User talk:Lanakaki

October 2020

Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

When editing Wikipedia, there is a field labeled "Edit summary" below the main edit box. It looks like this:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

I noticed your recent edit to Bithynium does not have an edit summary. Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. With a Wikipedia account you can give yourself a reminder to add an edit summary by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary. Thanks! Gehenna1510 (talk) 21:17, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I'm GPinkerton. I noticed that you recently removed content from Bithynium without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. GPinkerton (talk) 01:52, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Citations and editing

Hi, I've seen a few of your changes and undone them, not because I think the information you're adding is incorrect, but because you're not doing it correctly. When you add information, you need to cite it to the source you're using, and not juts change the existing language, which has its own citations. Your recent edit on Antinous is worth including - viz. that the Historia Augusta says various things about Antinous - but the citation needs to be included in the page, whereas you simply changed the text and left the citation to Lambert in place. Instead, you should add a separate sentence, saying something like According to the Historia Augusta, Antinous "was addicted to affairs with married women". and that way readers can know where this information comes from, rather than being left with the impression that this information can be verified by looking Lambert's book at that page. For secondary literature - which it usually best to cite, rather than using the primary sources, which are best to use as ancillary citations - you can use templates like Template:Cite book and Template:Cite journal. You can see more at WP:VERIFY and WP:PRIMARY. Thanks, and I look forward to more contributions. GPinkerton (talk) 17:39, 22 October 2020 (UTC)