User talk:72.72.202.223

September 2023[edit]

Hello, I'm Donald Albury. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Climate of the United States, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Donald Albury 11:49, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The Big Piney, Wyoming Wikipedia page contradicts the US Climate page, it says the record low in September for Big Piney is 5, not -15, yet the US Climate page says -15. It doesn't look too good IMO for two Wikipedia articles to contradict each other.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.202.223 (talk)

Per the guideline at Wikipedia:Reliable sources#User-generated content, Wikipedia is not a reliable source. The contents of a Wikipedia article should not be used to add or verify content in another article. Determination of what is the coldest place needs to be done from independent reliable sources. BTW, please sign your comments on talk pages (and noticeboards) by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of the comment. - Donald Albury 01:05, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but having articles contradict each other looks very unprofessional and adds to the "anyone can edit it, therefore it's not a reference source" stereotype. The climate of the United States article and the Big Piney page contradicting each other is not a good look for an encyclopedia that's trying to attain the prestige of a paper encyclopedia such as Encyclopedia Brittanica or Funk & Wagnall's. Either the -15 temperature in September 1983 didn't happen and the Climate of the United States page is wrong or the Big Piney, Wyoming article is wrong. Both can't be right if they contradict each other, this isn't TV Tropes. 72.72.202.223 (talk) 06:16, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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