User talk:Kbothwell

Welcome

Hello, Kbothwell! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing!   — Jess· Δ♥ 18:38, 6 July 2011 (UTC) Getting Started The five pillars of Wikipedia • Tutorial • Your first article How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions New contributors' help page Where to: ask questions • make requests Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Maintenance • Peer review • Requested articles Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Hrafn

Hello, Kbothwell. I saw your interaction with user Hrafn at the UPI article. Please don't think most editors are like Hrafn. They're not, thank God. He is one of very few editors incapable of comprehending our policy on Civility. I hope you don't let one marginal editor put you off from editing Wikipedia. Welcome! --Kenatipo ^speak! 06:03, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Is there some place on wikipedia where one can discuss, in a civilized manner, the importance of making sure quotes are accurate rather than merely verifiable? --Kbothwell (talk) 06:37, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

AFAIK, we don't have a place for that specific discussion. Your best bet is the talk page of the article you're working on. If you run into problems there, you can try asking another editor (such as me) to step in, or pursue methods of dispute resolution. (If you're looking to change an established policy, or discuss how our policies apply, try the village pump. BTW, I don't know the specifics of your dispute with Hrafn, but I'd second Kenatipo's comments above: Please don't be turned off by isolated incivility; most of us are very nice and work collaboratively. :) All the best,   — Jess· Δ♥ 08:37, 7 July 2011 (UTC)