User talk:Enewport

Jeffrey Elman
I left the following message on the talk page of the IP address from which you made the edit.

I deleted your criticism from my talk page in view of the fact that I was simply editing according to Wikipedia guidelines, with which you are unfamiliar. I can understand that you are distressed by your colleague's death, however. I make a reply here, with further explanation after the repeated message.

June 2018
Hello, I'm Donner60. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Jeffrey Elman, 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) 22:26, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
 * If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits, consider creating an account for yourself or logging in with an existing account so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.


 * Please also see Manual of Style/Words to watch.


 * As further information, please see What Wikipedia is not and Verifiability. Wikipedia is not a forum, blog, soapbox, fan site or advice site. It is an encyclopedia based on reliable, verifiable, third-party sources. It does not publish rumors, personal opinions, commentary, advocacy, original research or unsourced information likely to be changed, challenged or disputed. See also Biographies of living persons, Five Pillars, Identifying reliable sources, Citing sources, Help:Footnotes, No original research, Words to watch and Neutral point of view. For further information about contributing to Wikipedia, see: Referencing for beginners; Getting started; Introduction to Wikipedia; Simplified ruleset; Simplified Manual of Style; Help:Introduction to talk pages; Copyright Problems and Help:Contents. Thank you. Donner60 (talk) 22:28, 29 June 2018 (UTC)


 * As should be apparent, my message indicated that you could restore the content with adequate citations. Wikipedia gets phony death edits every day. Without a citation there is no way to distinguish these. As volunteers, we cannot deal with the large amount of vandalism and disruptive editing and try to verify every entry which violates guidelines or is in a suspicious category. Also, we have many edits from people claiming to be someone that they are not, or who cannot be verified, in order to insert supposed inside information. You probably are not in that category but there are other guidelines at issue here.


 * In addition, your tributes to your colleague are not proper under Wikipedia guidelines. (If there is a report in a reliable, verifiable, third-party, neutral source that could be cited, a carefully written mention or a short quotation could be within the guidelines.) See What Wikipedia is not in addition to Manual of Style/Words to watch.


 * You can find your edit under the history tab if you did not keep a record of it and you need it for information or revised editing. Donner60 (talk) 22:54, 29 June 2018 (UTC)