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Welcome![edit]

Hello, Nematullah.n, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Sign language. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Drmies (talk) 02:58, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

College project[edit]

Nematullah, we appreciate your adding to our articles. But new content has to meet our guidelines. In this case, the most important one is the requirement that information be verified by references to reliable sources (see WP:RS). The source you keep citing is not one of those: they appear to be a teacher's notes, not a published book or article. Wait--worse, it is a student paper: that is certainly not acceptable as a source. Reliable sources typically are books and journal articles. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 03:48, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • I think there is an apparent misunderstanding. It's and article published by the University of Chicago press. I wouldn't be so indolent in using proper sources. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1265568?uid=2129&uid=2134&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=47698816576067 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nematullah.n (talkcontribs) 03:58, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Then what are you linking to this for? Which, BTW, isn't an article by Samarin called "Seeing Voices--A Journey Into The World Of The Deaf". Samarin is the author of the article you linked to, and that is an impeccable source, it seems to me. Unfortunately, while the quote about "ready communication" is found in the article, it's not Samarin's words: Samarin in fact quotes an article from 1899 by Lee Humfreville, "The sign language: its mysterious origin and significance"--a claim he goes on to debunk. Drmies (talk) 04:14, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes so realizing that I just made one mistake, That gives you a right to delete my work? As Iv'e mentioned I'm a novice in this Wikipedia editing platform, and I take it your a master at editing. But this is the whole point; I am suppose to try and challenge myself for this assignment and become more familiar with Wikipedia. So I really Would like you to support and assist in this edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nematullah.n (talkcontribs) 04:28, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • Let's keep this in one place. Well, the problem is that this incorrect quotation actually points at something important: did you read the Samarin article at all? It contradicts most of the content of your edit. That's obviously something that has to be fixed. "One mistake"--yes that is enough reason to remove it, since the information is not correctly cited. If I were you, I'd get the article from JSTOR (the entire thing) and see what's in there, so you can consider adding some of that. You can't cite from that student essay: it's a very unreliable source. As far as learning--look at WP:CITE, as I suggested above. Drmies (talk) 04:58, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 2012[edit]

Your recent edit to the page Barack Obama with this edit appears to have added incorrect information and has been reverted or removed. All information in this encyclopedia must be verifiable in a reliable, published source. If you believe the information that you added was correct, please cite the references or sources or before making the changes, discuss them on the article's talk page. Please use the sandbox for any tests that you wish to make. Do take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you. ... discospinster talk 22:56, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Now you're just vandalizing. --jpgordon::==( o ) 23:12, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for vandalism. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. jpgordon::==( o ) 23:12, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]