User talk:ThaiFred

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Hi, ThaiFred, and welcome to Wikipedia! thanks for your edits so far. I just wanted to give you a bit more explanation as to why I reverted your edit on Skeleton. Basically, unless something is explicitly framed as a direct quote (through the use of things like quotation marks or a paragraph indentation), we don't have to use teh exact same wording as the sources we cite, as long as the meaning is similar. In fact, we shouldn't use the same wording, since that can start to run afoul of copyright restrictions, which we do try to take very seriously on Wikipedia. I don't think your edit was particularly bad or anything; just that it's probably better off as it was. Anyway, I'll drop a standard template for newcomers below this message, to give you some links on learning more about editing Wikipedia, if you want to read them. Again, thanks, and welcome! Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 14:51, 30 April 2022 (UTC)


 * 'Supportive' and 'That supports' are not interchangeable expressions.
 * The words 'That supports' gives the impression that no other mechanisms are involved.
 * The skeleton does not and cannot support the weight of the human body. It cannot even support its own weight, look at the design.
 * The skeleton is supported by a hydraulic system, which is the actual mechanism that supports the whole system. At no point does the skeleton come in contact with the ground, there for is not the primary mechanism for support.
 * Using the words 'That supports the human body' is like saying the frame of a building supports the building while ignoring the foundations which support the frame.
 * It depends, if you are happy with 'similar' and misleading or prefer to be accurate ThaiFred (talk) 08:17, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

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