User talk:RickF1638

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Americans elect
Hi Rick,

First, welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your interest in the project. I wanted to let you know I removed the link you added to the Americans Elect article. Wikipedia usually tries to limit the external links to the absolute essentials (see guidelines), since there are potentially hundreds of tangentially related links for any given article. Hope this clears up what is going on, and I wanted to be sure to note that you're still absolutely welcome to edit the article (or any others in Wikipedia). Thanks and let me know if you have any questions or concerns. --TeaDrinker (talk) 20:30, 5 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Howdy, thanks for filling me in. Unfortunately, I think it may run afoul of several Wikipedia policies.  In order for such material to be included, it needs to have published sources.  This is not only to ensure quality, but also to protect us from defamation claims.  If Wikipedia were to publish original syntheses of facts, particularly those which may cast a person in a negative light, we'd move beyond our mission to provide the published and verifiable knowledge and become creators of that (which is why we don't allow original research).  There's also a rather strict policy on living people and protection against defamation (having been burned several times on this).  What is needed is publication of those accusations in a reliable source before they can be included in Wikipedia.  I have also removed your post from my talk page for the same reason.  If you have any questions, or know of a published source, or would like someone to review my actions, feel free to contact me.  Sorry I don't have better news.  --TeaDrinker (talk) 07:24, 6 January 2012 (UTC)