User talk:ClayPigeon75

June 2021
Hello, I'm LuckyLouie. An edit that you recently made to Jersey Devil seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! LuckyLouie (talk) 00:08, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, ClayPigeon75, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Abortion in the United States did not conform to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations verified in reliable, reputable print or online sources or in other reliable media. Always provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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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 personal help ask me on my talk page, or. Again, welcome. Mathglot (talk) 06:43, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Sourcing at Wikipedia
Hi again, ClayPigeon75, just wanted to say I noticed that your edits at Jersey Devil got undone as well, but that you shouldn't worry about it. This happens to everyone, getting started, so don't get discouraged. A good way to add material to a Wikipedia article, is to start with a book, periodical, or trusted website (Wikipedia's buzzword for this, is a "reliable source"), read up on the topic a bit, summarize what you've read and write it up in your own words, and then add your summary to the article, along with a citation (i.e., footnote) referencing the source you used. If you leave out the citation, someone will probably come along and undo your edit, so you want to remember to always include a citation.

So, how do you write a citation? Start with Help:Footnotes, and that should get you going. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page, or ask me a question below, or use the "ask a question" link in the welcome message above.

One other thing: articles on controversial topics, such as abortion, are difficult even for experienced editors here. Although as a volunteer editor you are free to make the attempt if you wish, my suggestion would be to avoid any areas that are considered controversial until you get some more editing experience. The reason for this, is that edits at controversial articles are *far* likelier to be removed, because there are hundreds of editors watching every word and comma added. It's difficult to change these articles without discussion with other editors first, to gain a consensus of how it ought to be changed.

I hope this helps, and once again, welcome to Wikipedia! Mathglot (talk) 07:32, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Jersey Devil
ClayPigeon75, in this recent edit, you modified an archived Talk page of User:LuckyLouie. I'll get to that in minute; but it appears that this came as a result of: What LuckyLouie is trying to tell you, is that all material at Wikipedia must be WP:Verifiable, preferably via the inclusion of citations to reliable sources that verify your addition. It was removed, because you didn't provide that.
 * this edit of yours, at Jersey Devil; followed by:
 * this revert by LuckyLouie, marked as Unsourced personal anecdote.

Now, getting back to the archive: I removed your edit to the archive, because that is a closed page. Very likely, you meant to add that comment to their Talk page at User talk:LuckyLouie. I've reproduced your comment removed from the archive page here, for your benefit, and theirs: 

sorry that my entry wasn't sourced. it is a personal story that happened in my life, willing to take a lie detector or be questioned during a FMRI exam? does something have to have a reference source or be prior published to have merit & truth? it appears to me another type of witness account than sourced material needs to be added to policy — Preceding unsigned comment added by ClayPigeon75 (talk • contribs) 15:04, June 12, 2021 (UTC) My basic reply to you is that Wikipedia's policy forbids this, and only material verifiable from published sources are acceptable. That does not include personal anecdotes, I'm afraid. Perhaps LuckyLouie will have another angle on this. Hope this helps! Oh, and please end all your messages with 4 tildes, that will add your signature, and a timestamp. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 23:15, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

thanks. just wanted to know. it does seem wrong to not have unverified information like personal anecdotes if the writer is willing to be cited? to me it seems like there are probably quite a few real sources of information that could make life better. How would my story be seen if 'ghost hunters' went to the New Jersey Pine Barrens evergreen forest that fills the middle of the most densely populated state when it happened to me and actually found something? it maybe as elusive as a cryptid yet both need verification?````