User talk:Kevanriddle

Thanks for trying to improve the Thalidomide article, however, your edit has been reverted. Thalidomide wasn't launched until 1957 so it can't have been sold under that name before that date - which means the sentence is correct. You will see that there is a discussion about this on the article's talk page, under the heading "Inaccurate dates?" where someone says it may have been used off-licence before then, but no-one has found any written evidence for this yet so it can't be included. If you look at wp:verifiability you will see that the criteria for inclusion in wikipedia is that facts are verifiable, and all the references say it was launched in 1957. I hope you wont be put-off from contibuting, however, so I've added some useful information below. Richerman (talk) 23:44, 18 August 2010 (UTC)