User talk:68.146.192.74

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Mushroom (Talk) 01:51, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!
I've added further advice there, as follows:
 * "Sorry, IP editor, but Wikipedia is not the place for reasoned speculation by its editors. Try to see Wikipedia as a simple collation of what other experts and reliable sources have written about a subject, with a lovely list of references at the bottom of the page to help you verify what has been collated here. If we were to stray into the realms of encouraging speculation and reasoned interpretation, we open the floodgates to all sorts of unsubstantiated opinion and bias. No - we actively ban Original Research. But, as points out, when you encounter vague statements that need further explanation, you have the option of checking the citation and removing the content if the citation fails to support it, or marking the statement with various ways, such as:
 * confusing worded statement...
 * unspecified time period...
 * some people stated things...
 * it might have been this; it might have been something else...
 * unsourced statement what need a source for verification...
 * On rare occasions it might be appropriate to include a Hidden Comment, visible only when editing. But this would normally be done, not to add speculation, but to avoid speculation being added. Here's an example: In this sentence I mention that John Doe worked for an unspecified Philadelphia tool company. That previous sentence included hidden text which you only see when you attempt to edit the sentence."
 * Hoping this helps a bit, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:34, 18 September 2020 (UTC)