User talk:69.117.216.221

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Happy editing! I dream of horses (Contribs) Please notify me after replying off my talk page. Thank you. 04:07, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Extended welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily.

Working on biographical information about living persons is far more difficult. Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy requires strict adherence to multiple content policies, and applies to all information about living persons including talk pages.

If you have a relationship with the topics you want to edit, then you will need to review Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, which may require you to disclose your relationship and restrict your editing depending upon how you are affiliated with the subject matter. Regardless, editing in a manner that promotes an entity or viewpoint over others can appear to be detrimental to the purpose of Wikipedia and the neutrality required in articles.

If you work from reliable, independent sources, you shouldn't go far wrong. WP:RSP and WP:RSN are helpful in determining if a source is reliable.

I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. -- Whisperjanes (talk) 20:27, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Additional comment about E. Jane
I gave some advice above, but I would also like to let you know that some of your edits on the article E. Jane were removed because they weren't supported by reliable sources, and instead seemed like original research, which is not allowed on Wikipedia (especially on biographies about living people).

Specifically, I did not see a reliable source that showed Jane's full date of birth, age, or her full name. The source you showed only referenced a composer on a song Jane worked on -- saying that is Jane's birth name would be "original research." Wikipedia only can follow what published, reliable sources say. Otherwise, anyone online could say they personally know a piece of information, without others having a way of checking if it is true. Hopefully you can see why verifiability is important for an encyclopedia.

I hope this explanation helps. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. Best, - Whisperjanes (talk) 20:38, 19 August 2020 (UTC)