User talk:*Castle&Gardens*
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An summary of important policies and guidelines
- "Truth" is not the only criteria for inclusion, verifiability is also required.
- Always cite a source for any new information. When adding this information to articles, use <ref>reference tags like this</ref>, containing the name of the source, the author, page number, publisher or web address (if applicable).
- We do not publish original thought nor original research. We're not a blog, we're not here to promote any ideology.
- Reliable sources typically include: articles from magazines or newspapers (particularly scholarly journals), or books by recognized authors (basically, books by respected publishers). Online versions of these are usually accepted, provided they're held to the same standards. User generated sources (like Wikipedia) are to be avoided. Self-published sources should be avoided except for information by and about the subject that is not self-serving (for example, citing a company's website to establish something like year of establishment).
- Articles are to be written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not concerned with facts or opinions, it just summarizes reliable sources. Real scholarship actually does not say what understanding of the world is "true," but only with what there is evidence for. In the case of science, this evidence must ultimately start with physical evidence. In the case of religion, this means only reporting what has been written and not taking any stance on doctrine.
- Minor edits are those that add or remove little content, and mainly consists of undoing undeniable vandalism or fixing grammar, spelling, or formatting errors.
Also, edit summaries should reflect what actions you're really taking. Pretending to make grammar changes while sneaking in POV-statements is dishonest. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:47, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
May 2015
Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Christian eschatology. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 05:00, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
- Wikipedia does not use editor knowledge, it only summarizes mainstream published academic or journalistic sources. The Bible is a primary source and so is only cited to present context for claims based on secondary and tertiary sources.
- Also, please read Common noun and Proper noun. Proper nouns are pretty much unique names. Eschatology, theology, future, etc, are not proper nouns. Ian.thomson (talk) 05:00, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
I can assure you Ian.thomson that I used Biblical Scripture as a reference... but you would have only seen that if you had waited until I had finished editing.