User talk:GhostsOfGironde
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Mona Eltahawy Override on Mistaken Understanding of "Criticism and Controversy" Section Edit
The title of this section was changed to reflect the topic of which it discusses rather than "November 2020" so that it accurately reflects what is being discussed.
Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 23:15, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Can you tell me which one's so I can check the mistake you are mentioning?
GhostsOfGironde (talk) 23:19, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Oh, I think I see it and know what your talking and understand what your saying but still will read the policy info you sent. I don't think you got my first message because I didn't ping you. Like I said, I will look into it. Could you let me know you got this so I know I pinged you correctly? Again, thanks for the info/links.
@Roscelese: GhostsOfGironde (talk) 23:46, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hi GhostsOfGironde, the warning is with regard to your edit on Mona Eltahawy. You would need to provide third-party sources that attest controversy about her writing, not just cite the Eltahawy piece and claim that it was controversial - otherwise, this is original research. Our sourcing standards for biographies of living people are particularly strict. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 01:22, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
Yes, that is what I understood you to have been saying. Looks like the ping worked- thanks for the response.
GhostsOfGironde (talk) 01:59, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
I didn't see it as a warning at first but then was consolidating my talk page and realized it. I guess that is what it was...for a new wikipedia user...rather than stating guidance - and it was presented as help...People need to be kinder to newcomers when they are administrators that have been on Wikipedia for 15+ years. There are too many policy pages to read all of them and understand what the language in them specifically means. And some of the time, interpretations by others are inaccurate. you shouldn't have to have a Wikipedia Law Degree prior to editing - at least that is what I think. I'm not sure what the motive behind labeling that as a warning was. Since it was a warning...I'm now questioning the geniuness of the initial "we appreciate it". Who is "WE" that is spoken for?