User talk:Maruthiny

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Welcome, but be careful[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Here are suggested readings: WP:SECONDARY and WP:COI. The gist of these guidelines are:

  • Wikipedia prefers citations to reviews and books, not primary journal references (tens of thousands appear annually). Citing secondary sources is the encyclopedic style.
  • Do not cite yourself or your colleagues. It's called conflict of interest. Many new editors cite themselves mainly. That behavior is inappropriate.

Now about your urge to report "important research" in Wikipedia: About 30 publications appear weekly on MoS2. You can see that it would be impossible for Wikipedia to be a forum for such a torrent of publications. To protect Wikipedia from drowning in such a flood of papers, we have several guidelines, including WP:NOTNEWS (we dont try to report fast breaking papers) and, again, WP:SECONDARY.

I should say that you urge to report these papers in Wikipedia is no doubt well intentioned. If you have questions, many editors can offer advice. Happy editing.--Smokefoot (talk) 00:13, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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