User talk:Jimangstadt

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Cigna

Hello, I have declined your requested edits to the Cigna article as both of the suggested additions are overly promotional in tone and do not adhere to Wikipedia's NPOV policy. Do you have any connection to this company? If so, please note that editors who have a conflict of interest with a person or group are strongly discouraged from editing articles about those entities. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:33, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Philadelphia Phillies

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Philadelphia Phillies appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe this important core policy. Please also note that edits must be reliably sourced; generally, blogs, like the source you provided, are not considered reliable. Thanks. — KV5 • Talk • 17:19, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Let me know if this fix is better. I'm still learning the rope. I wanted to include the citation to the blog article, but ended up embedding a link. Here's what I added... or tried to add: "Attendance records were smashed in the 2010 season, both total and average pre game; 81 sellouts pushed the streak to 123 straight.

You're still trying to cite a blog, which is discouraged per WP:RS and WP:V. The other problem is language like "Attendance records were smashed", which is journalistic and don't conform to the formal style sued in an encyclopedia. I'm reverting the edit again because of these problems; I suggest proposing edits on article talk pages until you get the hang of what's acceptable and what's not. Also, if you are going to respond to someone on your talkpage, it's common courtesy to add the {{talkback}} template to their talk page. If you have any questions, you can ask me here or there. Thanks! — KV5 • Talk • 17:28, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

This second source is also a blog (it's marked as an "opinion" piece at the top). You should read WP:Citing sources and WP:RS before using those as references. — KV5 • Talk • 18:31, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

I think you're busting stones here. Phillyburbs.com is a recognized news source and is the official news web site for the Bucks County Courier Times, Burlington County Times and Doylestown Intelligencer. The writer isn't a blogger with a hobby of following the Phillies, but a columnist whose job is to follow the Philadelphia Phillies. Even if we want to disregard the article itself as opinion, the stat I'm suggesting to add is verifiable and accurate. Here are two Philadelphia Inquirer articles by two different reporters also reporting the same stats: Inquirer Inquirer. Do either of these articles make the stat any more accurate? --Jimangstadt (talk) 20:47, 28 September 2010 (UTC)