User talk:Chaoman45

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Before I get attacked or scolded, I'm not familiar with how to source my links when I edited Topix.net. The links are sources to prove my points I made and will add more later (maybe) but they are completely valid so please... don't tell me I did it wrong because I know I did. Just tell me how to source my links correctly if there's a problem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaoman45 (talk • contribs)


 * Hi there. I removed the links that you added to the Topix.net article. The problem doesn't so much lie in their formatting as it does with Wikipedia's policy on original research. In order to support the statements you added earlier, you need to find verifiable third-party reliable sources that you can cite. Verifiability and a lack of original research are important to building a quality encyclopedia. If there are no reliable sources, then we should probably remove the section. Please let me know if you have any questions. - Eureka Lott 19:22, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. What you're saying is that we need outside sources rather than direct sources that prove my input as verified? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaoman45 (talk • contribs)


 * Precisely. Wikipedia relies on secondary sources. By the way, you can sign your messages on talk pages by putting four tildes at the end of your post, like so: ~ . - Eureka Lott 14:16, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay then. Sorry about that. If that is true, then feel free to delete my contribution. I just thought it would fit in because I used sources directly there as opposed to something that could be defamatory and/or otherwise objectionable to the site. I do have these sources:

http://greasy.com/topixsucks/topix_trolls.html http://greasy.com/topixsucks/topix_forums_biased_west.html http://greasy.com/topixsucks/topix_users_complain_topix_topix.html http://greasy.com/topixsucks/brevity_bias_topix.html http://greasy.com/cgi-bin/blogapp/img.cgi?image=52331877.jpg http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/topix-wookiepedia-craftster.php http://www.journerdism.com/2006/04/04/topix-finds-that-site-registration-draws-trolls-its-time-to-start-saying-bad-bye/Chaoman45 (talk) 07:39, 11 August 2008 (UTC)