User talk:Evan the D

Recent edits to Phish
Hello, and thank you for your recent contributions. While the content of your edit may be true, I have removed it because its depth or nature of detail are not consistent with our objectives as an encyclopedia. We recognize that your edit was made in good faith and hope you will familiarize yourself with our policies so we may collaborate in the future. Thank you! Ijon (talk) 20:20, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Further explanation
In this edit, you wrote the following:
 * School of Phish is an amazing community of Phish fans or Phans that was first created on the Social Networking site "Facebook". Through word of mouth and meet ups at shows it has grown to 5,000 members and still maintains its core values which lie in positivity and love. Thank god for SoP BABY!! - The Colonel
 * (colors mine --Ijon)

The phrases I have highlighted are subjective assessments that are neither encyclopedic nor factual. I understand the School of Phish is a valuable community to Phish fans, and I think it would be fine to add a link to that Facebook page in the External Links section of Phish (let me know if you need help doing that), but the commentary you offered is, beside being subjective, also too detailed and tangential to the topic of the article (the actual band). Imagine if articles about, say, The Beatles, also included the histories of every fan club and fan gathering ever dedicated to that band.

I hope this clarifies how your contribution was not suitable for Wikipedia. I have provided a link to our policies (no need for the scare quotes), and I'd urge you to at least skim them to get a sense for what Wikipedia aims to be and how it attempts to get there, in case you're interested in contributing further (and I'm sure you can help expand the articles Phish, Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, etc. Thanks! Ijon (talk) 19:44, 26 April 2013 (UTC)