User talk:Chnugent

Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia! I look forward to seeing your contributions. Before proceeding, be sure to assign yourself an article on the course dashboard. Smojarad (talk) 17:48, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Chnugent, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:52, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Notices of discretionary sanctions
Jytdog (talk) 04:58, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Jytdog (talk) 04:59, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Training
Please do the training, especially the section on Editing health and psychology topics, before you go further. Please. Pinging User:Ian (Wiki Ed) Jytdog (talk) 05:01, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Feedback
Hi. I wanted to give you a little feedback on your contributions thus far. First, as Jytdog mentioned in the section above, biomedical topics have special sourcing requirements. Please make sure that you complete the recommended training module before proceeding further.

In the case of the music therapy article, there are several issues. The first has to do with the relationship between claims and sourcing. You wrote

The first source you used talked about people "focus[sing] positive intention", which is not the same as music. The other issue here these are extremely unexpected claims, and the idea that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" seems to apply here. Even more importantly, these sources do not tie the idea of crystal formation to music therapy, which is the topic here.

You also added that "The human body is made up of about 60% water". While this is factual information that's well-sourced, when placed next to the claims about Masaru Emoto's work, it seems like you're suggesting a mechanism by which music therapy can work. This counts as "original research" on Wikipedia, which is something that's not allowed.

On the earthing therapy article, you added

In this case, the source you're using does not meeting the standards for a reliable source - it comes from a website promoting the practice. Even for claims not related to human health, you should be relying on scholarly sources for your additions Wikipedia. In this case, because it applies to human health, the sourcing requirements are considerably more stringent. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:23, 11 September 2018 (UTC)