Lurelearning

Welcome!

Hello, Lurelearning, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• Introduction
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• How to write a great article
• Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ~~~~, which will automatically produce your name and the date.

If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!

Stesmo (talk) 18:31, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Reverted Changes

I've reverted your changes at World Book, Inc. primarily because it appeared to be a duplicate entry. Take a look at World Book Encyclopedia to see if your information is already there or would be more useful there. Please be sure to provide reliable, third-party, published sources for your edits. Stesmo (talk) 18:31, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

I am trying to make a page for World Book, Inc, not the encyclopedia, which is just one product. I have a lot of factual information that I think would better fit under that category, not just the encyclopedia. I've requested edits on the World Book Encyclopedia page, but did not received any help so I need to try another route. Can you please help? Lurelearning (talk) 21:39, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Lurelearning, you are invited to the Teahouse!

Hi Lurelearning! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Come join experienced editors at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a space where new editors can get help from experienced editors. These editors have been around for a long time and have extensive knowledge about how Wikipedia works. Come share your experiences, ask questions, and get advice from experts. I hope to see you there! Ushau97 (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the Teahouse This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 16:26, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi Lurelearning. I am here to help you. Before I start, are you any relation to User:AEMSWB? --John (talk) 17:40, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Yes, thank you! That is my username, but I would prefer to just use this one and delete that one. Am I supposed to cancel it? I'm not sure how to do that. I am trying to do this the right way and follow policy, but it seems I'm doing it wrong. As I explained on another user's talk page, I tried to add back some of my information that was reverted from the World Book wiki page WITH independent third-party sources like when I cited from Publisher's Weekly and www.answers.com and other websites that were not part of World Book. When those facts were taken down because for the reason that I was "over-citing," I became really frustrated. I have a lot of great information to add to this article that I could back up with sources and it just seemed like anything I added was being taken down. I read up on how to edit an article with a conflict of interest and tried to follow policy, and I posted some suggested edits on the article's talk page, but there was zero activity and no responses to my posts. I have good content to add to this article to be reflective of the company today, and a list of independent third-party sources to verify this content, but if I can't seem to get this approved. I'm willing to work to make this factual, non-marketing copy. But the information that is currently there is very outdated and some of the link are broken. Can you please help me? Lurelearning (talk) 20:21, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Of course! That is why I am here. You are on the right track with the idea of finding updated sources not affiliated with your organisation, and I like that you have been honest and acknowledged a potential conflict of interest in adding material on your employer. Here's an assignment; after reading our guide to reliable sources, what sources would you use on the article? Answers.com probably won't do, for example. You can answer here or at the article's talk page, I will see it either way. And take your time, there is no deadline here. --John (talk) 20:36, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, John! I've read over the guide to reliable sources and I think I've collected a few that might fit the bill. Do you think it would be safe to add in facts found within these articles?

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/64156-western-great-lakes-all-in-the-family.html http://www.yankton.net/river_city/article_9611cfd2-4526-11e4-b736-e7446ffae4e8.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/news/local_news/article_3ba01f56-3561-11e4-bccc-0019bb2963f4.html http://tribune.com.ng/quicklinkss/features/item/15676-beyond-textbooks-e-learning-as-recipe-for-success/15676-beyond-textbooks-e-learning-as-recipe-for-success http://www.skokielibrary.info/s_info/in_guides/World_Book/index.asp http://www.nypl.org/collections/articles-databases/world-book-online-reference-center

Lurelearning (talk) 17:06, 9 October 2014 (UTC)