User talk:QuantumMass

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November 2014

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Brianna Wu. Please do not insert poorly-sourced allegations, insinuations and conspiracy theories into Wikipedia biographies. If you continue, you will likely be blocked from editing the encyclopedia. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 23:03, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 23:04, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Brianna Wu

Hi QuantumMass. Under Wikipedia's policies regarding living people, we have to be extremely careful about posting allegations regarding living people, and high quality sourcing is required. While it might be true that there are unsubstantiated allegations against Wu floating around on 8chan and Reddit, they can't be covered here unless they get serious mainstream coverage, and even then we are required to be very careful about whether or not we add them. You won't be able to add those allegations to the Brianna Wu article, and due to the strong policies on the subject, you run the risk of being blocked if you continue to try and add them. - Bilby (talk) 23:08, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gamergate controversy

Hey, QuantumMass,
When you hit the Edit link on this article, you should have seen the following note:

This article and its Talk page may not be edited by accounts with fewer than 500 edits, or by accounts that are less than 30 days old. Edits made by accounts that do not meet these qualifications may be removed. (Such removals would not be subject to any "revert-rule" counting.)

This editing restriction is in effect for this article and its talk page and right now, you only have 27 edits. Please gain some experience editing other articles and reading some policy and guideline pages so you can become familiar with Wikipedia's editing process before editing such a contentious article. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:01, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! QuantumMass, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:02, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 22:10, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]