User talk:Mdsam358

A summary of some important site policies and guidelines

 * Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. All we do here is cite, summarize, and paraphrase professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources, without addition, nor commentary.
 * "Truth" is not the only criteria for inclusion, verifiability is also required.
 * Always cite a source for any new information. When adding this information to articles, use, containing the name of the source, the author, page number, publisher or web address (if applicable).
 * We do not publish original thought nor original research. We cannot combine two sources to arrive at a statement not explicitly supported by either source.
 * Reliable sources typically include: articles from mainstream magazines or newspapers (particularly scholarly journals), or books by recognized authors (basically, books by respected publishers). Online versions of these are usually accepted, provided they're held to the same standards.  User generated sources (like Wikipedia) are to be avoided.  Self-published sources should be avoided except for information by and about the subject that is not self-serving (for example, citing a company's website to establish something like year of establishment).
 * Articles are to be written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not concerned with facts or opinions, it just summarizes reliable sources.  Real scholarship actually does not say what understanding of the world is "true," but only with what there is evidence for.

Ian.thomson (talk) 08:09, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions notification
Ian.thomson (talk) 08:09, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

You need to cite sources
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Red mercury, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 09:42, 19 September 2020 (UTC)