User talk:Kblsic

September 2017
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Sam Jaffe, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 19:23, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Vivian Beaumont Allen. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 19:25, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Chris Troutman - I am very new to Wikipedia. I did not know if I should include a footnote/citation after every single sentence when all of the material cites to the same exact source. I would appreciate your help in making sure my edits are up to standards. It would be helpful if you could be specific as to what was missing a citation. I am very knowledgeable on both people on whom I made edits. They are family members of mine (and yes, are related to one another) and I have studied both of them. I did not see your comments until after I had made all of the edits which I thought were cited properly.  The Adventure

Here's what you can do
First, I recommend you avoid editing any article where you have a conflict of interest. Ideally, you should only edit where you don't care; it helps your objectivity. Second, please click on the many blue links above. Wikipedia requires that you add a citation for any fact that might be challenged. Also, that you're related to some notable people is not of import to the readers although I understand this is why you're here in the first place. Even with a reliable source, we would still judge those sentences to be undue coverage. Finally, I left a link to the Wikipedia Adventure, which will walk you through some of our buttonology. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 19:56, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Please also sign your comments with four tildes. Your ping to me did not work. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 19:57, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

September 2017
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Sam Jaffe. Act out again and I'll request you be blocked Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 20:08, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * So we're clear: you need to provide reliable sources. Neither Geni.com, Pinterest, or Wikipedia itself are reliable. Even if you had a newspaper that made the claim, the coverage would be undue. You're only here for self-promotion, apparently. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 20:18, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Manual of style guidelines
Here's some quick links to the entire Manual of Style for Wikipedia. You can search through it. Hope you find this helpful. — Maile (talk) 20:30, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Kblsic, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Vivian Beaumont Allen have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 20:45, 11 September 2017 (UTC)