User talk:Vinyamar37

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Names in biographies
Something else new users can't be expected to know, please read WP:LASTNAME. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 10:22, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Astarte
If you have such impeccable credentials, why can't you spell "Israelite"? AnonMoos (talk) 18:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC) The work 'impeccable' comes from a meaning of sinless. None are sinless, nor do any who can spell incapable of typos. I see a little cheek but little logic in the comment supra. Vinyamar37 (talk) 10:03, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Regarding credentials and Wikipedia
Wikipedia is about citing sources, not credentials (it's always been that way, and we've had enough incidences of people claiming to be professors that weren't that it we're never going to allow edits based on credentials instead of sources). Regardless of whatever degrees an editor has, everyone is on the same level here, be they college professors, graduates, high school drop outs, or even middle school students. Going on about "I have a degree in this" really only makes one look pompous. To cite sources, you don't just mention them in the edit summary, but, and it will appear as a footnote at the end of the article. We welcome academics, because they have access to good sources, and are usually familiar with citing sources (can't get through college without doing it, after all). However, a middle schooler that knows how to use tags will be more welcome in an article than someone with a doctorate in the subject and in three related subjects if the latter thinks that those degrees are going to affect their standing here (I've seen it happen). Ian.thomson (talk) 12:14, 27 August 2010 (UTC) I confess myself annoyed that even some minor correction should be bounced back. I resubmitted the emendations & addition(s), along with a brief flag that as a theological college principal I am beyond first grade in my specialist field. I suspect the bouncer's assumption had been that I was academically insignificant. It was this I wished to challenge. The flag was to at least gain my input a more substantial hearing, and hopefully to prevent inputs being bounced (again) unless they were properly examined and found detractions. It was not to demand acceptance – I bow to many academics – but to demand a fair hearing. I check wiki fairly often, especially for revamping study notes, but rarely offer to correct material, partly due to frustration levels of the process. Vinyamar37 (talk) 10:22, 10 September 2010 (UTC)