User talk:GanapathyMahalingam

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Original Contributions to Wikipedia
I recently made what I think is an original contribution of knowledge to a Wikipedia page. I cited the contribution with my name, which was appropriate, because it was my contribution. Another person deleted my contribution stating that it was self-promotion. How does one make an original contribution to Wikipedia without being accused of self-promotion? GanapathyMahalingam (talk) 20:23, 5 July 2019 (UTC)


 * You are right, your addition to Om Namah Shivaya was what Wikipedia's policy calls Original Research: which is strictly forbidden here. We require facts cited to reliable independent sources, not personal inventions. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:03, 9 October 2019 (UTC)