User talk:HIJAX4eva

Your edits at Bagpipes
Greetings, your enthusiasm is appreciated, but I have reverted your edits at Bagpipes for a few reasons: Nothing personal at all meant; Wiki is a bit of a rabbit's nest of policies and customs, so a lot of folks' earliest edits don't have much staying power until they get the knack for it. If you're interested in writing on piping topics, I have some suggestions on articles we could really use on Highland piping history, and can happily walk you through a few tips to get you rapidly on your way to producing some quick and easy but important articles to fill out Wiki coverage of the Highland pipe. Just shoot me a message on my Talk page if you'd like to talk shop, MatthewVanitas (talk) 14:31, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not an instruction guide or manual (WP:NOTMANUAL), so a guide to learning is not really what we do. If you're interested in writing instructions, might I recommend www.wikihow.com?
 * The sections had no references or footnotes; to ensure accuracy, whenever possible Wiki text should be footnoted to a source verifying its accuracy. I don't necessarily dispute the accuracy of what you posted, but it's important to prove to new readers that the text is not just one person's opinion, but is backed up by published works.
 * Lastly, the info you provided largely applies to the Great Highland bagpipes. The article is not about the GHB, but about bagpipes as an entire class of instruments, from Scotland to Portugal to Libya to India, so having such highly specific info about one pipe is akin to having a paragraph about proper care and feeding or horses in the article Mammals.