User talk:Mighty Joe Thunder
Welcome![edit]
Hello, Mighty Joe Thunder, 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 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) 01:05, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
November 2016[edit]
Hello, I'm Jim1138. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Scarface (1983 film), 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) 06:30, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
There is no "gatekeeper" per se. Nearly all Wikipedians are volunteers.
You need to add reference(s) to your edits. 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. i.e. they will think the article is trash - and it probably is. 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.
Also, beware of wp:wikipuffery - If someone is the world's greatest, there is no need to call s/he as such. A reader would come away from reading a well-written article knowing so. Puffery is for wannabes; it's not needed for the real thing. You can ask questions, and get faster replies if you ask at the wp:teahouse. Hope this helps! Thank you Jim1138 (talk) 01:05, 15 November 2016 (UTC)