User talk:BabylonMan

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing 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, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Ian.thomson (talk) 11:26, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

A summary of some important site policies and guidelines

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Ian.thomson (talk) 11:26, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Help me! Did my contribution get deleted?
Hello, I am new to Wikipedia. I logged in as a user, the username is BabylonMan. I was amazed to find my Contribution immediately posted, which was really cool. But then, I went to get my wife to look at it, and it was already removed. Is this standard procedure to allow it to be peer reviewed or did I violate some kind of policy? If I violated a policy, I would like to know what policy or policies were violated. Best Regards, BabylonMan

BabylonMan (talk) 12:25, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Your edits constituted original research, were not written from a neutral point of view, and had no reliable sources to back up the claims. ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 15:46, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi BabylonMan. You can see your contribution here. The nature of Wikipedia means that it is collaboratively edited. As ThePlatypusofDoom said above, the user who reverted your edit (Ian.thomson) did so for a number of reasons. They mentioned these reasons in the edit summary of their contribution. If you still don't fully understand why this occured, I suggest you contact Ian.thomson on his talk page - you can click here to send him a message. LoudLizard (📞 | contribs | ✉) 16:14, 27 June 2016 (UTC)