User talk:Rachel librarian

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Rachel librarian! Thank you for your contributions. I am Lagrange613 and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Lagrange613 06:15, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Lagrange613, I found some links that appeared to be biased and not reliable. In fact, an entire section was created based on these questionable sources. I blanked the section and the person who was monitoring the page put them back. Can you take a look at this page and the discussion of it? Is there something I could have done or could do better in terms of Wikipedia guidelines? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Atlanta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Occupy_Atlanta Rachel librarian (talk) 02:31, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Rachel. I'm glad to see you're sticking around and using the talk pages. And you're arguing from relevant policies and guidelines, which is awesome. While I ultimately think Mmann1988's reversions were valid (for reasons I'll explain), I think you went about your edits in the right way. The website blog.sfgate.com is considered a news blog since it's owned by the San Francisco Chronicle and subject to journalistic editorial standards. There's a YouTube link embedded in the article, but it's the article rather than the video that's cited. The Fox News piece itself may not be NPOV, but since the article only uses the facts reported in the piece rather than the opinion it conveys I think it's okay, if not ideal. I see someone's replaced it with another source, which is probably for the best. In general, when content can be verified in a better source, it's better to replace the source than delete the content.
 * Like I said, I really do think you did this in the right way. You were bold but not reckless, clearly explained your reasoning in your edit summaries, participated at the talk page after being reverted, and cited relevant policies and guidelines throughout. It takes some editors a long time to reach this point, and it's always great to see a new user getting it right so early, especially on a controversial topic. Let me know if anything else comes up. Lagrange613 04:15, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Saw what you added as background on California universities. Very nice! Devangel77b (talk) 20:17, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

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