User talk:ThinkSlam

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why did u delete the the definition of Jizya even though it's referenced?!

do u want me to report u?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.235.72.48 (talk) 17:21, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Puberty
Avert is not a reliable source for articles dealing with medical/biological material. You need to use peer-reviewed medical journals for such articles. And please discuss any changes you might want to make on the talk page. The lede of an article is very important and if you want to make changes you'll have to seek WP:CONSENSUS.Skydeepblue (talk) 02:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Skydeepblue is correct, although not every source needs to be from a medical journal...and news sources may also be acceptable if used carefully/sparingly...and not every change needs consensus. For a topic like this, with regard to sources, we should go by Identifying reliable sources (medicine). Flyer22 (talk) 18:32, 10 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I added a more reliable source. ThinkSlam (talk) 22:14, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * This, which I tweaked, is a better source/actually accurate...in contrast to this. So thank you for that, although it appears that you'd already realized that your menarche text wasn't accurate at all.


 * All that stated, you should learn to use citation templates, or at least cite your sources so that they are not bare urls...per WP:Bare urls. See WP:Citing sources. Part of the tweaking was adding a citation template for your source, which you see in the edit-link I provided. You also need to remember to always sign your user name when commenting/replying on a talk page. I indented your response (see WP:INDENT) and signed your user name for you above, but you need to do it yourself from now on. At the end of your comments, you should simply type four tildes (~), like this: . Flyer22 (talk) 23:17, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I also had to make this tweak to your wording, which was noted in this discussion. You are invited to that discussion -- Talk:Puberty -- which is about your addition to the lead (intro). Flyer22 (talk) 03:59, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Pedophilia article
Hello again, ThinkSlam. I understand your surprise at seeing the Pedophilia article state "generally age 13 years or younger," since age 13 is late for a person to begin puberty these days...especially with regard to girls. This has been discussed on the Pedophilia talk page times before as well. Age 13 is the cut-off point that authoritative medical sources give for the prepubescent age range with regard to pedophilia. I reverted you on this because, like I stated, the sentence was saying nothing about the onset of puberty starting at age 13; it was rather stating that people may still be prepubescent at age 13; this is more true for boys than girls, as there are a lot more boys who begin puberty at age 13 than there are girls who do, which is why I believe that the age range was set at 13 for the cut-off point. That, and because so many pubescent 13-year-old boys still look prepubescent. But you did make me realize that using "though onset of puberty varies" is problematic in this case because it can give the impression that we are stating that the onset of puberty generally begins at age 13, which seems to be the impression that you got. Therefore, I changed that wording to "as specific diagnosis criteria for the disorder extends the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13" to clarify things. Flyer22 (talk) 20:33, 1 December 2012 (UTC)