Flaihai

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March 2019

Hello, I'm Doniago. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Please note that simply providing a bluelink isn't sufficient per WP:CIRCULAR. DonIago (talk) 16:03, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at New Braunfels, Texas, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Additionally, there is nothing encyclopedic in being the largest stadium in the community. John from Idegon (talk) 12:18, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on San Benito, Texas. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. John from Idegon (talk) 12:31, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Summerville, South Carolina. Most websites are not reliable. See WP:RS. John from Idegon (talk) 12:35, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi John, can you please tell me if www.stadiumdb.com, www.soccerway.com, www.transfermarkt.com, www.worldstadiums.com, www.worldofstadiums.com, www.stadiumguide.com are reliable sources for Wikipedia? Those are the stadium websites I know. Are those good for references? If not, which websites can/should I use as a reference? Flaihai (talk) 14:47, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

It's up to you to determine whether the references you use meet our standards as laid out at WP:RS. There's no list of good sources or bad sources. It's a standard, and very few websites meet it. Be advised, even if the sources you use are deemed reliable, that does guarantee that the content will not be removed. What you are adding is trivial in extreme, and I doubt even if reliable any of the sources you propose would verify all of what you are adding. If you have further questions, please use the Teahouse link above. John from Idegon (talk) 15:43, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the information John, I'll try the best I can. But is seems almost impossible to add a perfect source for every edit. Most information on Wikipedia doesn't seem referenced at all though. Before I change something, I always check multiple reliable websites if the information seems right and up-to-date. Even relative reliable websites often have outdated information, there don't seem to be websites which are 100% reliable. But as I said, I'll try to add the best references I can find, if I think they seem to meet standards at WP:RS. I'll always do a lot of research if I change a stadium capacity for example (often the stadium has been renovated or new safety laws limit capacity for example). If you (or someone else) has doubts about one or more edits of me, please let me know and I'll try to give more/better sources and/or explanations.Flaihai (talk) 17:16, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

You are not following what I am saying, I am afraid. The fact that an edit passes WP:V does not guarantee inclusion. What you are adding is trivial, and on that basis alone, I would oppose including it in an article on a US city or town. Further, what is your source for the statement you've added to multiple articles, "It is the largest stadium in the community"? Simply looking at a listing of stadium sizes and observing that the stadium in question is the largest listed for that town is not a sufficient source to make the statement "It is the largest stadium in the community". You must have a source that states that specifically. Please understand what an encyclopedia is. It isn't a place to record every detail about a particular community (see WP:NOTEVERYTHING). Rather, it is a place to summarize what has been written about a given subject (in this case a community) in reliable secondary sources. That's all. Although a reference is not necessarily required for everything you enter (although it certainly wouldn't hurt), you must be able to provide a reference for everything you enter if requested. What you know, or what you deduce is not allowed. See WP:OR. John from Idegon (talk) 17:28, 27 March 2019 (UTC)