Stuntman crow

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Hello, Stuntman crow, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your edits have not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and have been reverted. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles.

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thanks man, im real new to wikipedia, what did i do wrong if you could tell me so i can improve. Stuntman crow (talk) 20:15, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Best bet is to read Wikipedia:Verifiability and if you have any questions about what it says, put {{helpme}} here on your user page, along with your question. --Dbratland (talk) 20:37, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

usually if im editing things like in hairstyle, i will copy, paste, and edit because im not sure how to make tables or stuff. also, about ricing, rice burners do not have to be asian, its common knowledge. a rice burner can be a muscle car, a luxury car, but usually they are normal everyday car visually modified to fool people, yes. but they do not have to be asian, the origin of rice burner for the korean troops may be, but that is not the same rice burner for a vehicle. (Stuntman crow (talk) 20:42, 14 March 2010 (UTC))

Wow, you read that fast. Wikipedia is not a repository of "common knowledge". Wikipedia is an aggregation of information that is verifiable. That is why Verifiability is in the five pillars of Wikipedia. If it can't be verified, then it should be deleted. This means that sometimes things that are true are not in Wikipedia, but Wikipedia is not about truth. It can be frustrating, but that's how it is. But Wikipedia is not the whole Internet and there are plenty of ways for the truth to be spread other than Wikipedia.

If you happen to find a reliable source who states that "rice burner" can be any make, feel free to cite it and add it back to the article. Currently I have cited several sources that say it is only Japanese or Asian vehicles. Many other editors agree with you about "rice burner" yet not one of them has been able to find a source to back it up. --Dbratland (talk) 20:53, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Sources. sources, can you define a proper source for me? what are the limits of sources? what about websites? sources. (Stuntman crow (talk) 20:57, 14 March 2010 (UTC))

I provided you with links to definitions of what a proper source is. Do you have specific questions about what those articles say? --Dbratland (talk) 21:12, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

I think I understand now, apparently, self published sources wont fly, like one of the most biggest NFS sites, or forums. i get it. thanks for all your help (Stuntman crow (talk) 21:21, 14 March 2010 (UTC))

Referencing

{{helpme}}

how do i reference or cite a news article like this one: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-jimenez031510

As a simple example, you'd put;

Jimenez is 16 years old.<ref>Jimenez gave up medicine to dispense pills,
  Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports, Mar 15, http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-jimenez031510</ref>

Lots more info follows.  Chzz  ►  23:14, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

How references work

Simple references

These require two parts;

a)

Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref>

He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>

b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}";

== References ==
{{reflist}}

(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)

To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Stuntman crow/reftest and try it out.

Named references

Chzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook">
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/>

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates

You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation
 | last = Smith
 | first = John
 | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century
 | publication-date = 2001
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
}}
</ref>

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Thanks alot!

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