User talk:Pampanga88

Welcome

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent edits do not conform to our policies. For more information on this, see Wikipedia's policies on vandalism and limits on acceptable additions. If you'd like to experiment with the wiki's syntax, please do so on Sandbox rather than in articles.

If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write   below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia. I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome!  JL 09  q? c|undefined 23:06, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * Help pages
 * Tutorial
 * How to write a great article
 * Manual of Style
 * Policy on neutral point of view
 * Guideline on external links
 * Guideline on conflict of interest

September 2009
Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Mikey Arroyo, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you.-- JL 09  q? c|undefined 23:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. The next time you delete or blank page content or templates from Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. -- JL 09  q? c|undefined 13:56, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
 JL 09  q? c|undefined 14:30, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
 JL 09  q? c|undefined 14:31, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

October 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to the page Mikey Arroyo has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Nsaa (talk) 19:12, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Must-reads
I'll keep the list short and simple as there are over 30+ guideline and policy pages:


 * The Five Pillars of Wikipedia - an overly brief summary of all the Wikipedia guidelines and policies, in five points ("pillars").

Some items about writing and style...
 * How to edit Wikipedia --- for starters
 * Manual of style --- more of guidelines/recommendations on good editing standards, as far as language is concerned. Also check out the MOS for biographies for specific guidelines pertaining to biographies.

Avoiding biases, positive or negative...
 * Neutral point of view (neutrality/non-bias) policy (NPOV) --- a bit tricky and subjective for some people, but is absolutely one of the most non-negotiable policies of Wikipedia (Jimbo Wales himself says so). Essentially, it says that Wikipedia articles should (ideally) read as neutral as possible: something that is not overly-positive (as in "Mikey is the greatest Congressman in the entire history of the Philippines"), but something that is not overly-negative either (simple example: something like Mikey Arroyo, tuta ng Kano is not acceptable). When you see the terms "POV" or "NPOV" in the edit summary or in the discussion of an article, whoever quoted those abbreviations certainly refer to this policy.
 * Weasel words and peacock terms to avoid. The former misleads intentionally, the latter promotes a subject without providing sufficient support.
 * Biographies of Living Persons policy --- for handling controversial edits about a biographical article.
 * Libel policy --- how to handle matters of libel. Just a note on this one: since most negative edits tend to be vandalisms from anonymous users, it may be better to simply revert (or "undo") that edit rather than go after the person/s who did it. After all, it comes cheap, and anyone is free to undo such changes anyway. (You may find this incredible, but if it's any consolation, articles about popular young actors and actresses attract more vandals than politicians' articles.)

Things that have to do with notability and how to confirm/verify it...
 * Notability policy --- Cong. Arroyo is by all accounts already notable, for the sake of completion, this one's a must read.
 * Verifiability and Relible Sources policies --- regarding which sources are OK and not OK.
 * External links policy --- on which links may be used on Wikipedia as sources or "additional readings" links. Since the article is about Cong. Mikey, links to his known official websites is OK, perhaps even Friendster, Facebook and Twitter account. (But with regard to quoting posts from those websites, go easy and keep the NPOV, verifiability and reliable sources in mind.)

Some things to avoid (there are many others, but this one's for starters)...
 * Three-revert rule --- a policy on reverting/undoing another person's edit.
 * Edit-warring --- basically, arguing contentiously with other editors over editing an article.

And finally...
 * What Wikipedia is not --- this one is a policy. This contains a list of what not to expect in Wikipedia.

Hope this list helps. Let me know if you have more questions/concerns. --- Tito Pao (talk) 01:30, 12 October 2009 (UTC)