User talk:Cardboard.Reality
January 2024
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Hello, I'm Panian513. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Therianthropy, 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. Panian513 00:35, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did at Therianthropy, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. Panian513 00:40, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
You need to stop messing with the Therianthropy article. It is not the article you are looking for. That is at Otherkin. "Therianthropy" is a word with multiple meanings. Our article at that title is about the original meaning of the word which is also the one that is dominant in reliable sources that use this word. It is not the meaning you are thinking of. There is a disambiguation hatnote, "This article is about the mythology topic. For people who identify as not entirely human, see Otherkin.", at the top of the Therianthropy article already, for people who are looking for the other meaning. This is how we deal with terms that have multiple meanings. The primary topic for the term is what the article at the base term will be about. Other meanings will be in their own articles. Sometimes these will be disambiguated with parenthetical descriptive terms, as in Therianthropy (subculture), which is a redirect to Otherkin. In other cases, they'll be at a completely different title if the most common name for that other subject is that different name (in this case "otherkin" is much more common for that context than "therianthropy" or "therianthrope"). If you keep trying to make the Therianthropy article be about the Otherkin subject, this will be disruptive, and if you don't stop you'll be blocked from editing. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 16:44, 7 January 2024 (UTC)