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Hello, Paul Markel! 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 loving 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. Happy editing! PeaceNT 06:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC) |
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[edit] Reversions
I'm sorry that your initial Wikipedia experience was not constructive. Your initial edits unknowingly violated several Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Your main edit described a new calendar that you invented. This is original research which is not permitted on Wikipedia. It would be permitted once it has been published in a respected journal, thus creating a reference that you can cite. A blog is not a reliable source. Additionally, you promoted your own idea which is considered a conflict of interest. It is suggested that your user page should contain a short autobiography (about two screens). Your curriculum vitae is much too long—it also not permitted on Wikipedia according to WP:UP#NOT. Your user page should mainly discuss your contributions to the Wikipedia project. Finally, you added essentially the same information promoting yourself and your idea to several Wikipedia articles. Many editors consider this to be Wikipedia spam.
A competing calendar wiki has been created which has no such restrictions on new calendars. Your idea is welcome there. Many experts will critique your calendar on the calendar mailing list CALNDR-L, where all calendars are discussed, historical, current or proposed. I am an expert on many existing calendars, like the Chinese calendar, but I have virtually no interest in any reform of them. Nevertheless, someone complained that the calendar reform article did not discuss historical reforms, so I added most of that section. Many editors contributed to the present article—the opening line was written by Goldfritha. You are welcome to rewrite it. Just note that the title of the article, calendar reform, must appear near the beginning of the article in bold type, which is Wikipedia style. — Joe Kress 07:13, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
- Dr. Markel: As a supporter of, and enthusiast for, reforming the Gregorian in some fashion, I've added your interesting calendar proposal to the Calendar Wiki, which while technically not a competitor, is different in the sense that it allows original research. Feel free to develop it further there, adhering to a degree of Wiki style in the writing, of course. Note the subtle changes to the added material there. - Nhprman 04:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
