User talk:Bpthurston

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Verifiability

Hello Bpthurston. I recently patrolled Second-order polynomial interpolation, a new article you created on July 19, 2012. I noticed the article was completely unreferenced. On Wikipedia, any information that is challenged, or likely to be challenged, must be attributed to a reliable, published source. Please do not create new articles and leave them without in-line citations to show the source of your information. Please see WP:REFBEGIN and WP:Verifiability for information about how, and why, we show the sources of information in Wikipedia articles. Happy editing! Dolphin (t) 05:40, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dolphin, thanks. I think the idea for this type of interpolation is an original idea of mine, so at first I put a link to my blog where I first described the idea. But someone thought this was supposed to be called biquadratic interpolation, which I've researched into and is actually a different method. Anyway that person removed the citation I had on there and the line I added about myself being the discoverer. I wrote to them, actually two different people about it but they haven't writeen me back. I'm new to wikipedia so I don't know if this is where I should be putting this reply but if you are watching this page I guess you'll see this? Bpthurston (talk) 01:48, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bp. This is the perfect place to reply to my message.

You say this type of interpolation is an original idea of yours. Wikipedia, like all encyclopedias, has a very clear policy on original research. See WP:ORIGINAL. If you have invented something, or discovered it in your research, this is original reasearch and it belongs in peer-reviewed journals. Also, all material on Wikipedia must be attributed to a reliable, published source. For a source to be reliable it needs to be a secondary source. (A primary source is one written by someone who is so close to the action that there is likely to be an element of bias. Secondary sources are remote from the action so it can be assumed they are free of bias.) See WP:PRIMARY. Your personal blog would not be regarded as a secondary source. Best regards, Dolphin (t) 08:06, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply, I considered what you're saying before I posted it. The reasons I thought it might be ok was that in the section I read on what counts as a reliable source it mentions that a proffesional blogger can be considered a reliable source. I realize now that shouldn't also be myself. Though it's a math idea so there's less chance for bias. That's the nice thing about math :) I guess I'll try to get it published somewhere. I was just thinking I look on wikipedia for math ideas not journals, so I thought I'd just skip straight to where people look, but I can see how it would lead to problems if that was allowed. Thanks. I'll save the page as a draft, you can feel free to delete it.Bpthurston (talk) 10:47, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your honest assessment of your article. I can't readily arrange for its deletion but you can because you are the creater. If you go to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion and scroll down to General you will see a category G7 for requests by the author for deletion of an article (or anything else). Under G7 there are about four templates (enclosed by curly brackets). If you copy any one of those, paste it at the top of your article and then save, an Administrator should be along within a few minutes and detele it. If there is any problem just mention it here. I will keep your Talk page on my Watchlist for a few days so I will see any message you leave. Regards. Dolphin (t) 12:31, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I'll revisit that if I've published it somewhere thanks. Bpthurston (talk) 13:44, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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