User talk:Amahadyandahalf

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Soccer Players
Just to clarify the above--I had to revert your additions to the articles of 2 soccer players, because you added unsourced information about their "playing style". First, the information was not neutral, which is required by WP:NPOV. Second, it was unsourced, which makes me believe that it's your own analysis of how he plays. While that information is interesting, Wikipedia does not allow players to include their own original research in articles. If you know of a reliable source that describes these player's style, you can add a summary of those source(s) if you use a neutral tone and provide a reference. If you have any questions about this or any other issues about Wikipedia, please feel free to ask me on my talk page at any time. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:30, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Honestly mate I don't know how to reply to these kind of things so I'll leave it here for you to see clearly. There hasn't as of yet been a published article on his playing style in the detail that I provided. I was very disappointed to see work that I put a lot of thought into doing so swiftly erased. A message requesting that I even edit the information to sound more impartial would have sufficed rather than simply deleting it in the first instance and I'll ask kindly that this be the future procedure that you undertake when assessing my edits. The style of a player theoretically cannot be factually catered for so anyone writing it is going to do so from personal analysis whether it's a reputable journalist or not.

Also I edited the page of another Liverpool FC player, Dirk Kuyt, adding an entire section on his style of play, also written from purely unsourced and original material of my own creation, thought somewhat conversely this was not deleted? I would like any similar edits I make to be given the same treatment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amahadyandahalf (talk • contribs)


 * It wouldn't matter how neutral or impartial you made it. If the information has not been published by a reliable source, it cannot be included in Wikipedia.  There are hundreds of places on the internet where you could publish your own analysis of a soccer player's play style.  The policy in effect here is WP:OR, which states explicitly that Wikipedia does not publish original research.  Sorry that you took a lot of time writing it, but, unfortunately, the info can't stay.  As for it staying on the other player...Wikipedia has over 3 million articles, and all work on Wikipedia is done by volunteers, it regularly happens that improper info remains in the articles for long periods of time.  I just happen to have Nasri on my watchlist from a long time ago because it used to have a problem with persistent vandalism.  Please do let me know if you have more questions; you can just post them here and I'll see them.  Qwyrxian (talk) 02:22, 19 April 2011 (UTC)