User talk:Bacadapac

List of libertarians in the United States
Hi! Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm afraid to say I've had to undo your edits to the article List of libertarians in the United States. This is for two main reasons: I hope that clears things up a little. If you have any questions you can let me know on my talk page or ask at the Help desk. – Arms &amp; Hearts (talk) 08:05, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) The list of libertarians isn't supposed to be a comprehensive list of every libertarian ever; for practical reasons it's actually more of a list of Wikipedia articles. You added a link pointing to the article John McAlister, but that article is about a Canadian Liberal-Conservative politician rather than an American libertarian. You should feel free to write an article about the John McAlister from Gahanna, however before doing so I'd recommend you read our help page entitled Your first article. You might also want to read the notability guideline for people, which explains how we decide whether a person is worthy of a Wikipedia article (there's a special set of criteria for politicians).
 * 2) You'll notice that every other item on the list has a reference following the description (the number in square brackets). Information on Wikipedia has to be verifiable, meaning it has to have been previously published in a reliable source. This is especially important when it comes to information about living people. So, if you create an article on McAlister you should only add him to the list if there's a reliable source describing him as a libertarian. For more information on this see Citing sources, Biographies of living persons and Reliable sources.