User talk:Pastabike

July 2019
Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Vézelay Abbey. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Eric talk 16:51, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I was adding an important fact. I thought Wikipedia was supposed to be about facts. Please tell me Eric when the last time was that you visited this church.Pastabike (talk) 18:27, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that endeavors to provide relevant information backed up by reliable sources. While the addition you made to the above-mentioned article might be of value, you did not present it in what we call an encyclopedic manner, and you did not provide a source. I'm adding a welcome message in a new section below that addresses the sourcing issue specifically and also provides links for beginners. I hope you find it useful. As for the last time I visited Vézelay, not that it has any bearing on my reverting your edit, I think it was in 2007 or 2010. Eric talk 19:11, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

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