User talk:SGSBJA

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hi Drmies, I'm not affiliated with Stanford, I was asked to research a professor for a report, learn about them and then review their wikipedia to compare facts and even suggest updates. Since I'm new to this, I wanted to add links to prove my sources but it seems like they weren't the right ones. Any tips you can suggest so that I use acceptable ones. SGSBJA (talk) 21:59, 21 August 2020 (UTC)SGSBJA (i picked this account because of the report i was doing but i've created a new one.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SGSBJA (talk • contribs) 21:59, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You took the advice to be BOLD and made some changes. Unfortunately, they had to be undone for a variety of reasons. While Wikipedia is known for anyone can edit the changes, even good-faith changes like yours, are subjected to a bunch of policy and content rules enforced by the community. It takes some time to learn the ins and outs - references vs external links, neutral writing, even picking a suitable subject - these are all skills that you can develop.

If, after considering Drmies's comments, you would like to discuss them, the place to do that is on the talk page Talk:Jennifer Aaker. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:10, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SGSBJA, I have never really understood how editors come here with a perfect understanding of formatting, how to insert external URLs inside of text for instance, but claim to have no idea about what an encyclopedia is, what reliable secondary sources are, what might be considered promotional writing, and what the rules and guidelines are for editing if one has a conflict of interest or appears to have one.

There is an entire message full of helpful links on this talk page. One of them is even in bold print. Drmies (talk) 23:52, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I blocked User talk:WikiECJM. It is not clear at all why you needed that when, after creating it, you posted here. Drmies (talk) 23:55, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Drmies, one of the recommendations you made on the talk page above was to create a new account, I returned to this page so that I could be clearer and confirm the resources. So I'm not sure why you blocked it. It seems to conflict the recommendation made to create a new one. Please unblock it so that I can follow the process correctly from there. SGSBJA (talk) 02:53, 24 August 2020 (UTC)SBSBJA[reply]