User talk:Wonderingraven

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Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to Alchemy appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe this important core policy. Also, you should probably take a look at the guidelines on identifying and citing reliable sources. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:53, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Arabic and Alchemy[edit]

Please read the guidelines on identifying and citing reliable source, and on writing with a neutral point of view. While the practice of alchemy may be older than the Arabic language, the word "alchemy" doesn't appear until Arabic sources start using that word. Also, Cobi did not contribute to the alchemy article, the info you've tried to remove has been there fore quite some time. Ian.thomson (talk) 18:31, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]