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But please read WP:V - you should have provided a reference for your edit to Waldensians. Also, please do not sign your additions to article pages - see WP:SIGNHERE. Philip Trueman (talk) 15:15, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

November 2014

Please do not add or change content, as you did to Waldensians, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:22, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Waldensians. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. You have to cite published academic sources without addition, alternation, or elaboration, only paraphrase. As far as we know, you could be lying about whether the documents exist, which is why you need to cite published academic sources. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:09, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to Waldensians. A Wild Abigail Appears! _{Capture me. Moves.} 03:05, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

How to actually cite something: As I've explained above, you need to find a book that says what you're trying to add to the article, paraphrase it, and then cite it. You say the documents exist, but have presented no evidence (i.e. news articles or scholarly books about the document).

1) Find a book that meets our reliable sourcing guidelines that supports the material you want to add. Say, you find a book titled "History of the Waldensians," by professor of history Arthur Scribner, published by Routledge in 1989, that says on page 34 "a 1544 Waldensian confession of faith mentions the Didache, and the writings of Waldensian member John Smith indicate familiarity with the 1st century text." (This example is completely made up, do not cite it or I will report you for vandalism).

2) Paraphrase it as "In the 1544 Waldenses Confession of Faith the final line reads they follow the teachings and creed of the Didache, and according to historian Arthur Scribner, there is evidence that this Didache was the one from the apostolic era."

3) At the end, add the citation: "History of the Waldensians," by Arthur Scribner, Routledge, 1989, p.34 -- or something similar that tells us at least the title, the author, the publisher, the year published, and the page number.

This is real simple stuff, it's taught in secondary school and it's expected to pass almost any college class. The only thing that's not taught in high school is to put the citation in <cite>citation markers like this</cite>. Also note that you can not take two sources and combine them to say something that's not in either source. Ian.thomson (talk) 13:29, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

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