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Happy editing! Cheers, Grayfell (talk) 05:18, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

May 2023

Hello, I'm Grayfell. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Axie Infinity have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 04:40, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the notice. I would like to understand better with examples, what an "independent source, and from a neutral perspective" would be.

Even though I'm a fan of the game, my intention was not to advertise. I was just curious what's in Axie Infinity's wikipedia page and found that there was a significant amount of criticism that seemed to be misinformation.

So, I thought it's okay to write opinions citing sources. Was the issue due to too much paraphrasing from the cited source or maybe the cited source was from a website regarding NFTs, so would be seen as not neutral? DottMySaviour (talk) 04:59, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello.

There were multiple problems with your edit.

• If you have a financial stake in the game, please review Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.
• Cryptocurrency outlets like 'NFTNow.com' are almost never reliable, and should not be cited. Please review Wikipedia:Reliable sources.
• You shouldn't closely paraphrase sources. See Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing.

My advice in these situations is this: Please look at what reliable, independent sources say and summarize neutrally in your own words. Don't add stuff you personally know to be true and then look for sources after. Instead, pretend you don't know anything about the game, look for sources, and only then use your knowledge of the game to help summarize what those sources are saying so that other people can understand them.

Thanks. Grayfell (talk) 05:18, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

What if I add the section drawing comparison of blockchain games to physical TCG in Blockchain game page? Also, replacing "Axie Infinity" in the text with "Blockchain game"? Would that pass?

I understand that it's still an opinion and not a fact, but there are articles talking about similarities between Blockchain game and TCG. I could try to find better sources to cite. DottMySaviour (talk) 08:21, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Again, you should find a reliable source first, and then summarize what that source says -nothing more, nothing less. If that reliable source is an opinion, you would have to attribute it as an opinion (such as "according to John Doe, writing for the journal Ludology Review...") so that readers could evaluate it for themselves. There would also have to be some reason to think the opinion has lasting encyclopedic significance, so self-published blogs and similar are basically useless.

Like I said, it's much easier to start with sources and work backwards, not to start with first-hand knowledge and then look for sources which support that knowledge. Grayfell (talk)

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