User talk:Cephlopoid

October 2016[edit]

Hello, I'm Marianna251. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Benham's top— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Marianna251TALK 10:30, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at User talk:Marianna251. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Marianna251TALK 10:55, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Benham's top. Marianna251TALK 10:59, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A belated welcome![edit]

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Cephlopoid. I see that you've already made a few edits and I wanted to thank you for your efforts, even though not all of them "stuck". Don't give up - persist with clear writing, supported by references of course. You may find some of the links below useful, to get the most out of Wikipedia:

Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, consult Wikipedia:Questions, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there.

Again, welcome! Gronk Oz (talk) 11:52, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits[edit]

The problem with your edits to the top article are that they are unsourced, and opinions. If you want to write for Wikipedia, it has to be neutral and sourced. I understand that you felt the article was too techie to understand easily, but yelling at other editors doesn't help your cause. To some extent, technical language that pertains to the subject has to be used, or we'd be calling an airplane a flying machine. By the way, not all editors here are post graduate students. I never went to college at all. White Arabian Filly ^Neigh 18:40, 3 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No personal attacks[edit]

Hi Cephlopoid. I saw your question you asked at the Teahouse and took a look at the edits which had been reverted. I don't think that Marianna251 did anything improper by reverting them. Perhaps it might have been better if Marianna251 had more clearly explained the reasons for doing so just to avoid any misunderstanding, but the content you had added was not really in accordance with Wikipedia's policy of no original research or Wikipedia's manual of style for encyclopedic writing. All edits are expected to comply with Wikipedia's relevant policies and guidelines and those do not can be revised or removed accordingly. While this might seem a bit harsh, our goal as editors it to try and ensure that all of Wikipedia's article are maintained at a proper standard. Unfortunately, with over 5,000,000 articles and only so many volunteers, properly explained how Wikipedia works to new editors such as yourself is not always everyone's first priority. So, the next time one of your edits is reverted, please try to follow Wikipedia's Bold, Revert, Discuss process and engage the other editor in discussion on the article's talk page.

What you should absolutely not do is what you did here. Wikipedia is a collaborative editing project and requires all editors be civil when interacting with each other. For sure, sometimes discussions get heated, but it's always best to try and assume good faith whenever possible. Wikipedia has a strict policy against personal attacks and such comments can quickly lead to an administrator being asked to intervene. Just for reference, administrators are editors who have been granted special rights by the Wikipedia community to block accounts when necessary to avoid any further disruption of Wikipedia. Editing can be frustrating sometimes, but it's best to try and not take things personally. It's also a good idea to sometimes step back and let things cool down a bit before responding because Wikipedia is a public "venue" so to speak where pretty much every edit made to any page can be seen by anyone anywhere in the world and will always be there to be seen in the page's edit history. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:12, 4 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]