User talk:Mech662

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Hello, Mech662, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:10, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
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December 2011
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Electric bicycle, please cite a reliable source for your addition. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. See Citing sources for how to cite sources, and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Ebikeguy (talk) 21:26, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Hello from Anna
Hello my friend. Welcome again. I like what you're doing with the bike articles. You're bold, and that's a good thing. Don't feel bad if some of what you do gets reverted. That's the way things go around here. :) The best plan is to back up your edits with good references. Then they stick like glue. Also, Youtubes get reverted at Wikipedia. And.....hmmmmm.... what else....oh yeah, see how articles are put together in terms of formatting. A good trick is to look at the article in one tab, while looking at it in edit mode in another tab. It's a great way to see how things go without having to read a whole bunch of how-to-edit pages. Also, inspect your work after you click save. Peaches! If you have any questions, just drop me a line. I'm around a lot. Best wishes and happy editing, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:17, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice, I wasn't aware of the youtube ban.

Why do some of my changes disappear when I log out?
 * Hi Mech662. Which changes are you referring to?  I did remove a bit of what you inserted because you did not reference it with a reliable source.  Finding a reliable source can be a bit tricky.  You should not, generally, use the company website or a direct link to plans for a product.  You need to find an article or something similar written by a second party who is objective that discusses the matter you are presenting.  Check out WP:RS for more details, or leave a note on my talkpage if I can help.  Cheers, Ebikeguy (talk) 14:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Electric bicycle
Hi and welcome. I've removed your reference to the trailer plans, because Wikipedia does not generally allow citing primary sources in articles. If you can find a reliable secondary source about that subject matter, please feel free to put associated language back into the article. Thanks, and keep up the good work. Ebikeguy (talk) 23:05, 11 December 2011 (UTC)