User talk:Mwbuck

Please stop posting your essay on the cohabitation disambig. CAPS LOCK 21:20, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cohabitation

You have recently contributed a large body of text to the cohabitation article. Several editors (myself included) would like to see further referencing of figures (such as "Women in these relationships spend 31 hours a week on household chores, compared to the 37 hours spent by married women" or "nearly 75% of these couples plan to marry but only less than half actually do. Cohabiter marriages have an 80% higher dissolution rate than non-cohabiter marriages. On average, most cohabiting relationships last two years before marriage or a break up; and 63% of cohabiting couples separate. Only about 10% continue to simply live together.") After all, information on wikipedia needs to be verifiable. You do vaguely mention some sources, but they are not explicit enough. A few examples of this are "Recent social science research has discovered that..." and "This is supported by a study, which found that..." There is also the issue of original research, which basically covers all of the "Gender differences", "Risks" and "Factors that encourage cohabitation" sections. Original research is not a bad thing, but information on wikipedia needs to be reliable, reputable and credible. That's why wikipedia relies on such sources (scientific magazines and reliable newspapers and tv channels). Original research doesn't have to be bad, but it's just not something for wikipedia. Aecis ^Mr.^Mojo ^risin' 13:14, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I deeply and sincerely apologize for this mistake. The disputed text was not added by you, but by an anonymous user. Please consider the previous message not sent. Aecis ^Mr.^Mojo ^risin' 14:13, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]