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Reformulated:
- "Truth" is not the only criteria for inclusion, verifiability is also required.
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- Articles are to be written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not concerned with facts or opinions, it just summarizes reliable sources. Real scholarship actually does not say what understanding of the world is "true," but only with what there is evidence for. In the case of science, this evidence must ultimately start with physical evidence. In the case of religion, this means only reporting what has been written and not taking any stance on doctrine.
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Also, not a policy or guideline, but something important to understand the above policies and guidelines: Wikipedia operates off of objective information, which is information that multiple persons can examine and agree upon. It does not include subjective information, which only an individual can know from an "inner" or personal experience. Most religious beliefs fall under subjective information. Wikipedia may document objective statements about notable subjective claims (i.e. "Christians believe Jesus is divine"), but it does not pretend that subjective statements are objective, and will expose false statements masquerading as subjective beliefs (cf. Indigo children).
You may also want to read User:Ian.thomson/ChristianityAndNPOV. We at Wikipedia are highbrow (snobby), heavily biased for the academia. Tgeorgescu (talk) 09:26, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
Bottom of Red Sea
editRon Wyatt, an anesthesiologist and Christian who believed there might be artifacts to better prove some of the very old stories in the Holy Bible, found major artifacts and some related to the Exodus Journey. Wyatt has a written testimony of Red Sea Crossing artifacts: [1] and [2] This is a video with drama of his scripture-based hypothesis of the Red Sea Crossing and home videos of their findings: [3]
Wyatt had other testimony and pictures related to evidence at Mt. Sinai on his web site. [4] Ecopeacevision (talk) 04:47, 3 July 2018 (UTC)Ecopeacevision
Not verifiable:
See https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chariot-wheels-found-bottom-red-sea/ Tgeorgescu (talk) 09:34, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
Ecopeacevision (talk) 04:23, 3 July 2018 (UTC)Ecopeacevision
June 2018
editPlease do not add or change content, as you did at The Exodus, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 09:46, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
If you continue to violate WP:VERIFY and add original research yhou'll be blocked
editThe ability to veryify that text in an article comes from reliably published sources and is not the editor's own ideas, opinions, or research is fundamental in this encyclopedia, and editors who continue to ignore policy and guidelines get blocked. We do not use primary texts as sources to make an argument, we rely on experts opinions of those texts. Doug Weller talk 07:50, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Sapienti sat
editThere is a single editor able to ban you from Wikipedia, that editor is you. Tgeorgescu (talk) 13:43, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
Wyatt's cow
editEven Creationist sources debunk this.[1][2]. Please don't bother trying to argue with me about this, the point is you must stop trying to use it as though Wyatt met our criteria for sources at WP:RS. Doug Weller talk 13:49, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
August 2019
editHello, I'm Tgeorgescu. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to The Exodus seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Tgeorgescu (talk) 12:51, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!
edit- Hi Ecopeacevision! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
-- 17:33, Tuesday, November 24, 2020 (UTC)
Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |
Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!
edit- Hi Ecopeacevision! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
-- 17:34, Tuesday, November 24, 2020 (UTC)
Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |
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editOriginal research
editYour edit at Momona was reverted because you added your own original research, you have previously been warned about this, please stop. Theroadislong (talk) 18:06, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!
editPlease note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Theroadislong (talk) 18:19, 22 January 2021 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).
January 2021
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Thank you. 331dot (talk) 18:49, 22 January 2021 (UTC)