English3kajs

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! --Midnightdreary (talk) 20:47, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Original research

Hello! Thanks for dropping in some analysis on the article for "Young Goodman Brown". Are you aware of our policy here on Wikipedia about original research? Analysis like this must not have been something you came up with, but must be culled from reliable sources. If that's the case, you'll need to go back in and add all the footnotes from published sources. Otherwise, I'll have to remove it all. --Midnightdreary (talk) 20:47, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Your edits are the definition of original research. If you think it isn't, you can provide footnotes to previously published interpretations of "Young Goodman Brown" which already say what you are trying to say. Your analysis will continuously be deleted until you do. Which book are you using? --Midnightdreary (talk) 19:22, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

It might help if you take a moment to read some of the Wikipedia policies. You might have an easier time understanding the term "original research" if you read this page on the Wikipedia policy regarding original research. To answer your question: (Emphatically) YES, any analysis you introduce must come from someone else. Look up information on verifiability and reliable sources. You can not add your own analysis, no matter how much Hawthorne's text supports it. What we must do instead is present the academic or scholarly consensus on how the work is interpreted today - using reliable, published third-party sources. Trust me: you have to learn to play the game here on Wikipedia - and the literature-related articles are very strict in their policies just based on precedent. Let me know if this is not clear yet; I don't want you to be discouraged from editing here, but we have to learn to work within all these policies. --Midnightdreary (talk) 21:35, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Multiple user names

Hello! I'm trying to help you understand policy as you continue to try to contribute good faith edits to the article on "Young Goodman Brown". It's hard to tell if you are getting my messages because you are using so many accounts (I'm presuming this is one person). Are you familiar with the policy on multiple accounts? You might want to try sticking with just one user name - it's in your benefit as well as those who are trying to help you. --Midnightdreary (talk) 22:03, 26 November 2008 (UTC)