User talk:Awikiwalkermd

June 2010
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Diannaa TALK 04:04, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Regarding your edits
Awikiwalkermd, welcome and thank you for your interest in contributing to Wikipedia's articles. However, unfortunately, I have had to revert most of your changes to our articles. We have received a complaint from a representative of the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (AAPS), and its certifying affiliate, the American board of Physician Specialties (ABPS). They have objected to the material you added to their articles and they assert the information contains incorrect information. You can read their statement at this link:. I believe you made these changes with the best of intentions, but you didn't cite sources so we cannot verify the material with your source and thus the material needs to be removed. Wikipedia has very strict policies which require that we cannot accept material from personal knowledge or opinion or first hand information, but rather we require quality sourcing that verify the material. Please ensure that you take care to cite verifiable published sources for any future information you add to any articles. You can read about the types of sources we require at the Reliable Sources guideline. Also, please be aware that Wikipedia is an international project, not an American-centric one and our policy requires articles be written from a Neutral Point of View, not an American Point of View. Articles like Emergency physician should be relevant and useful for readers all over the world. Only articles that are focused on American subjects should be written to an American point of view. Thus, your edits to the lead section in which you re-focused it so it was entirely about the US-situation are not appropriate. That material could be included elsewhere in the article if a source is provided and it's made clear that it is just the US situation, but it should not be in the lead because the article is about "Emergency physicians" generally, not "American Emergency physicians". I see you have not made any further changes since you made your first edits and I hope if you do return, you will not feel too discouraged. We welcome your participation in the project, but we do require that editors maintain a Neutral Point of View, and base their material on published verifiable sources. I will post below a welcome message which contains some links that may assist you. I would specifically recommend that you read the Five pillars and the Simplified ruleset which will give you an introduction to some of Wikipedia's cornerstone policies - Verifiabiliy, Neutral Point of View and No Original Research before editing further articles. Regards, Sarah 05:26, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Awikiwalkermd, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Sarah 05:26, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
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Reliable sources are required
Please cite sources for the material you are adding to our articles. As I have explained to you above, we have had a credible complaint from a representative of the organisation and we cannot allow you to continue adding this material unless you cite quality, verifiable reliable sources that support your information. If you continue restoring the material, I will have to protect the articles so you cannot edit them and revoke your ability to edit any pages here. It would be much better if you simply complied with out rules and addressed the message from the organisation, which I linked you to above, and cited policy-compliant sources for the material. Wikipedia is a privately owned website and we're entitled to set and enforce policies. We will not allow you to damage the project or put it in jeopardy with unsourced material that has been explicitly challenged by a representative of the subject. Please provide some Verifiable, published reliable sources or refrain from adding this material. Thank you. Sarah 14:36, 11 June 2010 (UTC)