User talk:Vanished user 991200

December 2022
Hello, I'm Cerebral726. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Trevor Rainbolt, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Cerebral726 (talk) 20:13, 28 December 2022 (UTC)


 * hi, un-remove my edits, thanks. there are plenty of citations for every objective fact that i mentioned in the article. Cameron on wiki (talk) 20:32, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * nvm figured out how to do it myself. cheers Cameron on wiki (talk) 20:50, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Your reversions introduced several errors. Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's content policies for WP:Biographies of Living People, WP:Reliable sources, and WP:Edit warring before making any further edits to the article. Cerebral726 (talk) 20:59, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * yes, could you kindly point all these errors out? or 1? Cameron on wiki (talk) 21:02, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Your edit cites TikTok and Twitch VODs as reliable sources, which (as you can see in in WP:Reliable sources) is not acceptable. You should also not add in inline external links. You also added duplicate citations that already existed in the article (the Vice and the NYT article). Instead, use the WP:REFNAME Cerebral726 (talk) 21:09, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * there are no "twitch vods" referenced, that's simply not true.
 * the guy is a tiktoker, what are we going to reference as his "work" if not his tiktoks? in the version you reverted to, several tiktoks are linked to as a reference, in case that escaped your notice. alternatively, both the washington post article or the nyt interview could be used as a reference to how many views he'd gotten on tiktok and for what kind of videos, if less specific than the og source.
 * im sure someone with more experience can clean the stylistic part up such as adding an external links section. i tried but idk how. i just wanted to add more accurate information and correct the grammar in the article, not fight some ego war with a random person. i guess that was my bad, won't happen again, you're more than welcome to gatekeep your articles to your heart's content. i won't be responding anymore so don't bother sending me any more snarky links. Cameron on wiki (talk) 21:23, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I appreciate you making an effort to correct the article. You are correct, when I said Twitch VODs, I meant his Twitch channel, that was my mistake. Using his TikToks as direct references could be considered WP:Original Research or using unreliable sources, and just because they are in there (and likely should be removed, I haven't reviewed all the sources yet), does not give editors the OK to add more poor sources, especially on a biography of a living person. I hope if you want to continue contributing, you take the time to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia policies and guidelines, which I linked to you to show that I am not arbitrarily reverting your edits for no reason. Cerebral726 (talk) 21:30, 28 December 2022 (UTC)