LolaHowells
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edit- Hey! Thanks for reaching me out. I've been around for a while now and i have been getting the hang of things. However, i'll love to learn more.LolaHowells (talk) 06:47, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi Lola,
Thanks for adding to the Dash wikipedia, but it's really important that we stick to what wikipedia considers to be 'reliable sources'. Crypto news outlets are almost all considered unreliable, with the exception of CoinDesk. Cointelegraph technically should not be used in the article either, but it's a borderline case and I seem to be getting away with using it in combination with other sources. AMBCrypto and Dash Force News are definitely not permissible sources.
There are various pages detailing wikipedia's policies, but a quick summary for reliable sources is that we're looking for sources that have an editorial policy and publish corrections when it becomes clear that information they have previously published is incorrect. This means mainstream media like TV stations, newspapers, magazines like Forbes, books from reputable publishers, but not what the wikipedia mods call 'crypto rags' and also not 'promotional organisations' like Dash Force News (although personally I agree with what they write and think they have a lot of integrity).
If you look at the talk page for the article, you will see the long history of edits and get a sense of how difficult it is to make changes without triggering wikipedia's moderators. I don't want to see the article get deleted again (this happened once already) so please be careful!
- Thanks for briefly explaining the rules. I'll definitely dig it more to avoid such mistake again.LolaHowells (talk) 05:57, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
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- Hi, As I am myself an Engineering student I do researches and write thesis. and during my research I found out about some Crypto Firms and they seemingly fit the Wikipedia's criteria. So I drafted an article and posted it here. I look forward to contribution and I am open for discussions. I appriiate that you guys are guiding me. I will thoroughly go through the links and see how I can improve it.LolaHowells (talk) 05:44, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
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