User talk:OldAge88

Welcome!
Hello, OldAge88, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
 * Introduction and Getting started
 * Contributing to Wikipedia
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page and How to develop articles
 * How to create your first article
 * Simplified Manual of Style

You may also want to take the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit The Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing 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, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! DaHuzyBru (talk) 05:19, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Regarding your edits to great white shark
Hello, welcome to Wikipedia! I have removed your recent changes made to the great white shark article. That specific information had ben removed since the observations were anecdotal, and very old. The explanation has been provided in the previous edit: "observations based on very old and anecdotal reports by villagers from the area, therefore not scientific. No scientific data exists to prove animals taken were adults or young, if any", therefore such stories do not qualify to be published on Wikipedia, without solid data. Yes they were presented in an article, but as a folkloric anecdote. If you have further questions, I would be glad to help! Happy editing! Berkserker (talk) 10:33, 2 June 2016 (UTC)


 * It seems you still did not learn the Wikipedia etiquette. I give it to your inexperience, but on Wikipedia we do not disrespect other users. You have only read the secondary source. Do you even know when these reports have been described? The alleged reports have been noted by Federico Medem back in 1981, based on century old anecdotal observations made by Colombian fishermen. I have even been on the field in Colombia to investigate this specific issue 18 years ago. These observations do not represent any scientific data, and even the species linked to these are not a 100% fact, let alone the size or age of the specimens. The slightest possibility of these observations have been recited in the journals and papers related to the species and its management because they are detailed accounts on the biology and ecology of the species itself, therefore including these anecdotal reports in a relatively short Wikipedia article of another species is out of focus and irrelevant. If it was relevant and factual, it would be accepted by the scientific community for over four decades and published in all detailed white shark publications elsewhere. A dozen anecdotal observations have been published by various authors in the past, for all kinds of animals. Filling Wikipedia articles with these factoids only lower article quality, and serve no purpose. There are special forums for these purposes, if you want support your "favorite monster", please continue there. Reverting edits of other users without reasoning and not replying to their argument, will only result in you being blocked from Wikipedia, take this as a warning and please refrain from this behaviour. There are many factual inconsistencies in this article, if you want to help improve this article, please help fellow users with those topics to make the article better. I will start making the necessary changes, feel free to help and find the inconsistent information cited. Happy editing! Berkserker (talk) 16:52, 3 June 2016 (UTC)