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TheWikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see thehelp pages, add a question to thevillage pump or ask me onmy talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome!Doug Wellertalk10:59, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'mDoug Weller. I noticed that you recently removed content fromPhalanx without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurateedit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use thesandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message onmy talk page. Thanks.Doug Wellertalk11:00, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add or change content, as you did atBook of the Dead, without citing areliable source. Please review the guidelines atWikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article.You changed "Judeo-Christian" to Abrahamic faiths, thus adding Islam with no source - which is to be expected as the 10 commandments aren't part of IslamDoug Wellertalk11:01, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot think of a situation where "Judeo-Christian" makes sense as a grouping? If it's about the ten commandments mention the Old testament more specifically rather than just "Christian", and state whichever Jewish text they appear in. "Judeo-Christian" has too much political baggage.Irtapil (talk)13:30, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Current wording of that phrase seems reasonable enough "the Ten Commandments of Jewish and Christian ethics". But that whole section featuring the analogy is a bit tangential, it seems to summarise an opinionated source as if it were simply factual. Opinions can be valid to mention, if they are particularly influential, but they should be framed as such.Irtapil (talk)13:44, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can Wikipedia be used as a source for another article in Wikipedia? For example: The article X in Wikipedia states that everything that is A is also B, article Y says that everything that is C is also A, so can I use article X as a source in article Y to say that everything that is C is also B?Barbar03 (talk)00:09, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No, perWP:SPS. No self-published sources including Wikipedia, are allowed.Chris Troutman (talk)00:13, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Even if Article X has a reliable source?Barbar03 (talk)00:14, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I understand your problem. Article Y doesn't need article X as a source; article Y can present the same citations that article. Further, there is notransitive property involved as your assertion would be original research. Instead, we present source/citations that say what A, B, or C is.Chris Troutman (talk)02:18, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Nope... separate from the reliability issue, see ourWP:No original research policy.

Even if you have a reliable source that says “A = B”... and another reliable source that says “B = C”... you still can’t put these two together YOURSELF, and add the (logical) conclusion that “C = A” to an article. You would need to cite a reliable source that puts everything together and explicitly says “Since A = B, and B = C, therefore C = A”.Blueboar (talk)00:47, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop yourdisruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia'sneutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did atJapheth, you may beblocked from editing.Doug Wellertalk09:20, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]