User talk:Aldobrochet

Your editing style, and official welcome to Wikipedia
Hello, Aldobrochet. A few of your edits to Wikipedia have been wrong in the way you have gone about them, such as removing doubt where the doubt is needed. An example would be your edit to the James Dean article, which was reverted. The section about his sexual orientation is titled "Speculated sexual orientation" instead of "Sexual orientation" because most of it is speculation, with the addition of words about it from one of his close friends; whether that friend's words are seen as confirmation of Dean leaning more toward one sexual orientation or not, Dean himself never confirmed it and no one knows what his true sexual orientation was. In short, things that are not confirmed as fact should typically not be presented as fact (especially in regards to articles about living people, per WP:BLP, although we know that Dean is no longer alive).

For more information about Wikipedia in order to help your editing here, I will give you this list:


 * 1) What Wikipedia is not, which summarizes what belongs in Wikipedia and what does not;
 * 2) Neutral point of view, which describes Wikipedia's mandatory core approach to neutral, unbiased article-writing;
 * 3) No original research, which prohibits the use of Wikipedia to publish personal views and original research of editors and defines Wikipedia's role as an encyclopedia of existing recognized knowledge;
 * 4) Verifiability, which explains that it must be possible for readers to verify all content against credible external sources (following the guidance in the Risk disclaimer that is linked-to at the bottom of every article);
 * 5) Reliable sources, which explains what factors determine whether a source is acceptable;
 * 6) Citing sources, which describes the manner of citing sources so that readers can verify content for themselves; and
 * 7) Manual of Style, which offers a style guide—in general editors tend to acquire knowledge of appropriate writing styles and detailed formatting over time.

These are often abbreviated to WP:NOT, WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:RS, WP:CITE, and WP:MOS respectively.

Also, to sign your name when replying, type four tildes

Take care, and welcome to Wikipedia. Flyer22 (talk) 06:43, 10 September 2009 (UTC)