User talk:Liam Burke

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Hello, Liam Burke, 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:

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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, or you can click here to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! We are so glad you are here! Jim1138 (talk) 08:37, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

February 2017

Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Jack Cole (choreographer), but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jim1138 (talk) 08:06, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or significantly change content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did with this edit to Jack Cole (choreographer). Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Jim1138 (talk) 08:13, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References

Adding references is how we ensure that content is valid. Without references, a reader can not easily validate information and there is no presumption of accuracy. See Help:Referencing for beginners and Help:footnotes. This is covered by the Wikipedia policy of wp:verifiability (WP:V). Please wp:cite your edits with wp:reliable sources (RS). Per WP:V unsourced content can be removed. Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 08:13, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Purpose of references

Wikipedia's content needs to be wp:verifiable. wp:References should be added to significant content so that readers can vet information and/or do further research on a topic. References are Wikipedia's strong point and the only reason Wikipedia is credible. There are quite a few problems with people making up stuff or adding poorly or misunderstood knowledge. BTW: Using one's own knowledge is not wp:verifiable (you really don't want to leave your cell number here.) and is called wp:original research. If you have questions, you can find editing information on the left column under Interaction/Help. Or you can ask at the wp:teahouse. Hope this helps! Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:37, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

BTW - I am quite ignorant on the topic of dance. I do wp:recent changes patrol and am a just a low-brow stickler on references... Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:39, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]