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Wikipedia Editor
My name is Diana and I am an Anthropologist, specialized in religious studies. I have a personal interest in ethics, sociology, theology, world culture, among many other random and not-so-random things. My main field of expertise is religion and its research, most especially its historical side in terms of ancient civilization and social development as well as the cultural impact and psychological relevance of modern day cults.
Verifiability is one of the central frameworks of Wikipedia, and one that many editors sometimes take far too lightly. Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia - is an online resource for encyclopedic knowledge. It does not work as a forum to promote ideas, nor it represents a place to educate people about neglected or unsubstantiated fields of expertise. Any form of idea, thought, theory or thesis should not be included in an encyclopedia until its same contents have been expressed, developed, reviewed and published by reliable sources from the scholar field.
These are the checks that may validate a reliable source:
Peer-reviewed journals and books published by university presses;
University-level textbooks;
Mainstream newspapers;
Magazines, journals, and books released by publishing houses well established in the scholar field.
This editor is vigorously against any form of promotion in Wikipedia's contents. Many artists, authors and other entities, without the relevant notability to be part of an encyclopedia, wether in form of a reference or as a full fledged article, seek Wikipedia as some form of free advertisement. This growing problem among the extensive and reliable content that Wikipedia seeks to provide goes far beyond simple cases of NPOV, but as an all time increasing mechanism for commercial entities and agents to take advantage of Wikipedia's popularity and spread their product campaigns in a free and invasive way. By the means of disruptive editing in articles that relate with the subject matter intended to be publicized to the usage of SPAs and abusive gimmick such as sock puppetry, many articles are still handicapped to a lower level of excellency by these same individuals who seek promotional content and, in many ways, even self-promotional. Because of this, this editor will always strive to fight promotional material in Wikipedia by a strict enforcement of the NPOV policy and with a clear and demanding support of the WP:N policies for an unbiased judgment of which content does deserve to be published.
If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there.
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