User talk:Natashamatins

Welcome
Hello, Natashamatins, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and have been reverted. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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Your personal experiences
Hi - please read the links above. A lot of new users don't understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia whose articles are meant to relate what reliable and verifiable sources say about a subject, and we have specific policies on what we mean by 'reliable' -- see WP:RS, and 'verifiable', see WP:VERIFY. Personal experiences and observations don't belong anywhere on Wikipedia I'm afraid, see WP:OR. That said, hopefully you won't be discouraged by the initial reversion of your edits and will be able to use your expertise to edit articles you are interested in following our policies and guidelines. Dougweller (talk) 08:35, 20 May 2010 (UTC)