User talk:Pwilk

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Comparison of orbital launch systems
I reverted your change on the Atlas rocket in Comparison of orbital launch systems. Wikipedia itself is not a reference, it cannot be cited. If there is something in another article you wish to cite, track down the origin of the information (if the article is well-written, the citation should be easy to find), and cite that reference instead. Regards, Tarl.Neustaedter (talk) 03:25, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips and edits! Avoiding self-reference in Wikipedia seems reasonable. The "Comparison of orbital launch systems" and "Comparison of orbital launchers families pages" are pretty redundant, and will probably be a pain to keep updated and consistent if they are not allowed to reference more primary wikipedia pages. For instance, the Atlas V page has a unique reference for every single launch and to reference each of those for the current 42 launches would be tedious and visually unappealing to have 42 references in the little box on the table for number of launches of the Atlas V in the Comparison pages. Thoughts? Pwilk (talk) 10:03, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the tips and edits! Avoiding self-reference in Wikipedia seems reasonable. The "Comparison of orbital launch systems" and "Comparison of orbital launchers families pages" are pretty redundant, and will probably be a pain to keep updated and consistent if they are not allowed to reference more primary wikipedia pages. For instance, the Atlas V page has a unique reference for every single launch and to reference each of those for the current 42 launches would be tedious and visually unappealing to have 42 references in the little box on the table for number of launches of the Atlas V in the Comparison pages. Thoughts? Pwilk (talk) 10:01, 16 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Your welcome. And welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for your edits.
 * Getting started on Wikipedia can be a bit challenging for new editors, as we have evolved a number of community and encyclopedia standards that are seemingly Greek to newbie editors. For example, in a couple of edits you made a few hours ago, after my initial welcome of 05:30, 16 January 2014 (UTC) above, you may have run afoul of something—but I'm not going to hammer you with it right now.
 * I'm happy to have you editing Wikipedia with us! There's a lot to do to make this the encyclopedia of human knowledge that is our vision.  And I always encourage new editors to find a subject area or two they are interested in and dig in.  Cheers.  N2e (talk) 12:15, 16 January 2014 (UTC)