Leayta
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editHello, Leayta, and Welcome to Wikipedia!
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Hello, I'm BlackcurrantTea. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Sam Hunt, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page.
Pagesix.com is not considered a reliable source. For more information, see its entry on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources and the general information on Wikipedia:Reliable sources. If you have questions, please visit the Teahouse, our help forum for new editors. Thank you. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 16:33, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- So the edit I made was actually supported by multiple news outlets. And, I believe I did add the citation. Here are the reference links backing the claim. I remember using pagesix and maybe another source.
- https://people.com/country/sam-hunt-wife-hannah-lee-fowler-calls-off-divorce/
- As a matter of fact, there are new updates regarding the couple's divorce that are not on Wikipedia. You can make the edits.
- Fortunately, Wikipedia is not news, so there's no need to keep an article up-to-the-minute. It's also not celebrity gossip; not everything that everyone does, or that happens to them, belongs in the encyclopedia. It's important to be extra-careful when you edit articles about living and recently deceased people, because they can affect people's lives.
As I said, Pagesix.com is not considered a reliable source, so you shouldn't use it as a reference. There is consensus that People is reliable, and no consensus on whether Us Magazine is reliable, so People is the better choice. See the table on perennial reliable sources for more information.
One more thing: please sign your talk page posts using four tildes ~~~~. Even on your own talk page, you may have a conversation with more than one person, or more than one discussion at a time, and other people may be reading and not posting. When you sign your posts, it makes it clear who's written what. Thanks, BlackcurrantTea (talk) 09:36, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Well explained, Thanks Leayta (talk) 07:07, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- Fortunately, Wikipedia is not news, so there's no need to keep an article up-to-the-minute. It's also not celebrity gossip; not everything that everyone does, or that happens to them, belongs in the encyclopedia. It's important to be extra-careful when you edit articles about living and recently deceased people, because they can affect people's lives.
May 2022
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