User talk:Roberto incognito

A lengthy welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia. I've added a welcome message to the top of this page that gives a great deal of information about Wikipedia. I hope you find it useful.

Additionally, I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily in collaboration.

Working on biographical information about living persons is far more difficult. Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy requires strict adherence to multiple content policies, and applies to all information about living persons including talk pages.

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Some topic areas within Wikipedia have special editing restrictions that apply to all editors. It's best to avoid these topics until you are extremely familiar with all relevant policies and guidelines.

If you work from reliable, independent sources, you shouldn't go far wrong. WP:RSP and WP:RSN are helpful in determining if a source is reliable.

If you find yourself in a disagreement with another editor, it's best to discuss the matter on the relevant talk page.

I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Hipal (talk) 19:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

NewsGuard
Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at NewsGuard, you may be blocked from editing. --Hipal (talk) 20:35, 9 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Hipal, everything that was posted was virtually verbatim from highly reputable sources.
 * Is an official statement from the Texas Attorney General not a credible source? Is an official statement from the State of Florida's Chief Financial Officer not a credible source? Is an exact quotation from a U.S. Congressman not a credible source? Is the Wall Street Journal not a reliable source?
 * Please help me understand why you believe these points, all of which are virtually verbatim from the sources, constitute commentary and personal analysis? Roberto incognito (talk) 20:57, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for responding. Have you looked at WP:RS yet?
 * Can I assume that you believe all the references that you don't mention above are unreliable? --Hipal (talk) 21:36, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * 1. Yes, thank you.
 * 2. No, not really, I used quotations from various parts of the article, rather than quoting the entire article.
 * As I understand it, it is not a violation of Wikipedia's policies to take direct quotations from official published government sources. Since I did not use quotation marks, you may have assumed these points were opinion. I will remedy that by using quotation marks and only quoting precisely what was said. Roberto incognito (talk) 17:44, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * If there are other references that you used that you believe are reliable, please identify them.
 * I'm not sure what your point is concerning quotations. In general, we summarize rather than quote, and work from references that do so as well. --Hipal (talk) 23:38, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I've responded to your four sources on the article talk page: Talk:NewsGuard. I don't think any of them should be used, and I found some better sources for Paxton's lawsuit if it pans out to something more noteworthy. --Hipal (talk) 00:21, 10 May 2024 (UTC)