User talk:Cybercopyedit

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Hello, Cybercopyedit, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! --Srleffler (talk) 01:53, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
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Hi. I assume you are the same individual as User:Factfindersonline. Thank you for responding to my complaint about your previous username.

I see you are trying to improve the wording of your contribution to Optics to deal with the complaints. That's great. I'll take a look when I have a chance and see if I can help.

Contributions of classical Muslim scientists can be controversial. On the one hand, their role in the history of science has often been underappreciated or undervalued. On the other hand, there have been problems at times on Wikipedia with editors who are over-enthusiastic about the subject advancing claims that cannot be supported by sound scholarship. There was a case not that long ago of an editor who had added claims about the contributions of Muslim scientists to very many articles. These edits seemed to be supported by references, but on further inspection the cited sources did not actually support the claims and in some cases had been misused or misquoted. Because of the history, you may find you get more resistance than you expect. Most editors will be interested and happy to help, however, and even ones who are initially resistant usually care most about arriving at the truth. Good communication with other editors through article talk pages and edit summaries will help.--Srleffler (talk) 01:53, 12 January 2012 (UTC)