User talk:Plotlessviolence

Re: Citations and Clarification
I don't think you quite understand the citation business. A citation is not providing a wikilink to another Wikipedia article. It is a link to an external source.

For example: One could not say "Jill was angry at Bill" merely linking to the Jill and Bill articles. You would need to cite an authoritative source such as "The Dispute Between Bill and Jill" by John Smith published in the New York Times.

-more specifically-

Your recent addition to the Watchmen article about the Watchmake Analogy is OR. Simply wikilinking to the WP page on the Watchmaker analogy (the correct formating does not use the underscore by the way) is not a citation. If you linked to a book or some tertiary or secondary source on the topic of symbolism in Watchmen then that is a citation.

Do you understand the difference? The relevant pages on Wikipedia policy are WP:NOR, WP:CITE, and WP:V. Encyclopedias are not for original research. They aggregate the research on a subject done by others. They draw from diverse sources to present a comprehensive article based on research that has already been done by others who are notable, reliable, and verifiable. I am taking the time to write this because your intentions are very good but I think you might be mistaken about the nature of the Wikipedia. It would be a shame to see you turned off from the project so I wanted to hopefully clarify WP policy. --Rtrev 19:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Recent edit to Watchmen
 * That is exactly how to do it. I rm'd a little OR and cleaned up some of the text but that is a rock solid addition. --Rtrev 22:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)