User talk:ArmedPsychoatsh5dotorg

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Cain Velasquez
Hi. I assume that you are the same user as IP 92.0.138.153 who was also editing this article. As a new contributor, welcome, again to Wikipedia. You are entitled to be treated politely, but you should also listen to what more experienced users tell you.

There were two problems with the material you were trying to add:

Copyright - I picked sentences at random from the material you were adding and checked them in Google - three out of four were lifted straight out of http://www.cainmma.com/bio.html and http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/mtt/velasquez_cain00.html. You must not copy material into Wikipedia from other websites. Minor rewriting is not enough to save it from being a breach of copyright which could get Wikipedia into legal trouble. On every edit screen it says, "Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted" and "Please do not copy and paste from copyrighted websites". You can use websites as a source of facts, but not as a source of sentences.

Also, the tone and level of detail in the material that you were adding is quite inappropriate for an encyclopedia - read WP:NPOV. A Wikipedia article should summarise his career, not list every punch and fall - links to the other websites can lead those who want that information to it. That was the opinion of the other user who reverted you, and I agree with him. I'm not Authority on this, and I have no intention of getting involved in this article, but if in discussion with other users on the talk page you cannot agree, you should use the WP:Dispute resolution process. A good source of advice would be the WikiProject Professional wrestling - you could post a message on their talk page to ask for help, and if you are interested you could join the Wikiproject - they have probably worked out standards for what a good wrestling article should be like. I see they have a Style guide - have a read of that.

The way Wikipedia works is summarised in WP:Bold, revert, discuss. If you think something will improve the encyclopedia, be bold and do it. If you get reverted, don't just re-revert, discuss with the other user and try to reach agreement - called WP:Consensus. Look for other people who may be able to advise - in this case, the Wikiproject. If you can't agree, use the WP:Dispute resolution process.

The Welcome paragraph above is rather overpowering, but it's worth clicking on some of the links in it to learn more about contributing. The WP:Five pillars and the guide to writing WP:Your first article are both good starting points.

Regards, JohnCD (talk) 00:04, 1 March 2010 (UTC)