User talk:John Goodwin

Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place  before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! Seraphimblade Talk to me 19:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * Help pages
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style

Battlefield Earth question
I've left you a welcome template above, it gives some pointers to some of our policies, guidelines, and help for newer editors. Hopefully you'll find them useful!

On to your more specific question. We certainly do require that articles be balanced, and not give undue prominence to any given point. In the article about the novel, it does look like there's just a short section on the film, with a link to the longer film article. That's a pretty common practice when a novel has been made of the film, to note that with a paragraph or two in the novel's article and link to the main article on the film.

Generally, we advise that someone with an interest in a given topic refrain from editing the article itself. While not strictly required, such edits tend to be regarded with suspicion, and it is indeed difficult to edit neutrally on a subject one is close to! However, anyone at all is welcome to discuss issues on the article's talk page. You can find the talk page for the novel's article at Talk:Battlefield Earth (novel). We also do require that material in an article be supported by a reliable source. If you can tell other editors where to find additional source material that the article doesn't already use, or suggest additional edits based upon the sources already referenced, this is always the most helpful. Seraphimblade Talk to me 19:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)