User talk:Sjyglm

Hi Sjyglm, and Please excuse this intrusion as you have been around a bit already but if no one has said it before: Welcome to Wikipedia!

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[Troy (film)]]

Please do not add unsourced content that is based solely on your personal observation and analysis to articles as you did in this edit. See the talk page for a further discussion. Talk:Troy_(film)#Differences_between_the_Myth_and_Film MM 207.69.139.133 (talk) 05:12, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

June 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. I notice that you removed content from George S. Patton. However, Wikipedia is not censored to remove content that might be considered objectionable. Please do not remove or censor information that is relevant to the article. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 13:47, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

List of African-American firsts

Hi, Sjyglm. I see you're new to Wikipedia, and there's a lot to absorb here. I can see that two editors above have already worked with you to help explain a couple of our policies, including the one I'm mentioning now.

Indeed, this one of the prime policies of this encyclopedia — WP:VERIFY, which means that any claims made here need to be verified by a reliable-source citation, such as a WP:FOOTNOTE. In the case of lists such as this article, that citation may appear in the bluelinked article of the name you're adding. If you're adding a redlinked name, for which no article appears, a citation must accompany it.

In my edit summary, I explained how the Wikipedia article for your bluelinked claims only supported one of them; if you read the Roscoe Robinson article, you'll see there's nothing there about him being the first four-star officer in the U.S. military, but just the first four-star general (which is quite an accomplishment in itself, of course). The redlinked Davision claim, however, had no verifying citation.

I hope you understand, and as I urge all newcomers, the Five Pillars of Wikipedia is a great place to get all the major policies in one place. Thanks, --Tenebrae (talk) 14:04, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Bias?

Hey :) I still think you should remove that category on the Edward Rutledge page, because the article already has a strong negative bias. ty :)