User talk:SaraKlassen

Your edits at Goshen College
Hi, Sara! Welcome to Wikipedia. We are glad you have decided to join the ranks of Wikipedia editors. I really don't want you to think I am picking on you or stalking you, but I watch the Goshen College article pretty closely. It was one of the first articles I made a substantial contribution to when I first started here. (The section on the National Anthem controversy.) I wanted to tell you why I changed or tagged your posts.

First, the Ivory Coast thing. At Wikipedia, the name we use for places is the name it is best known as in English, not necessarily its legal name. That is why I reverted your change to the French name. The edits you made today were tagged for citation because very simply, information in Wikipedia needs to be verifiable and as such should be cited. If you got that information from a course catalog or description, you can cite the online version. If that information came from personal experience, you unfortunately cannot use it. Wikipedia does not allow original research, because, as I stated before, everything must be verifiable. On Wikipedia, it isn't necessarily what is true, it is what you can prove is true.

I am glad you have become one of us, the corps of Wikipedia editors. I would urge you to read the links in this message and some of the links in the welcome message you got. If you ever have any questions, feel free to bring them to the Teahouse. You will find friendly people there who strive to give you simple answers to the complicated questions you will no doubt have as you move forward editing Wikipedia. Happy editing! Gtwfan52 (talk) 21:40, 23 September 2012 (UTC)