User talk:Orin04

Welcome!

Hello, Orin04! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 03:53, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

When you add or change content, please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. Take a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources for information about how to cite sources and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 04:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

October 2010

Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Tiger. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Seduisant (talk) 17:42, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Cited facts

Hi Orin04,

Please read carefully because it's important you understand this.

When a Wikipedia article says something like

Leopards can run at 58 km/h

what that really means is

Reference number [1] says that leopards can run at 58 km/h

The [1] is called a citation and it tells readers where Wikipedia got this fact. In an article readers can click on the [1] to get details about the source. Sometimes different sources say slightly different things. One source might say leopards can run at 58 km/h, but another source might say leopards can run at 65 km/h. In that case it's very important that the number Wikipedia gives and the citation really do match up. If you want to change the number, you need to make sure you change the citation, too. When you click edit, you'll see something like <ref>http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-leopard.html</ref> right after the number. That's what generates the little blue [1], and that's the bit you need to change if you want to change the number.

I hope that makes sense. There's more information at Wikipedia:Citing sources, and you're welcome to leave a message at my talk page for any reason.

Cheers,

Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 03:01, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Nile crocodile, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Mokele (talk) 01:56, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used only for vandalism. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding below this notice the text {{unblock|Your reason here}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

Okay, enough with all the changing of numbers. You cannot do this unless supplying a reference. Your lack of response means I have to assume vandalism. I am open to explanations though. Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:07, 29 October 2010 (UTC)