User talk:Hyde Park History

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Hello, Hyde Park History, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page T34 Calliope has not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

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Wow, that came as a shock, to have an hour's work removed without warning. I understand why it was done, but the first reaction is to take it personally. On further reflection, I provided no references, so of course it was removed. I get it. Still, couldn't a request for a source reference be made instead of simply wiping out the changes first? I suppose not. Anyway, just to let you know that all the changes I made were already on Wikipedia - on the Dutch language version of the page about the T34 Calliope, where "Screaming Mimi" is mentioned, just not on the English language version of the page. So I took it to be a simple and useful addition. Would the changes have been accepted if I had used Wikipedia's own page as a reference, or is that not sufficient? Oh well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyde Park History (talk • contribs)


 * My apologies for the shock. Your edits are still in the article's history, so your work is not irretrievably lost. Wikipedia gets a lot of claims for nicknames and such, and usually without any sort of sourcing,which is why I removed it rather than tagging it for a source. And your hunch is correct that Wikipedia itself cannot be used as a source, no matter the languages. I looked at the Dutch article, and it's not sourced either. The other Wikipedias do tend to be much more lax on requiring sources. I only speak/write English, so I don't edit the article's of other languages. Also note that sources need to be reliable and published (internet or paper). Wikipedia can be a lot more complicated than people realize, but with some time and effort to learn and follow the policies and guidelines, it can be a rewarding experience. - BilCat (talk) 19:58, 29 July 2016 (UTC)