User talk:Civil war sleauth

December 2020
Hello, I'm Donner60. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Battle of Shiloh, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 23:47, 18 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I don't find the fact you added to the text in "Shiloh in Hell before Night" by James Lee McDonough or int "Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862" by O. Edward Cunningham. So it needs a citation to a reliable, verifiable, third party source.


 * Helpful information about editing Wikipedia can be found on various Wikipedia guideline and policy pages including: Help:Getting started; Introduction; Simplified ruleset; Simplified Manual of Style; Referencing for beginners; Identifying reliable sources; Citing sources; Help:Footnotes; Verifiability; No original research; Neutral point of view; Notability; Biographies of living persons; What Wikipedia is not; Manual of Style/Words to watch; Help:Introduction to talk pages; Copyright Problems and Help:Contents. Thank you. Donner60 (talk) 23:56, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello! I reverted your edit to Battle of Shiloh because it adds information but does not provide a source. The information added (related to your Civil War veteran ancestor), appears to be your own original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist. Please be prepared to cite a reliable secondary source for all of your contributions. You can also have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. RoxySaunders (talk) 01:36, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

New article?
From your edits at the sandbox, it seems like you want to make an article about Charles Bond Wilson. If this is true, then you will need reliable sources. See WP:Your first article to learn more. If you make edits at the sandbox, they will get reverted, so if you want to make a new article, you can make a User Page such as User:Civil war sleauth/Charles Bond Wilson. Hope this helps! — Naddruf (talk ~ contribs) 00:43, 19 December 2020 (UTC)