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| == Re: My submissions that were deemed promotional == | |||
| David, thanks for the ] on my talk page, and I'm glad my tone came across as intended. You certainly seem reasonable, and I thank you for that. I'll try to explain in more detail why I reverted your edits and what you can do. | |||
| Don't worry: it's not a matter of "breaking rules" or anything so serious, and there's no threat of corporal punishment. But please understand that Misplaced Pages sees a ''lot'' of edits that promote personal websites or ]. Because Misplaced Pages strives to be neutral and non-promotional, such edits are quickly removed. | |||
| Now, that's not to say that ''your'' particular edits were ill-intentioned. But one of the core policies here is that articles must be written with sources that are ] and ]. If, as you say, your "perfect pangrams, palindromic verse, and trisection breakthrough, in particular, are regarded by experts in the relevant fields as amazing achievements", then that's fine—as long as you cite those third-party sources rather than your own site. | |||
| The March 2007 issue of the Mathematical Association of America's ''College Mathematics Journal'' sounds like a good place to start. If you can provide a ] for your method of trisection, it could possibly be added to the article. I'm not a math expert, so other editors of that article would have to decide if it helps the article without taking up ]. | |||
| I do have a further concern, however. In looking back at your comment to me, I note that you want to "show that in each of those articles there were better solutions to creative problems than were shown in this encyclopedia." Please realize that this sounds like ], which is great in academia but not accepted in Misplaced Pages. | |||
| I'd be happy to clarify anything further, and I hope your introduction to editing Misplaced Pages hasn't been too harsh! -] (]) 17:40, 29 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
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Links to your page
David, you have been writing talk page messages today that point users to what appears to be your personal site. I'm sure you have the best intentions, but Misplaced Pages is not the place to promote your personal site; one reason is that only reliable sources as defined by Misplaced Pages are allowable in articles. I've reverted your edits. If you'd like to learn more about Misplaced Pages, I'll give you a standard welcoming message in a second. -Phoenixrod (talk) 16:19, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
And some useful links...
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Re: My submissions that were deemed promotional
David, thanks for the message on my talk page, and I'm glad my tone came across as intended. You certainly seem reasonable, and I thank you for that. I'll try to explain in more detail why I reverted your edits and what you can do.
Don't worry: it's not a matter of "breaking rules" or anything so serious, and there's no threat of corporal punishment. But please understand that Misplaced Pages sees a lot of edits that promote personal websites or points of view. Because Misplaced Pages strives to be neutral and non-promotional, such edits are quickly removed.
Now, that's not to say that your particular edits were ill-intentioned. But one of the core policies here is that articles must be written with sources that are reliable and verifiable. If, as you say, your "perfect pangrams, palindromic verse, and trisection breakthrough, in particular, are regarded by experts in the relevant fields as amazing achievements", then that's fine—as long as you cite those third-party sources rather than your own site.
The March 2007 issue of the Mathematical Association of America's College Mathematics Journal sounds like a good place to start. If you can provide a citation for your method of trisection, it could possibly be added to the article. I'm not a math expert, so other editors of that article would have to decide if it helps the article without taking up undue weight.
I do have a further concern, however. In looking back at your comment to me, I note that you want to "show that in each of those articles there were better solutions to creative problems than were shown in this encyclopedia." Please realize that this sounds like original research, which is great in academia but not accepted in Misplaced Pages.
I'd be happy to clarify anything further, and I hope your introduction to editing Misplaced Pages hasn't been too harsh! -Phoenixrod (talk) 17:40, 29 April 2009 (UTC)