User talk:Sakern16

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Cuisine of the Southern United States
H1! Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed your edit at this article. You made a useful addition to the article, and the way you formatted the citation was well done—most new editors have a difficult time with citations. However (and this is likely to seem very strange to you), Wikipedia can not be used to cite material used in Wikipedia articles. The primary explanation of how to identify reliable sources for Wikipedia articles is at this guideline. The specific mention on using Wikipedia as a source for Wikipedia articles is in the guideline here. The key reason, quoting from the guideline, is "Content from a collaboratively created website may be acceptable if the content was authored by, and is credited to, credentialed members of the site's editorial staff." Wikipedia does not have an editorial staff; we are all volunteers here at the English language Wikipedia. There is minimal hierarchy (but lots of policies and guidelines); decisions are made by consensus on how to apply these policies and guidelines. I thought it necessary to remove the text you added, and that I should place an explanation on your talk page (which I just created). If you have any questions, please ask at my talk page by clicking at this link and typing your message. Please remember to sign all messages you leave on talk pages (but not articles)— you may sign by typing, at the end of the message, the following ~. This will leave your user name, your talk page name, and the time and date the message is left. You can also ask for help by typing, on your talk page, the following.

I hope you will stick around, and that you will enjoy contributing to the most consulted encyclopedia in the world.

Phil — Neonorange (talk) 01:13, 7 April 2017 (UTC)