User talk:Grizzybear1

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September 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Stockton, California, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. Allmightyduck  What did I do wrong? 20:59, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello Mightyduck,

I disagree with you. I added a category on "outdoor recreation" that makes the encyclopedia piece on Stockton, CA, much more informative.

All best, grizzybear

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the encyclopedia, but when you add or change content, as you did to the article Stockton,_California, please cite a reliable source for the content of your edit. This helps maintain our policy of verifiability. Take a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources for information about how to cite sources and the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. WookieInHeat (talk) 21:53, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Stockton, California

Hello Grizzybear

I do see that you spent quite some time on the article. I took that into consideration before I changed it back to its previous state.

There were things that caught my eye when reviewing your edits. The embedded external links to americangolf.com, stocktonsc.org, and sevencrown.com was my primary concern. There's a few things that need to be addressed with linking to items like these. The first most basic thing is that although you may find articles with embedded links in the body of the article, Wikipedia's external link guideline states the use of external links. Instead of linking them in the body we just put them in the designated section of articles near the bottom of most pages.

The second item of concern that's closely related is the links themselves. They're links to commercial websites. The problem here is that they could be considered spam. In order to establish notability of a specific entry and to avoid looking like spam we try to use references from secondary sources rather than the subject of the entry itself.

I hope you're not discouraged by this. We would love to have you stick around and unload some of your knowledge with us. As long as your contributions include reliable sources we'll be improving this encyclopedia. I'll leave you with a link to a guide for referencing for beginners.

WP:REFSTART

Thanks Grizzybear & hope to see you around. Dawnseeker2000 23:03, 21 September 2010 (UTC)