User talk:Sminhinnick

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[edit] Welcome!

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[edit] June 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Kent Hovind, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Gwernol 20:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

As I mentioned above, the problem with adding Hovind Scale to the Kent Hovind article is there are no independent, published sources for that. I've proposed that the Hovind Scale article itself be deleted since it doesn't appear to be notable. I'm afraid that something developed purely on a forum isn't appropriate for an encyclopedia like Wikipedia. You'll need multiple reliable sources both to have the article itself kept and to add a reference to it to the Kent Hovind article. Thanks, Gwernol 21:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)