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No matter how knowledgeable you may be,you are not a reliable source for Wikipedia content. The reverse is also true, you are not a reliable source for removal of content supported by a reliable source that you think is in error.

There are several reasons why you are not a reliable source:

1. Readers cannot independently verify your identity.
2. Readers cannot independently verify your credentials.SeeWikipedia:Reliable sources.
3. Readers cannot independently verify your facts.SeeWikipedia:Verifiability.
4. Readers cannot independently verify your analysis.SeeWikipedia:No original research.

If you have a reliable source but don't know how to add areference, you can put it in youredit summary. Edit summaries have a limit of around 500 characters so you can give more than one source. Better yet, readHelp:Referencing for beginners and learn how to add references on your own.

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