User talk:Wyman2712

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Sarah Parcak
I'm sorry that I didn't post to your talk page before. If you will read WP:VERIFY (and the linked page WP:RS which discusses the types of sources we are looking for), and WP:NOR you will see that generally sources must discuss the subject of the article. Thus you can't argue that she is wrong and cite a page on the physics unless it actually discusses her work. We also have a policy on biographies of living people at WP:BLP - you really can't say that some people are critical of her work without sourcing that, and you may have to attribute it to specific people. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 20:29, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Your edits
I did ask you to read WP:RS. We don't use blogs like that as sources. Also, you need to stop adding raw urls and use inline citations. As I really don't want to do your work for you in this case, and reverting you would fix the situation, I may do that but hopefully you'll fix it. See WP:CITE and use the same style as the article has been using. And if you are going to quote Hawass agreeing with Parcak about needing excavation, then I think the article needs to point out they are both saying the same thing. Dougweller (talk) 20:37, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You need to read the article talk page as well. Your last edits don't seem to follow our WP:NPOV policy. Dougweller (talk) 04:46, 29 June 2012 (UTC)


 * And in particular, you need to read WP:BLP as you appear to be using the premature release to suggest that Parcak didn't think excavation was necessary. I've reword it. If you think it still needs changing, please take your suggestions to the article talk page. This is a biography about a living person and we need to be very careful about what we say in the article. Dougweller (talk) 06:05, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

I am only trying to ensure that readers understand that Dr Parcak used the word "discovery"  prematuraly.


 * I can't see how that belongs in the article. We haven't included every blooper made by Hawass, for instance. We should be more concerned with reporting the official report than anything else. And you didn't add Hawass's positive comments - you need to make sure your edits can't be seen as trying to portray Parcak is a negative light. Dougweller (talk) 15:11, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

August 2012
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize pages by deliberately introducing incorrect information, as you did at Sarah Parcak, you may be blocked from editing. It's entirely unacceptable to change a quotation adding your own words Dougweller (talk) 17:50, 25 August 2012 (UTC)