User talk:BigSplashReview

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Welcome to Wikipedia, BigSplashReview! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions check out Questions, or feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or type helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! 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! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. Again, welcome! I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a message on my talk page. @ 02:08, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
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Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text below this notice. Thank you. Alexf(talk) 14:00, 23 December 2013 (UTC)


 * All you'd need to really do is change your username, using . That said, I would suggest reading our neutrality policy (especially as regards due weight) and our policy on reliable sources, as we don't allow citations to user-generated content sites (including customer review sites) due to information on those sites being in a constant state of flux. — Jeremy  v^_^v  Bori! 03:45, 24 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Merged your unblock request, and you completely missed that I also linked to WP:Identifying reliable sources. I will say it again: We cannot use user-generated content sources (incl. customer review sites) as there's no guarantee the content will remain the same or even exist at a later time. — Jeremy  v^_^v  Bori! 20:39, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

This is why, you date things as being the situation at the time. When the edit of "In 2007, the complex was on the verge of closure, after the ACT Government began planning to rezone the area for residential development." was allow is there an understanding by the person posting it and the reader that This was applicable in 2007 BUT we do not believe that this is a permanent state of things. Things were in flux. It was in the state of closing down but that was in 2007 NOT now.

The really, really silly thing in all of this is that what your reader wants to know about the Waterpark is not the objective facts about how many slides and how many litres of water the pools hold. These facts do in no way inform the way the pools is to be used and the subjective opinion, in this instance is JUST as good....if not better. It is factual too and things CAN change. 5 years and 18 evenly split reviews, that is about as stable a proposition as you will see anywhere. The site may not even exist in the future? I think that Tripadvisor is probably even more likely than Wikipedia, to be around in future. It is a very healthy website and I do not think anyone here would be unreasonable to presume it a fly-by-night operation.

Your ruling is a silly one, for reasons that do not base themselves in anything more than presumption of situation that do not exist (at least in this instance). When you said, "All you'd need to really do is change your username, using unblock-un." This of course was not what you REALLY meant was it? I knew there would be another reason to stop me editing and this has simply another red flag. But it has worked. You win. I will not attempt anymore. It is Christmas here and I realise that it is not THAT important.
 * No, that is why you do not use such sources at all. You need to remember that, as Wikipedia is first and foremost an encyclopedia, it's only as strong as its sources, and user-generated content sources tend to be weak due to the fact that things can literally change at will at such sources. This is why we don't allow other wikis (including the Internet Movie Database), customer review sites, Twitter, and Facebook as sources if we can help it. — Jeremy  v^_^v  Bori! 18:31, 25 December 2013 (UTC)