User talk:Lansaib

Welcome, but be careful
Welcome to Wikipedia. Here are suggested readings: WP:SECONDARY and WP:COI. The gist of these guidelines are: If you have questions, many editors can offer advice. Happy editing.--Smokefoot (talk) 21:12, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia prefers citations to reviews and books, not primary journal references (tens of thousands appear annually). Citing secondary sources is the encyclopedic style.
 * Do not cite yourself or your colleagues. It's called conflict of interest.  Many new editors cite themselves mainly.  That behavior is unacceptable.
 * Here is a specific issue, according to Chemical Abstracts, there are 653 journal articles on "copper hydrides". How many of these 653 citations should Wikipedia include?

Thank you for the information. Sorry about not knowing those. I will update the page
 * Hey, you are welcome, indeed encouraged to edit! Just keep in mind alternate perspectives.
 * More perspectives: No one is in charge here! US editors tend to cite their thesis advisors, and often overstate impact because US researchers are so influential. Academic editors often overstate usefulness, in my view. Etc. There are a lot of superspecialized articles, which are outlets for our specialized knowledge.  So enjoy editing!--Smokefoot (talk) 21:38, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

You are right. You would know so much more about your own advisors and probably biased to some extent. But besides adding citations, I think it is helpful to edit the description though. And, I will focus on more specialized topics that I care about/am interested in. Cheers.