User talk:AnandaMalaMa

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TheRingess (talk) 18:01, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

August 2011
AnanadaMalaMa, I understand your intentions, but this is an encyclopedia, not Ram Dass' website. Everything must have a source in which the information can be verified. For example, if Ram Dass' website say this, we can repeat it. We cannot accept any first-person, unverifiable, information about a living person, even in the content lags behind current events. Yworo (talk) 18:14, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've sourced the changes from the subject's website. Please take a look at how I've done it, as you will need to provide sources for such changes as the occur in the future. We are very sensitive about changes to biographies of living people. There are those who introduce misinformation and even libel. We can't really know who anyone is despite their user name or claims of affiliation with an individual or organization. Nothing about living people can be taken on the assertion of any individual Wikipedia editor, especially is the change appears to be negative. In the future, please just be sure to include where the information can be verified from, whether a book, a journal or a website. Other editors will be happy to help you format the citations correctly if you need help. We do prefer third-party sources over those affiliated with the subject, but in this case that's probably not necessary... Yworo (talk) 18:28, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance.