User talk:Old wandsworth screw

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Hello, Old wandsworth screw, 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 recent edits to the page HM Prison Wandsworth have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other 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. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

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Please don't panic or get discouraged
Hi again. I'd like to add a little to the standard message above. First up, please don't get discouraged just because your first edit got reverted. That's not that unusual. The Wikipedia way of doing things takes a bit of getting used to but most people get the hang of it eventually.

Secondly, I'd like to explain the problems with your edit so that you can see if you can find a way to redo it without the problems.


 * 1) The main problem is that you were giving a personal recollection. I'm sure that what you say is correct but we do have people adding things that are incorrect (sometimes deliberately, sometimes not) which is why we have to take a strong line on verifiability. If there are any published documents that support your edit then those can be used as references. It might be that the website or catalogue of the museum you mention would be a good reference? I did a quick search to see if they had a website but I wasn't able to find it. I didn't look very deeply so it is possible that I missed it.
 * 2) The second problem is that you put the addition right at the top of the article. It should be worked into the existing History section.

As I say, please don't be discouraged. Please feel free to have another try. --DanielRigal (talk) 16:24, 5 August 2018 (UTC)