User talk:Shyy99

Elizabeth Price (artist)
Hi, User:Shyy99. I have reverted two extensive edits that you made to Elizabeth Price (artist). Please learn how to reference sources correctly on Wikipedia (see Referencing for beginners), and do not deploy external links in the body of the article (see WP:EL). Inline citations creating footnotes are preferred, and all significant assertions should be supported by inline citations (see WP:CITE). Your additions created new material that was either entirely devoid of references or needed additional references. Paul W (talk) 10:33, 4 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello Paul, thanks for the link. I have read them through and the only mistake I have spotted for myself is by adding external links. I have provided inline citations for the necessary information. Will it be possible to provide more details regarding the new materials references I have added? Thank you so much. Shyy99 (talk) 12:41, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi, User:Shyy99. It is not just about the external links in the body copy.
 * I looked, for example, at this edit you made. In several places, notably in what was previously the Biography section, you removed entire paragraphs of existing content that included inline citations and replaced/rewrote the content but without inline citations. For a biography of a living person (BLP), such bold edits can be disruptive (WP:verifiability is vitally important on BLPs - "any material ... likely to be challenged must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source") and akin to vandalism. You removed content previously carefully created and referenced by over 50 other editors since 2012 - as a result in this version, the lead section had a third paragraph devoid of citations, and the opening para of the next section was also devoid of citations.
 * Additions of extensive quotes by Price are also unhelpful - interviews are not reliable sources (see WP:IV: "The general rule is that any statements made by interviewees about themselves, their activities, or anything they are connected to is considered to have come from a primary source").
 * I would suggest that, if you want to make future edits to the article, you make small, incremental changes that retain relevant and accurate content and references. Please use the edit summaries to explain the changes you make, and raise any major changes you want to make on the article's Talk page first. Best wishes.
 * Paul W (talk) 14:13, 5 March 2024 (UTC)