User talk:Socs308carbontax

Please read WP:Reliable sources, WP:Verification, and WP:Neutral point of view before making further edits at Carbon tax. Thanks, NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 00:39, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Edit war warning
Your recent editing history at Carbon tax shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you get reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing&mdash;especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring&mdash;even if you don't violate the three-revert rule&mdash;should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 00:03, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Edits to Carbon Tax
I moved this here so the material is all in one place NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 00:46, 26 March 2015 (UTC) Hi, I just got an Edit War Warning from you on the Carbon Tax page. I've never posted to Wikipedia before, I'm doing this for a school project and I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong. I'm not trying to start an "Edit War", I was just under the impression that I was fixing what was wrong with the edits you took down from a few days ago. Can you reply back on my Talk page? Thank you. Socs308carbontax (talk) 00:29, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Welcome.  Every newcomer needs to get up to speed, so know worries about making mistakes provided you show us you will respond to feedback about how you go about things.  When it comes to content, feel free to disagree!  Even with vigor!  I'll be glad to answer questions.


 * First, we can just talk here. I'll know if you post here, so you don't need to cross post at my page too.  That's in accord with a guideline called WP:MULTI, which is a section of the larger file - which you should read - called the talk page guidelines.   While you are at it, be sure to read WP:Bold, revert, discuss cycle.  Once you are reverted, you have to discuss or you are edit warring.


 * I'm glad to see you're trying to include references and have an interest in Carbon tax. It's something I keep wanting to learn more about.  For starters, the two biggest issues I have with your recent additions are not content so much as how it is phrased and the refs you use to support it.


 * All our text must be neutral. For example,
 * NAEG (that's me) says this text is neutral
 * compare to whereas
 * By God, this text is  exceptionally neutral.
 * What do you think?  Please read WP:Neutrality.


 * Also, I think the ref you are using is a WP:BLOG, right?  Our text must all comply with (read it!)  WP:Verifiability and that means supported by what we define as a "reliable source".   We really do have some specific guidelines as to what source is reliable or not.   Blogs are usually "out", that is .... "not RS" so unless you can convince us an exception exists, you can't say stuff based on them.   You can get more help on that at the reliable sources noticeboard.


 * I have to sign off immediately when I finish this post, but I'll look for a reply/questions when I return, though you're certainly not obligated to engage me further, except for talking about the article at the articles talk page. Enjoy and welcome! NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 00:46, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Sorry....
Sorry, I undid all your work. BUT I will be HAPPY to guide on making acceptable changes. First, you need sources that acceptable under our definition of "reliable souce". If you want to use a BLOG, then you have to use TALK pages to (A) tell us the blog is a blog, (B) point to a specific exception in the blog rule, and (C) tell us how your proposed blog source passes the test for that exception. Second, when you add text, you should use at least a little of your own writing, instead of cutting and pasting that of other people.

I made a few point by point reverts at the article, with explanations and wikilinks in the WP:Edit summary to try to help you learn. But eventually I went back to a prior version altogether. If you want to discuss any of the changes, please use Talk:Carbon tax and I'll see it on my WP:Watchlist.

Don't be discouraged! I hit a rough patch when a lot of my early work was reverted, too.

NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 13:44, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

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