User talk:VillaGorilla

September 2013

Hello, I'm Binksternet. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Setback (architecture) seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 18:14, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Building inspection. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 18:24, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, as you did at Setback (architecture), you may be blocked from editing. Binksternet (talk) 21:13, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Setback analysis, criticism and sources

Please do not use primary sources such as local ordinances to put forward your analysis of setback architecture. Instead, use WP:SECONDARY sources.

Regarding the criticism of setback, tell the reader specifically who said what, per WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV. And don't misquote the source as you did here with the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club source says the following:

What Can We Do? Be Practical ... 5. Revise zoning laws to eliminate side and front yard setbacks, so housing can be built to the sidewalk and the land used more efficiently.

However, you wrote the following:

Sierra Club released 1997 an article that generous setbacks in the past increased sprawl of US cities and led to additional pollution because of increased commuting.

This is not an accurate summary of the source. I have not taken a look at the CATO source yet, so I don't know whether you misrepresented them, too. This misrepresentation is a violation of the WP:Neutral point of view policy. Binksternet (talk) 21:31, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]