User talk:MDFinley

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Cluebot revert on Skyrim
I wanted to let you know why Cluebot got involved in these edits, or at least my best guess. Although this is a bit of a false positive on Cluebot's part, that is to say, you did not do any vandalism, the revert was correct. I noticed you were adding square brackets around Oblivion in the Skyrim article. Typically, the practice is to only put brackets around the first mention of an article, which occurs in the lead paragraph, so the two that you added were not necessary. However, I believe Cluebot reverted you for the text "(needs reference)", which was not the normal way to note this. Please check out Template:cn. If you use the cn template, Cluebot shouldn't have any concern. -- ferret (talk) 17:33, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification
I'm new here, and I'm looking forward to being a part of this community! Scholarship and writing are part of my calling--this will be interesting!

MDFinley (talk) 18:45, 19 August 2014 (UTC)MD Finley

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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 20:01, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

August 2014
Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to The Transformers: The Movie, but we cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. -- DonIago (talk) 19:26, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you very much for the feedback. I have an advanced degree in Psychology and have memorized and studied this movie for over 12 years. I believe that I myself am in fact, a reliable source for the content I placed on this article, and ask the content be made a part of the article.

M.D. Finley 16:21, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, editors are not reliable sources, as we have no way of verifying their credentials. I could claim to have a degree in Engineering, for instance, and you would have no way of knowing whether or not that's true.
 * Additionally, material published here must be verifiable to pre-existing published sources. Therefore, unless you have published on the movie previously, your information is still inadmissible. My apologies for any frustration that may cause. DonIago (talk) 16:32, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks very much! I left you couple of questions on your page. If that doesn't resolve it, consider the matter resolved. I will post my ideas on the Talk Page for that article. Thanks again!

MDFinley (talk) 16:39, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * No problem, glad I could help! I didn't see any questions on my Talk page unfortunately, but if you'd like to ask here, or on the article's Talk page if you'd like input from multiple editors, I'll be happy to address what I can! DonIago (talk) 18:41, 22 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I went back and thoroughly read the NOR policy. I think it's appropriate to put my content in the talk page. Thanks for the guidance!MDFinley (talk)