Aldencleanthes

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October 2008

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Shit happens. While objective prose about products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Thank you. haz (talk) 16:29, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: Shit happens

Hey Aldencleanthes. There are several reasons why I reverted your edits to the article Shit happens, which I'll try and explain as best I can:

• The organisation in question, OfficialShit, has never been the subject of significant coverage in any reliable, independent secondary sources, and thus your contributions to the article concerning it do not meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy.
• The reference to the court case does not carry verifiability, as it is not a reliable secondary source. There is also no record of the quotation or any of the media referred to, thereby making your contributions speculation (original research), which is not permitted in Wikipedia articles.
• Your username indicates that you clearly have a conflict of interest, as you have a close relationship with the subject matter of your contributions. This is not a reason per se, but indicates that your edits are more likely to carry a non-neutral point of view.
• Your edits have been reverted by more than one editor, indicating a growing consensus that your edits do not meet Wikipedia policy. If you continue to re-insert your edits, you may be in violation of Wikipedia's three-revert rule.

I am reverting your edits to the page as per the above rationale. If you have any further queries or disagreements over any of the above, then please feel free to get in touch with me again. haz (talk) 19:51, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I got your email, Aldencleanthes. I think the editor above says a lot that I could say to you. Basically, you need to find a good secondary or primary source (say, the Village Voice or New York Times), where a person is actually quoted saying what you know is true. Unfortunately, what you placed in before was stated as if it was your own point of view, a marginal opinion, or your own research. Somebody else may also be able to cite you book with an ISBN or Amazon number. Since the website you want to cite is not actually up yet, there is no way to verify the information. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, a tertiary source; it is not a newspaper. Please read WP:5P for more information about our basic rules. You may also want to read this funny essay for perspective. Bearian (talk) 19:26, 6 October 2008 (UTC)