User talk:Tlange1016

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Hello, Tlange1016. Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions! I'm MrX, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type  here on your talk page, and someone will try to help. Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes   at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your signature, a link to this (your talk) page, and a timestamp. The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun! To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Mypage/sandbox&action=edit&preload=Template:User_Sandbox/preload create your own private sandbox] for use any time. Perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put  on your user page. By the way, seeing as you haven't created a user page yet, simply click here to start it.

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April 2015
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Port Canaveral. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. - MrX 19:05, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Response to your email
Hi Tlange1016. Welcome to Wikipedia! I wanted to answer the questions in you email, but first I want to alert you to a policy. You mentioned that the Canaveral Port Authority asked you to edit "their" page. If you are being compensated, or expect to be compensated for editing anything on Wikipedia, you are required to disclose it. (Read WP:PAY, Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use, foundation:Terms of use/FAQ on paid contributions without disclosure, and foundation:Alternative paid contribution disclosure policies).

In your email you mentioned that "the Port Authority SHOULD be the source material on a page like this!" That's not true. Wikipedia is built with independent reliable sources (Read: The answer to life). The links in the above welcome mention will help you get a better understanding of our purpose, policies and practices. In short, Wikipedia is on online encyclopedia, not a platform for PROMOTION. For example, the mission statement that you added to Port Canaveral doesn't belong. The section "Who We Are" is not appropriate either. Articles are not marketing copy and the "We" is Wikipedia. Statements like "Port Canaveral is truly a unique place of departure" is non-encyclopedic (there are not degrees of uniqueness, nor is the claim sourced.) Likewise statements like "Port Canaveral welcomed 4.2 million passengers", "We are increasing capacity" and the 'Goals and objectives' section are not encyclopedic.

I suggest investing the time to understand how Wikipedia works and proceed slowly until you learn how to edit. Feel free to ask any questions here and I will help the best I can. - MrX 21:36, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Port Canaveral, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. ''Please do not remove sourced content or add unsourced content. Also, if you are being compensated for editing on Wikipedia, it must be disclosed. WP:COI editing is strongly discouraged.'' - MrX 23:12, 29 April 2015 (UTC)