Sampatsamshodhak
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Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
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Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 23:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Keren / East Africa
editI don't want to discourage you so I thought I would explain why I reverted your recent addition to the Battle of Keren. I did so because 1) you added a large amount of text with no references at all. Ideally each relevant point should have an in-line citation to a book and page number. 2.) It was way too detailed. An encyclopedia should not try to replicate a detailed history but cover the relevant facts to give the reader an understanding of what happened. The references and bibliography should provide pointers to readers to dig deeper if they wish 3.) Stylistically it was rather POV and written in a narrative rather than encyclopaedic style 4) It didn't fit with the rest of the article - just a lump of text that was dumped into what was already there. Overall, try to bear in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia and as such should be measured and authoritative rather than breathless and exciting. A tight descriptive writing style and plenty of in-line citations are a good guideline to make this happen. Regards Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 10:14, 6 August 2011 (UTC)