Padawanlearner

Sourcing

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Joseph Mercola, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. MastCell ^Talk 07:20, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Multiple accounts

Padawanlearner, the pattern and style of your recent edits at Joseph Mercola, in addition to your choice of name, lead me to question your relationship with user CaballeroJedi and IP user 202.78.76.226. Please consult WP:SOCK to learn more about Wikipedia's policies on the use of multiple accounts. Thank you, Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 16:44, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

References

Keepcalmandcarryon, you removed the reference to AAPS, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, citing it as "unreliable." i'm wondering why, because the reference is an AAPS newsletter listing JOSEPH M. MERCOLA as a member. With regards to HIV Monograph, I'm still trying to verify if that is indeed the title of the Abbott book. Thanks, Padawanlearner (talk) 02:44, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Please see WP:RS. A newsletter of a small fringe organization (and AAPS is a small fringe organization whether you agree with their ideology or not) is neither a reputable journalistic publication with an established reputation for fact-checking nor a peer-reviewed primary source. While Mercola's own website is also not a reliable source for most information--and again I'm speaking of Wikipedia policy, not your or my opinion of Mercola's own reliability--it can be used to support information about him or his opinions in some cases and is thus a preferable source to a fringe-group newsletter. Please seek advice from other editors if you disagree with me on this. Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 16:14, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm just a new editor and am still learning about how Wiki works, I guess the answer to all these concerns is more research. Padawanlearner(talk) 03:36, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

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