Jardycoho

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Hello, Jardycoho and Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field with your edits. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Dougweller (talk) 21:13, 5 July 2011 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

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Please read WP:RS and WP:VERIFY. An undergraduate student is not a reliable source by our criteria. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 21:14, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Doug is correct, Jardycoho. And welcome to Wikipedia! Mystylplx (talk) 21:21, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Can you provide a link or explain how Wikipedia criterion says that? Jardycoho (talk) 21:24, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

I provided two links above for you to read, just click on the blue links. The first includes the statement that "Reliable sources may be published materials with a reliable publication process, authors who are regarded as authoritative in relation to the subject, or both.". We have a board where you can discuss your link, WP:RSN, but it seems to me fairly obvious that undergraduate students wouldn't be reliable sources for an enyclclopedia. Would you have any confidence in the World Book or the Britannica if articles were written by students without even a Bachelor's degree? Dougweller (talk) 04:47, 6 July 2011 (UTC)