User talk:AidTheWiki

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A belated welcome![edit]

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:31, 6 March 2021 (UTC) Thank you for the cookies. AidTheWiki (talk) 15:43, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

March 2021[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Lichess, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Please see the edit summary of Special:Diff/1010723630 for details. "An excellent example" is also a non-neutral description even if it has a source. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:33, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize. I am new to wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AidTheWiki (talk • contribs) 14:51, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, AidTheWiki.

Be bold. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:42, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

About your contributions[edit]

@AidTheWiki: Greetings. I have seen some of your recent contributions and there are some things I need to highlight for you. I am very well aware that you are new to Wiki so I won't go too deep into guidelines, but some are necessary. I see that you mostly add links and fix typos, be very aware of WP:OVERLINK. Many of your links are unnecessary; countries, well-known cities, well-known languages, well-known phenomena (such as "fire, wind", etc.), and many more things should not be linked. It is very valuable if you read this guideline because you mainly fix typos and add hyperlinks from what I see. Also, it would be good to know some rules in WP:MOS as a lot of things may seem to be typos but are not, or maybe some issues might exist and you could accidentally overlook them. Cheers. Wretchskull (talk) 10:37, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Wretchskull! How are you doing? Why's it matter if you link more than necessary? I feel like if I add links to things, then it can't possibly be any worse than if it weren't linked, can it? Even if you already know what France is, where's the harm in linking it? Maybe you want to learn more about it, or maybe you want to learn about things related to France, such as its capital, its government, and its military? Sincerely, AidTheWiki (talk) 16:08, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@AidTheWiki: I'm glad you asked. WP:OVERLINK is an established Wikipedia guideline that has been there for years. I understand your confusion, as I was subjected to reverts for overlinking. If one has the proficiency to read articles here, one should have the proficiently to understand what, say, the US is. If you are wondering why there should not be a link that doesn't seem to hurt the article, well... According to a study on Wikipedia data, overlinked articles make it difficult to identify links likely to aid the reader's understanding significantly, and, only 66% of links that have been added to Wikipedia were ever clicked, the rest were clicked very rarely. The studies are included in this guideline: MOS:OVERLINK. If one wants to learn about the country, they can very easily just search it in the search bar. If one can search Wikipedia, one should also be able to search for any other thing. Cheers. Wretchskull (talk) 17:52, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @Wretchskull. I appreciate that. T'was a good explanation!AidTheWiki (talk) 15:43, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]