User talk:151.124.108.82 - Wikipedia
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Article ImagesHello, I'm Donald Albury. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Ceiba pentandra, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Donald Albury 18:43, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
- There is no appropriate reference to give. The published sources to which I refer are other websites describing the tree which appear on a Google search.
- I visited the huge tree on Santiago island today, and my group and I found it sufficiently interesting to merit the addition of the text I have written to the Wikipedia article.
- With respect, your removal of my draft is plainly an over-reaction. There is nothing erroneous or controversial in my text, and I suggest you restore it as written.
- Thank you. 151.124.108.82 (talk) 18:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
- "The published sources to which I refer are other websites describing the tree which appear on a Google search" violates WP:SYNTH and writing your own observations from visiting the tree violates WP:OR. If you want to do that, what you want is a blog, not an encyclopedia. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
- What a disappointing response. I have occasionally contributed to Wikipedia in the past, with similar information based on personal observation. You must have changed your policy.
- However, that does not excuse the curt and dismissive tone of your emails. Your suggestion of a blog is offensive.
- Whilst I have sometimes contributed financially to Wikipedia, you may be assured that I will be disinclined to do so again. A pity, because it has been a very useful tool in the past, full of "unreferenced" but nevertheless helpful or interesting detail. 151.124.108.82 (talk) 08:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
- "The published sources to which I refer are other websites describing the tree which appear on a Google search" violates WP:SYNTH and writing your own observations from visiting the tree violates WP:OR. If you want to do that, what you want is a blog, not an encyclopedia. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply