User talk:Maddawg321

Welcome...

Hello, Maddawg321, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and ask your question there. Good luck with the extra credit. Again, welcome! Novangelis (talk) 18:12, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

About sources
Conclusions should be drawn directly from secondary sources such as review articles and those with third-party editorial oversight. Combining a study and a press release is a form of original reseach that is inapprpriate for Wikipedia. Additionally, Wikipedia should be written in a manner that will withstand changes over time. In this case, the FDA reviewed the study materials provided and determined that they did not support the conclusions. Also, be careful with. Named references are cited once, then the internal closure works.
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You can find more about it here. I just did some fancy formatting. Talk pages are generally not set up for references, and formatting goofs can mess up pages. Never try anything fancier than you think you can manage and preview before you save. Whatever I say, don't be daunted. Messing up is not terminal. You can always undo changes, and you can always ask for help. Content is the priority. An editor who can develop content collaboratively can always find a way to ensure that i's are dotted and t's are crossed. I want to congratulate you for using the citation template rather than a naked reference such as the one in my example. Again, good luck.Novangelis (talk) 18:12, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

April 2012
Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to Aspartame, 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.Novangelis (talk) 02:25, 30 April 2012 (UTC)