User talk:DigitalViewer

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Hello, DigitalViewer, 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 edits to the page CTC (TV station) have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and may be removed if they have not yet been. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to 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. As well, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

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Yesterday I made my first attempt to edit a Wikipedia entry on CTC Capital Television. I did this as I saw errors in the information being displayed. I understand Wikipedia would have protocols for making entrys. I know the information I attempted to enter is factual as I was close to the events at the time. I do not have time right now to go through Wikipedia's protocols in this regard and I accept that is my choice. It would be helpful for new comers to be made aware of the Wikipedia policies before our valuable time is lost in this way. I clicked the 'edit' link and wasted nearly an hour making a contribution that had no hope of being accepted due to a process of which I was ignorant. Wikipedia needs to make the requirements clearer from the start.


 * Hi DigitalViewer. I have felt the sting of having contributions reverted before when I started. I'm glad you're here and are willing to make positive contributions to Wikipedia. Our policies are clearly stated in the "help" section. As far as "original research" goes (WP:OR): This is what you were adding when you added your personal experiences to the article. Original research is content that is not backed up by reliable published sources. This hit me when I added content to a radio station article. I had worked at the station for several years and knew the facts of what transpired during an ownership change. But not being able to back it up was a problem. Needless to say, most of it is not in the article any more, except for a disputed call letter change, which I was able to prove using the FCC website.


 * I invite you to stick around and contribute. But please read our policies, especially WP:RS and WP:OR. I appreciate your willingness to ask questions and learn. We were all there one day. You'll be a good contributor as well, I'm sure. Oh yes, one more thing, Always sign your comments on talk pages with 4 tildes (~). This adds your signature and timestamp to your comment. If you have any questions, please get hold on me on my talk page. I'll be happy to help if I can. Kind regards, -- Man way  05:25, 28 April 2012 (UTC)