User talk:Vyrusrama

December 2010
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users who edit disruptively or refuse to collaborate with others may be blocked if they continue. In particular the three-revert rule states that making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period is almost always grounds for an immediate block. If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the talk page to discuss controversial changes. Work towards wording and content that gains consensus among editors. If unsuccessful, then do not edit war even if you believe you are right. Post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If edit warring continues, you may be blocked from editing without further notice...Modernist (talk) 12:34, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Starry Night
Thanks for contacting me--I'll try to answer your question. The reason for the removal of your edit is explained in my edit summary, but more detail can be found at WP:NOTABILITY, WP:TRIV, WP:RS, and WP:NOR. These Wikipedia policies are the rules of the game, and are created and revised -- like everything else in Wikipedia -- by ordinary contributors like you and me, so they may be considered to represent a consensus.

The relevant policies, in short, say that everything that is written in any Wikipedia article is expected to meet a certain standard of notability, and it must be verifiable using secondary sources. If no reputable authority has written about a Starry Night reference in a particular Simpsons episode, that means the reference is not notable, and can only be verified by way of original research, which is not allowed. Any passing Starry Night reference might also be deemed too trivial for inclusion, just as the night article doesn't need a list of every TV episode, movie, video game in which a nighttime scene occurs or the word "night" is mentioned. Ewulp (talk) 02:59, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Per WP:RS, chat rooms are not considered reliable sources. If you're interested, there's a discussion about this matter at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Visual Arts. Ewulp (talk) 10:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC)