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re: your edits to An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge edit
Hello, thanks for getting in touch. The reason why I removed your recent additions to the article An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is because the "sources" you provide do not satisfy WP:RS. The edit makes a connection between An Occurrence and several other stories. However, the cited links do not support the information; rather, they are the stories themselves. Nowhere in these links is a connection made between An Occurrence and these other stories, so what you have introduced into the article is original research by synthesis. This means that you have "combine[d] material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources." In order for this information to be included in the article, you need to provide reliable, secondary sources that make the connection between An Occurrence and these other works of literature. Until then, this information does not belong on Wikipedia. I hope this helps, María (yllosubmarine) 02:01, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
- The reason why I removed your addition twice before is, like I stated above, you had no reliable sources to back up your claim. Just be more careful in future, and you should be okay. You cannot use other Wikis as sources (they are user generated, so not reliable), and you cannot make your own conclusions based on primary sources (that's original research). Evans (2003) does mention Jorge Luis Borges in conjunction with Bierce's story, but not Don Juan Manuel. Unless you can provide a reliable source regarding Manuel's connection to Bierce, its inclusion remains OR; Borges' story is also not mentioned by name. María (yllosubmarine) 18:29, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
- Note: I've added [citation needed] tags where references should go once they are located. I've removed the external links to the primary sources because not only are ELs not allowed in the main part of an article per the Manual of Style, but these literary works already have Wiki articles. Proper references (which make the connection between Bierce and the other authors) should utilize the <ref> tag. María (yllosubmarine) 18:38, 9 May 2012 (UTC)