong? Becoming involved in these kinds of disputes is enervating, educational, and you might make the world a better place for it.

Just not on Wikipedia. It's not the place to resolve disputes between experts. If you have formulated a great argument, or joined the dots to show how one side is wrong - go and get it published in a reliable source.

This doesn't mean you are wrong, or your ideas crazy. It means you're going to have to do it the hard way, and persuade people in the real world that your ideas are worth something. And then maybe it can get into wikipedia. Wikipedia is not an academic journal. It does not carry the approval of an academic publishing house. No students or expert should ever cite Wikipedia as a source. It's simply a great resource that at its best shows the reader where to find the information that it's summarising. And to do that, Wikipedia needs to remain neutral in major disputes, and not give undue weight to ideas shared by a small minority, and certainly not give any space at all to new ideas someone is trying to spread through Wikipedia itself.

If you have already gotten yourself published in a reliable source - then the game's not over. You yourself cannot be the one putting your own work in here. That is a conflict of interest, because you might be here to promote yourself - for fame, money, recognition or a chance to impress other people around you. So at the most you can come to wikipedia, and ask others to check to see if your work really counts for something.

In the mean time, please feel free to help build the encyclopaedia - by dispassionately adding what the reliable sources say. You are here as a wikipedian, not as anything you might be in real life.