Nickmsalcido
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Feel free to drop a note on my talk page if you have any problems. I wish you all the best on your wiki voyages! Zefr (talk) 16:12, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
December 2019
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Hello, I'm Zefr. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Lewy body dementia, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. You are trying to edit medical content which requires WP:MEDRS sources on Wikipedia. Review that guideline first, and present high-quality reviews to support any content changes. Zefr (talk) 16:12, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, Nickmsalcido. I have also noticed that your good faith additions are to the wrong article; much of the content you are adding would be more appropriate (if sourced to WP:MEDRS-compliant sources) to the article on Lewy bodies, rather than to an article that describes an umbrella term (Lewy body dementia). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:18, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Please stop adding unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did on Lewy body dementia. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Slow down and provide MEDRS sources for new content. Zefr (talk) 16:50, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- Nickmsalcido, are you editing Wikipedia as part of a class assignment? If you're in the U.S. or Canada, Wiki Education has resources available to support you and your instructor to help you learn the rules so you can productively contribute without having your edits reverted; please encourage your instructor to visit teach.wikiedu.org to learn more, or contact LiAnna (Wiki Ed). Also, please engage at Talk:Lewy body dementia. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:55, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Final warning
editPlease read WP:3RR; if you continue to re-insert disputed text and fail to engage on the article talk page, you can be blocked from editing. [1] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:07, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Welcome
editHello, Nickmsalcido and welcome to Wikipedia! It appears you are participating in a class project. If you haven't done so already, we encourage you to go through our training for students.
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We hope you like it here and encourage you to stay even after your assignment is finished! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:22, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
- Also, I do want to emphasize that it is a very bad idea to try to re-add content once it has been removed from an article. When content is removed it's important to discuss the edits on the article's talk page, in order to determine why the edits were removed and what needs to be resolved as far as issues go. In this situation it looks like this is a case of adding material to the wrong article, as Lewy body dementia is not dementia with Lewy bodies or the Lewy bodies article, per SandyGeorgia. There also appear to be issues with sourcing, so definitely read over the page at WP:MEDRS. I must stress that the warning you received over a potential block should be taken seriously, as re-adding material that has been challenged and removed is seen as disruptive and a block can occur if you continue. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:25, 17 December 2019 (UTC)