User talk:Jonnyboybassman

Hello, Jonnyboybassman, 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 messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Jytdog (talk) 17:44, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
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Edit to GM crops article
Hi Jonnyboybassman - I reverted your edit to the Genetically modified crops article. Your edit note said that you have to edit WP for a class. That is great, and we love that colleges are building WP into their curriculum. However, it is really unwise to start editing on controversial topics - you will generally find that a LOT of people have already worked on such topics, and that existing content is the product of long and sometimes very difficult negotiations. In the case of your edits, you wanted to add material to "stub" sections that we have standardized across the entire suite of GM-related articles, to keep all the content consistent and up-to-date, and keep the meat all in one place - in other words, to try to really edit the encylopedia in a responsible way. In the very article you edited, you will notice that there is a tag on one of the sections, literally asking for someone to expand it. If you want to contribute to the encylopedia and have a good chance your edits will stick, I suggest concentrating on places where there is an explicit need - like that one. Link to that section is here: Genetically_modified_crops. Jytdog (talk) 17:48, 12 June 2014 (UTC)