User talk:Rustygilligan

Welcome![edit]

Hello, Rustygilligan, 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:

The five pillars of Wikipedia
Tutorial
How to edit a page and How to develop articles
How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Ian.thomson (talk) 15:05, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A summary of site guidelines and policies you may find helpful[edit]

Please sign your posts on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~, found next to the 1 key), and please do not alter other's comments.
Always cite a source for any new information. When adding this information to articles, using <ref>reference tags like this</ref>, containing the name of the source, the author, page number, publisher or web address (if applicable).
"Truth" is not the criteria for inclusion, verifiability is.
We do not publish original thought nor original research. We're not a blog, we're not here to promote any ideology.
A subject is considered notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.
Reliable sources typically include: articles from magazines or newspapers (particularly scholarly journals), or books by recognized authors (basically, books by respected publishers). Online versions of these are usually accepted, provided they're held to the same standards. User generated sources (like Wikipedia) are to be avoided. Self-published sources should be avoided except for information by and about the subject that is not self-serving (for example, citing a company's website to establish something like year of establishment). Personal claims are not reliable sources.
Articles are to be written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not concerned with facts or opinions, it just summarizes reliable sources. Real scholarship actually does not say what understanding of the world is "true," but only with what there is evidence for.
Credentials are irrelevant, noone here cares about them, we will ignore them. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:05, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

September 2012[edit]

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Non-sports trading card. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:05, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Non-sports trading card, you may be blocked from editing. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:08, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not the place to promote yourself. The site you cited was not a reliable source per WP:RS. Blogs, including Wordpress sites, fail because anyone can make them and put anything they want on there. The site you cited also fails WP:RS because it's a business site and it's inclusion borders on spam. I really recommend reading the guidelines and policies I summarized for you above. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:40, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]