User talk:WtcMike1976

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 * Hi WtcMike196. I'm the editor who has been removing your contributions to the Cyclic vomiting syndrome article.  I posted my reasons for doing so on the article's talk page, and asked that people who wished to include other info respond.  So far, you have not, nor have you explained in edit summaries why this should be included.  Rather than edit war over this material, please come and discuss this on the talk page.  I have sincere concerns about this information, and definitely believe it should not be in the article.  I have my guesses as to why your adding it, but I would really like to hear from you there.  Please know that continue to add material without discussing it anywhere is considered a form of edit warring.  You appear to be new to editing Wikipedia, so I don't want you to feel like your contributions are unwelcome.  However, unlike a "regular" website, Wikipedia has policies over what type of information belongs in articles; whenever there is a disagreement about what should be included, all parties are required to discuss the issue.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, at the article talk page, or on my talk page. Qwyrxian (talk) 18:09, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * WtcMike196, any further changes you make to Cyclic vomiting syndrome without discussion on the talk page will be considered disruptive and potentially edit-warring. Continuing to do so may result in you having your editing privileges blocked.  I really do want to talk this out, though--but it's impossible to achieve a good article if one party makes repeated edits that don't make sense and won't discuss them on the talk page.  Qwyrxian (talk) 02:08, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

July 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. However, please know that editors do not own articles and should respect the work of their fellow contributors on Cyclic vomiting syndrome. If you create or edit an article, know that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. As you are unable/unwilling to discuss your repeated insertion of unsourced, unencyclopedic, and often incomprehensible information to this article, I can only consider this action disruptive and your actions to be edit warring. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:09, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Responding to your comment
Hi Mike, I'm sorry that I didn't respond until now. You had left your edits on my user page, rather than on my talk page, which is why I didn't notice it. You mentioned that WP is new to you, so allow me to explain. A person's user page is always titled "User: Name", while a person's talk page is always titled "User talk: Name". The user page is generally a space for a person to talk about him/herself, what they do on Wikipedia, sometimes basic info from real life. Usually, only the user him/herself is supposed to edit that page. When you want to send a message to someone else, you should do so on the talk page. In each person's signature, there's supposed to be two links--the person's name itself goes to the user page, and after that it usually says (talk), which goes to the talk page. Don't worry about posting in the wrong place, I just didn't want you to think I was ignoring you. Wikipedia's system automatically notifies you if you get a new message on your talk page, but not on your user page, which is why I hadn't noticed your comment.

Regarding the CVS page, it's good that you're trying to add information to the page. However, the reason I had to keep taking your additions out or cutting them down is that Wikipedia has a standard for what information is allowed to be in articles. Specifically, all information in Wikipedia articles has to be verifiable, which means that it is written in a reliable source. Internet forums and personal conversations from your doctor don't count as reliable sources. While that information may well be true or correct, until it is written about in a reliable source, we can't put the information into the article. This ensures that Wikipedia accurately reflects the current thinking in reliable sources in the world, not just the opinions of a few individuals. I am sorry to hear of your suffering; I had presumed that either you or a close relative had this disease, as your information sounded very first hand, and the syndrome sounds very painful and damaging to a sufferer's life. If you ever find information in reliable sources, you are welcome to add it to the article with citations. For other information, I recommend you continue to disperse it to the world through forums or other sites that specialize in more person-to-person information. As always, feel free to ask if you have any questions. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:20, 2 August 2010 (UTC)