User talk:Michael Harpur Edwards

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Hello, Michael Harpur Edwards! 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! WLU (talk) 14:54, 30 April 2008 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] WP:RS

Please note that wikis are not considered reliable sources, medically reliable sources or appropriate as external links (see point 12). Thanks, WLU (talk) 14:54, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

You posted a comment in my archive. Please post on my talk page. WLU (talk) 18:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Note that you also seem to be the webmaster or something similar for wikisurgery. This places you in a conflict of interest, and is another reason you should not be adding the page to wikipedia. At best, you could try bringing this up on individual article talk pages or perhaps the medicine wikiproject for others to review and add to the page if they think there is merit. I don't hold out much hope for that though, it's a small wiki, and it's a wiki. There's no real support for wikis as reliable sources or external links. WLU (talk) 18:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikisurgery

Please stop. If you continue to insert inappropriate links I will have to permanently suspend your account. JFW | T@lk 09:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

To answer your question on WLU's talkpage:[1] it seems your resource is not peer-reviewed. Therefore, however relevant and useful the information, Wikipedia's sourcing policy opposes the use of other wikis and self-published sources. How about you drop by on WT:MED, where we can discuss the options for improving surgery-related content on Wikipedia. JFW | T@lk 09:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

You have been temporarily blocked from editing Wikipedia as a result of your disruptive edits. You are free to make constructive edits after the block has expired, but please note that vandalism (including page blanking or addition of random text), spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, personal attacks; and repeated, blatant violations of our policies concerning neutral point of view and biographies of living persons will not be tolerated. You have been blocked for 24 hours for continuing to violate Wikipedia policy despite several reminders. JFW | T@lk 09:48, 26 May 2008 (UTC)