User talk:RobinHubertFitzgeraldPike

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Hello RobinHubertFitzgeraldPike. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions! I'm Nøkkenbuer, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. I noticed that your first edit, which was to the Occam's razor article, inserted some thoughtful commentary about the aesthetic application of the principle to life generally. While that sounds interesting, Wikipedia's policies prohibit original research and other unverifiable claims that are not supported by reliable sources. That is not what Wikipedia is about. I know this may be odd or even frustrating, but keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a reliable source and so our purpose is as an encyclopedic summary of all knowledge.

In more philosophic terms, Wikipedia's epistemology is a social consensus model whose telos is as the summarizer of the status quo. Original analyses at the vanguard of academic thought are best published in books, blogs, websites, and academic journals. It is only at that point that we should consider adding the content to Wikipedia, since then we can cite those sources for readers to use to verify the claim and read further about the subject.

Wikipedia is weird, especially for expert editors and those familiar with academic settings. It takes some time for anyone to adjust to the norms of this community and I'm glad to help you along the way if you need it. With that said, perhaps the following information will be instructive for you. Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type  here on your talk page and someone will try to help. To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Mypage/sandbox&action=edit&preload=Template:User_Sandbox/preload create your own personal sandbox] for use any time. It's perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put  on your user page. By the way, seeing as you haven't created a user page yet, simply click here to start it.

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 Sincerely, —Nøkkenbuer (talk • contribs) 12:39, 25 August 2018 (UTC)   [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:N%C3%B8kkenbuer&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:Welcome_to_Wikipedia/user-talk_preload (Leave me a message)] Español

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