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Notes
edit(i originally wrote the note below at Talk:intelligent design but it is more appropriate for a user Talk page... so i cut and pasted them here before anyone there responded. Jytdog (talk) 23:06, 15 August 2014 (UTC))
Please review the content of the brown boxes at the top of the talk:intelligent design page carefully. You appear to be new to Wikipedia. This being "an encyclopedia that anyone can edit", over the years the editing community has developed a set of policies and guidelines (see WP:PAG) that govern how we work together. One of the hardest things for new editors to come to understand, is that these PAGs exist at all, and how all the work we do here is grounded on them. Without them, this place would be an ugly and brutal wild west. With them, we can have rational conversations -- but everybody involved has to be committed to work within and upon the foundation provided by PAG. It takes time to understand the spirit and letter of PAG, and more time to learn how we actually use them. One of our fundamentals, is that Wikipedia aligns itself with the scientific consensus (as expressed in reliable sources (see WP:RS), on all issues science-related. Please see the section of the Neutral Point of View policy called "Fringe theories and pseudoscience" which you can access directly here: WP:PSCI. Please also see the guideline, WP:FRINGE, which fleshes out that PSCI section. That is a long way of saying that the ID is not mainstream and it is treated accordingly here. ID is actually one of the examples of pseudoscience cited in WP:FRINGE. So if you have a bone to pick (and again, I recommend learning the "rules" before you "step into the ring" and start making strong arguments), this page is not the place to do it, but rather, the place is at the guideline that governs this topic, namely WP:FRINGE. The other thing you should be aware of, is that the "supreme court" of Wikipedia is something called the arbitration committee (or "Arbcom") - they get involved only in the nastiest, most protracted disputes. And there have been some such disputes on pseudoscience topics, like ID, that Arbcom got involved in. So again, before you jump in here, you should carefully read their decisions on pseudoscience topics (here is a good list of them, and you should know that one of the outcomes of Arbcom getting involved, is that articles like this one are under what are called "discretionary sanctions", so there is little room for bad behavior (and ignorance is not an excuse)... so again, for what it is worth, my advice to you is to please take your time and learn about how we edit, and how we interact with another, before you start making strong arguments. Good luck. Jytdog (talk) 22:13, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
Warning!
editPlease carefully review the brown boxes at the top of Talk:Intelligent design, especially the discussion about discretionary sanctions. Be very careful to follow talk page guidelines on the Talk page, and to avoid edit warring in the article. There are many other policies and guidelines you want to mindful of. So take care. Good luck! Jytdog (talk) 22:20, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- I always thought those boxes were more of a dirty yellow colour !! -Roxy the dog™ (resonate) 22:41, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
- apparently it is "#F8EABA"] Jytdog (talk) 22:53, 15 August 2014 (UTC)