User talk:Eteklema-GMU

WP:ENGVAR
Hello, Eteklema-GMU, and welcome to Wikipedia. I notice that you changed alternative spellings in several articles from the international/British English variants to the corresponding American versions. I don't have a problem with using the US spelling, but Wikipedia also does not endorse one language variant over another. In general, it's not necessary to change spelling variants unless the same word is spelled differently at different places in an article (see WP:ENGVAR). You are certainly welcome to change spelling anyway, but it's not strictly necessary. Thanks, and have a good time editing. Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 21:02, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Sourcing
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. MastCell Talk 07:40, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

AIDS origins
Thank you for your interest in HIV/AIDS. I reverted your recent edits at AIDS origins because you appear to have misinterpreted the language of the paragraph and the source you deleted. Neither suggests that HIV originated in the 1980s; rather, both refer to strains of HIV present, i.e. archived, in the 1980s.

Similarly, the text you substituted for the accurate information was inaccurate. The article you refer to did not find new HIV-biological samples from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Instead, the study's authors performed a new genetic analysis using known samples.

Please take care to read carefully both the existing article and its sources before making major changes. If you are unsure how to interpret a particular source or claim, other editors will help you on the talk page. Thank you. Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 15:02, 3 November 2008 (UTC)