User talk:Alfonzo Green

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[edit] Michael Shermer

It's not enough to just say "Problem A is common failing of some people (really solid reference), and Shermer has that failing (no reference whatsoever)". Yes, the thrust of the argument is true of science in general, but if there isn't any reliable source that says the criticism applies specifically to Shermer, then it doesn't belong on the Shermer article, it belongs in a general science article. --Underpants (talk) 02:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

It's also not enough to say "here's a bunch of separate facts, which, taken together, should be obvious to anyone that X is true". Wikipedia is not a publisher of original ideas, period. If there are reliable sources out there that directly support the final thesis, then great, please add them.

If I or other readers may likely be missing something important among the hour+ of references you've added, feel free to point it out... more specific references are always helpful to the reader. --Underpants (talk) 06:09, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Please discuss this on the talk page before attempting to add it back against objections such as above. This is the third time you've added it, so please be careful. Thanks. Delicious carbuncle (talk) 02:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

The issue is that Wikipedia takes its policies very seriously when it comes to biographies of living persons. If you can find reliable sources for the statements that were added, then it may be able to be kept. Note: It's not sufficient to merely add references for the least controversial sentences... rather, the most controversial statements are those that need the best references for them, otherwise it will be considered an unpublished synthesis of published material, and will removed. --Underpants (talk) 21:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] June 2008

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of previously published material to our articles as you apparently did to Rupert Sheldrake. Please cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 03:12, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, as you did to Rupert Sheldrake, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 18:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I am doing my best to introduce accurate information into the Sheldrake article. You are doing your best to sabotage my efforts and introduce misinformation.

Alfonzo Green (talk) 19:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Read WP:NOR! The WP:SYNTH section of it makes very clear that it is not permissible to infer conclusions that the sources themselves do not make. If you want the article to contain material on whether Gardner's comments were accurate or not, you need to find a source that discusses his comments. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 03:59, 12 June 2008 (UTC)