User talk:FabFabFay

February 2020
Hello, I'm Elizium23. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Shrove Tuesday, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 17:19, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Shrove Tuesday. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 08:52, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Hello Elizium, I do not understand what the problem is. You asked for more citations and I've cited everything. The first is an an example of the myth, the second is a theology book to back up the statement that Christianity does not have pillars. The third is a cook book to back up pancakes don't have four ingredients. None of it is original research and none of it is a novel. I don't understand what the problem is. Please reinstate the edit.
 * You claim it is a myth, but you have produced no sources describing it as a myth. You have unilaterally decided it is a myth and you have provided sources with evidence contrary to the story presented. That is textbook synthesis. You don't need more sources, you need sources that directly support the statements you want to make, rather than A + B + C = D. Elizium23 (talk) 09:10, 25 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the explanation. However, in the same way that no car manual categorically states that 'car engines are not made of green cheese' no theology book categorical states that 'Christianity does not have four pillars'. However, were there four pillars of Christianity, it would be in a Christianity primer, and it is not. Hence my citation. Would it help if I re-phased 'myth' as 'this has no basis in Christian theology' ?
 * Surely there would be a news article somewhere, for example the Christian Science Monitor or Christianity Today or the National Catholic Register that exposed it as a myth and explained why? We're not the ones in the business of thinking up ways to debunk myths. We report what reliable secondary sources say about things. Otherwise, let's not be repeating the myth here, lest it spread more. Elizium23 (talk) 09:33, 25 February 2020 (UTC)