User talk:Omnian

Wikipedia's policies

Being part of Wikipedia means that you have to work within the rules to make a good encyclopedia. There are number of core Wikipedia policies which include verifiability and no original research, along with neutral point of view. Together they point to the kind of statements that can be written down in Wikipedia, and point that you generally require secondary reliable sources to include material. Primary source material needs a secondary source to note it notability and interpretation. There are other policies like the external links policy that govern other aspects of Wikipedia.

My edit was bringing your edits back to within Wikipedia policy, such that either primary source material, or statements that were not sourced at all, we're removed, etc.

Another one of Wikipedia's policies that you should know about is to assume good faith, and your post on my talk page shows that you have clearly started on the wrong foot in that regards, but as I need to also assume good faith, I'll assume that you just don't know the rules initially.

Happy editing and warm regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 06:24, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Because the Baha'i divisions page is controversial, it has been general practice after much discussion to depend on secondary sources. As mentioned by policy, primary sources have to be used with care, and to avoid any problems all primary source material was removed except when it was accompanied with a secondary source to referred to the primary source. Another point on the primary sources, is that most of the primary sources are self-published, and Wikipedia policy notes that self-published material can only be used in an article about the subject of the article, or when the author of the self-published material is an expert in the field based on other publications in reliable sources such as journals, etc. Secondly, while sources may be tagged, you noted yourself that policy explicitly states that the burden of proof for verifiability is for the editor who wants the material in the page, and if not sourced it can be removed immediately. Regards, -- Jeff3000 (talk) 03:21, 22 July 2011 (UTC)