User talk:Calanso

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I would particularly draw your attention to Verifiability, which explains that the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—that is, whether readers are able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether we think it is true. Unfortunately one of your recent edits has changed the size statistics for Windermere, despite the fact that the previous statistics had a verifiable source, without citing your own source. You have also left in place the old cite, despite the fact it does not support the statistics as amended by you.

I don't know whether you are right and the author of the cited reference is wrong, or whether he is right and you are wrong. Indeed it is quite possible that you are both correct, because you are measuring slightly different things. But the point is that I cannot tell, because you havn't cited your source, and your changes are thus not verifiable. I have therefore reverted your changes, but added some text to take on board your point about the point of measurement at the southern end.

Please do not be discouraged or annoyed by this, or regard this as a permanent thing. If you have good reason to believe that your data is correct, then simply put it back to your values and replace the existing cites (those are the bits that are between the ) with the source of your information. If you are not sure of how to do this, drop me a message on my talk page and I'll try and help.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! Starbois (talk) 19:29, 27 December 2009 (UTC)