User talk:CandyHat

An extended welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia. I've added a welcome message to the top of this page that gives a great deal of information about Wikipedia. I hope you find it useful.

Additionally, I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily.

Working on biographical information about living persons is far more difficult. Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy requires strict adherence to multiple content policies, and applies to all information about living persons including talk pages.

If you have a relationship with the topics you want to edit, then you will need to review Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, which may require you to disclose your relationship and restrict your editing depending upon how you are affiliated with the subject matter.

Some topic areas within Wikipedia have special editing restrictions that apply to all editors. It's best to avoid these topics until you are extremely familiar with all relevant policies and guidelines.

I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Ronz (talk) 16:48, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

May 2016
Hello, I'm Theroadislong. Your recent edit to the page Reiki appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 08:07, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), such as at Talk:Reiki, please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either: This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.
 * 1) Add four tildes  ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment; or
 * 2) With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button (Insert-signature.png or Signature icon.png) located above the edit window.

Thank you. Sum mer PhD v2.0 02:29, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on Reiki. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement. Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states: If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes; work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. Alexbrn (talk) 22:55, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made.
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.
 * Reiki is provided in hospital settings. If you believe it needs better sources, then add them.
 * If you wish to add material, it is your responsibility to support the material.
 * More to the point: Per WP:BRD, when you boldly make a change and it is reverted, it is time to discuss the issue. Restoring the disputed edit does nothing to resolve the issue. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 01:31, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * If I disagree with the way in which you are editing an article, then there is not a consensus and you too must acknowledge that the article must be changed. Also, since this is a team effort, rather than placing the burden of proof on everyone who tries to improve the article, help them find the information that supports the addition they want to make. Team effort :)CandyHat (talk) 00:46, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The current version represents a lot of work by a lot of people. It is the consensus version. Now there are three two newly minted single purpose editors who believe there should be changes made. One of them boldly made some changes which were reverted. Now we are discussing them.
 * I have repeatedly asked for some independent reliable sources on the talk page. After five requests, a couple of sources have been brought to the discussion.
 * Yes, this is a collaborative project. "Collaboration" implies shared goals. My goal is articles that meet our policies and guidelines. Review the article's history. Review the talk page archives. You'll find repeated requests from me for opinions on sources. I ended up removing lots of truly indefensible sources and the material supported by it: heating coffee, transferring energy unrestrained by time and distance, my school is the only real schoolundefined, etc.
 * If you have sources, present them, discuss them. Adding the material you want to add and asking someone else to find sources for it is not going to work. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 02:37, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I see you have now added your signature in place of the IP talk post which, in effect, suggested edit warring. That is neither a good idea nor "collaboration". The edit warring notice above is sound advice. So is WP:BRD. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 02:45, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

June 2016
When adding links to material on external sites, as you did to Talk:Reiki, please ensure that the external site is not violating the creator's copyright. Linking to websites that display copyrighted works is acceptable as long as the website's operator has created or licensed the work. Knowingly directing others to a site that violates copyright may be considered contributory infringement. This is particularly relevant when linking to sites such as YouTube, where due care should be taken to avoid linking to material that violates its creator's copyright. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. If you believe the linked site is not violating copyright with respect to the material, then you should do one of the following:
 * If the linked site is the copyright holder, leave a message explaining the details on the article Talk page;
 * If a note on the linked site credibly claims permission to host the material, or a note on the copyright holder's site grants such permission, leave a note on the article Talk page with a link to where we can find that note;
 * If you are the copyright holder or the external site administrator, adjust the linked site to indicate permission as above and leave a note on the article Talk page;

If the material is available on a different site that satisfies one of the above conditions, link to that site instead. Alexbrn (talk) 06:19, 1 June 2016 (UTC)