User talk:Jtmcadams

Welcome!
Hello, Jtmcadams, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
 * Introduction and Getting started
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style

You may also want to complete the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing 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, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @  00:02, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Re: Loner
Hi, James. I can appreciate that you want to use Wikipedia as an instructional tool, but the content in question in Loner (novel) was removed because it provided no third-party sources and was based on original research, which is discouraged. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that must remain neutral, and is not for injecting personal analysis of books or other media. As for promotion, that was assumed based on your edit history, which could raise the red flag of conflict of interest to other editors who don't know better, thus giving the impression that you're promoting the book or author, which does not appear to be the case here. Your students are greatly encouraged to create individual accounts if they wish to contribute to Wikipedia. Lastly, in regards to my edits to the article, I added a reception section to establish subject notability, but I kind of left it hanging, which was my fault, and I'll go back and add in more out-of-universe content. (My editing background is irrelevant, as I've worked on numerous non-VG articles.) sixty nine   • whaddya want? •  04:18, 4 December 2017 (UTC)