User talk:Wortzman

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert a single page more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you. Byrgenwulf 13:51, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I have reported you for 3RR violations here. Please stop now. Byrgenwulf 15:07, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Theory of everything

1. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. While the Wikipedia community appreciates your obvious efforts to increase the amount of information on the site, we'd like to point out our policy against original research and for citing sources for the information you provide. This increases the reputation of Wikipedia as a whole and aids in checking the factuality of that article.
2. You are in danger of violating the three-revert rule on a page. Please cease further reverts or you may be blocked from further editing. Extraordinary Machine 22:15, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I am having a lot of problems trying to figure out how this site works. I am not sure even if someone will get this message. I had no idea why my edits didn't take, and what I was doing wrong. I redid my edit several times because I thought I was making a mistake so I tried variations to get it right. So far what I understand is that I am being blocked, but I don't know for how long. Also I cant submit original work. Can someone else submit my work? I didnt think I changed what anyone said, but only added to the sight. Does someone have to approve each edit? If so, how is that done? Thanks Don Wortzman

Hello Mr Wortzman. I was the one who was removing your additions to the Theory of everything article. The thing is, we are already trying to cut down on the number of "alternative theories" in that article, and focus on the efforts of mainstream science, so it is a bad time to be adding another theory to what is already a rather overinflated article.

The rules on original research dictate that Wikipedia is not the venue to publish your own theories, particularly if they haven't been published elsewhere. Moreover, the notability policy lays down some principles which determine what content is encyclopaedia, and what isn't: in other words, what content is of sufficiently universal importance to merit inclusion.

It is of crucial importance that you cite your sources of information (as you no doubt know), and that the sources you use are reliable.

We also have an active proposal, Wikipedia:Fringe theories, which deals with theories having a bearing on scientific concepts, but are not part of mainstream science per se. Many people, myself included, tend to frown upon authors editing Wikipedia articles on their own theories, particularly to promote themselves, but this is not a firmly established "rule" of the site.

Now, I understand that you have authored a book on your "Gyroverse" concept. I encourage you to read all the documents to which I linked in the above paragraphs, and carefully decide whether or not you think the Gyroverse should be added to Wikipedia in light of our policies. If you believe so, the best place to do it is probably in an article on the Gyroverse itself, instead of the "Theory of everything" article. Personally, I don't think that the Gyroverse should be included, but the decision is, ultimately, your own. Wikipedia is not an autocracy, and you have the same rights as anyone else.

I understand that all these policies and so forth might be a bit intimidating, but the principles are quite straightforward, and the ideas in them are, I am sure you will agree, very reasonable. You are not blocked from editing, as far as I know. Please do be careful though: making the same changes to an article repeatedly can get you blocked. However, it seems that your repeated addition was a misunderstanding of how the site works, so I shall assume good faith.

If you have any more questions, post them here, and I shall try to answer them if I get the chance. Byrgenwulf 13:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Second all that. Don, edits like this clearly violate WP:NPOV. You should probably also see WP:OR-WP:VAIN and if possible familiarize yourself with other policies. I agree that the community frowns upon attempts to promote your own book/website/company here, and more generally, upon apparent attempts to further some personal agenda, since these activities tend to conflict with the best interests of our readers.---CH 02:46, 6 October 2006 (UTC)