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Your edit to Night of the Living Dead has been reverted again. To begin with, it is speculation (although I am pretty sure we see her later in the film in one of the zombie mobs). At a minimum, you should include a citation that mentions what you added; otherwise, it is considered original research. You should consider looking at the edit history and the talk pages of an article before making changes. You may find out that the subject has been raised before. Don't let this stop you from contributing in other ways to Wikipedia. The first time I edited it got reverted, so you aren't alone. ;^) -- wrp103 (Bill Pringle) (Talk) 01:56, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your question to wrp103

Hi there. I added a change to Night of the Living Dead that you reverted. I am requesting an account name from an admin, and I am going to A) See if Barbra is in the zombie ranks at the end of the movie, B) Try and contact George Romero to see if there's a possibility if Barbra lived.
Thanks for helping me since I'm new to Wikipedia! ^_^
Congratulations on your decision to create an account, and I hope you enjoy your stay at Wikipedia.
There are several issues with your addition. If you looked at the article history, you will notice that I had added a {{fact}} tag, indicating that a citation was necessary to back up that claim. Later, another editor reverted the edit, stating that it was too much detail for a summary of the movie.
The second issue is that Wikipedia prefers secondary sources over primary sources. This means that, even if Romero told you that Barbara could have escaped, you couldn't use that to validate the claim. You would have to find a secondary source (such as a newspaper article or magazine) that stated that Romero made that claim. The basic reason for this is that facts in Wikipedia are to be verifiable by others. Somebody else could look up the newspaper article or magazine and see that he did indeed make that claim; however, they would not be able to verify that he told you the same thing.
It might help to remember that there will always be people who disagree with your statements and positions. That is why documentation of sources is important. Don't get discouraged, and keep making useful contributions, and eventually you will get the hang of it. ;^) Good luck, and feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I have your talk page on my watchlist, so if you reply here I will see it and answer you. -- wrp103 (Bill Pringle) (Talk) 11:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)