History1800s

March 2024

Hello, I'm Pi.1415926535. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Boston and Albany Railroad have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted; Wikipedia articles should be written objectively, using independent sources, and from a neutral perspective. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:08, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

It wasn't meant to be promotional. A railroad's repair shops were an important part of operations and there was no mention of them. In the past if I added information with no reference it was flagged. But I added the passages back and didn't put a reference so it won't be flagged as "promotional." History1800s (talk) 17:31, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

There are several different pieces of policy you'll want to look at:

• Verifiability: Information added to Wikipedia must be supported by inline citations to reliable sources. I have reverted your most recent edits for this reason.
• Reliable sources: Citations must be to sources that meet general standards of reliability. Self-published and privately published books are generally not considered reliable because they don't have the editorial oversight that reputable publishers add. You should be able to support the information you have been adding with citations to reliable sources that are publicly published, rather than this privately published book.
• Conflict of interest: It appears that you may be the author of the book you are citing. If you are the author of the book, or otherwise have financial incentive to promote it, you need to appropriately disclose that conflict of interest per the instructions on that page. Adding numerous citations to yourself, and none to other researchers, is also not accepted by the Wikipedia community.

Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:49, 17 March 2024 (UTC)