User talk:99.192.9.139

Christine Moore
Hello, and thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. With regards to your previous edits to Christine Moore that were reverted, I wanted to expand on the reasons why "Moore" is used instead of "Christine".

In most encyclopedic entries (as well as, for instance, newspaper articles), the last name of a person is used to refer to them instead of their first name. This format is seen as more formal, as using the first name of a person is often seen as too familiar. Additionally, the inclusion of appropriate references to information used when creating the article is important to Wikipedia, in order to make sure information presented on pages can be verified by readers.

I don't wish to discourage you from contributing to Wikipedia, but simply wanted to provide an explanation of why multiple users reverted some of your changes.

Windchaser (talk) 20:04, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

September 2011
Hello and welcome! I edit Wikipedia too, under the username Windchaser. Wikipedia is written by people like you and me, so thank you for taking the time to participate. I wanted to let you know that I undid one of your recent contributions, such as the one you made to Christine Moore (politician) with this edit, because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions about editing, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Windchaser (talk) 19:55, 30 September 2011 (UTC)