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Ella2, you are making mistakes when editing Prem Rawat. Please discuss your edits first or you will censured by other editors.Momento 03:36, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Explanation: I included the next sentence in Barrett's quote so it represents the fullness of his thought and the facts he's trying to present to his reader -- to put his words (in the first part of his quote) in relation to the rest of his words (the following sentence in his quote). General note: In that classic guide to intelligent reading, "How to Read a Book," this note on encyclopedic reading (pg. 183: "The encyclopedia present (a reader) with an arrangement of facts -- facts in relation to other facts.  The understanding, as contrasted to mere information, that an encylopedia can provide depends on the recognition of such relations."  I hope this is helpful and clarifies my edit.


 * One of the core policies of Wikipedia is (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability) - "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. "Verifiable" in this context means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source. Editors should provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is challenged or is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed". Quoting Rawat as interviewed by Marta Robles is not acceptable because it hasn't "already been published by a reliable source". If you can find a secondary source who has published what Rawat said to Robles you might be able to use it. Qualifying a 2001 quote with a 2007 quote is also likely to be challenged on the grounds of Original Research. Momento 08:46, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh. I included the sentence as part of Barrett's original quote, indicated by what the quotation mark covers. User:Ella2


 * Mystery solved. On March 12, IsabellaW (Talk | contribs) inserted her own Marta Robles sentence into Barret's 2001 quote. You have used the fraudulent quote believing it to be genuine. It is not. I have repaired the quote.Momento 10:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)