Talk:Cotton Mouth (disambiguation)
Latest comment: 19 years ago by Superclear in topic Etiquette
Etiquette
Please don't remove work without discussion. In fact, Cotton Mouth is a homemade candy popular for decades in the midwest. It was first made in small pharmacies (when sodas were still around). Thanks. Superclear 15:47, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
- Well perhaps, but Wikiquette also obliges editors to provide some evidence other than their own say-so (verifiability). The idea of "liquid candy" dispensed from eye-dropper bottles seems unlikely at first hearing. This doesn't mean that such a thing could not exist, but the onus is on you, Superclear, as the author to provide some verifiable sources. If such is not forthcoming, other editors may delete material at will. There is no "ownership" of one's work on Wikipedia. -- 84.176.78.213 01:09, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
- Ok, this is fair. I wanted to understand why the original deletion, thanks for taking the time to explain. I understand I should in theory know all the rules before I post, but a little common courtesy is not too much to ask from society I hope (??). I resent the implication it's a hoax or lie. I am a respectable person, but didn't understand that when I added a page it needed to be google verifiable. See it from my uninformed point of view ... I grew up with this stuff when I lived in the U.S. in midwest states like Wyoming and Montana. We made it for people when they had dry mouth from allergies or medical treatments (now there are many over the counter alternatives). In fact, I added the page because I was looking for it on wikipedia because of my allergies, not to make a "joke" or "hoax". I thought I could help some people. In the process I even learned to merge some pages that needed it and fixed a bad link from the Garage Band section of all places. I am friends with studsmc, and we collaborate on many pages in our field of work ... I don't think that is wrong (she is also familiar with cotton mouth candy). In fact, I will delete the page if I can figure out how and move it to my user page until I can find a way to verify. Please any of you who are interested, look at my user page (it might take me 24 hours or so to get it on there). I will put up a picture of my ingredients and the two bottles I currently have right here by my computer (it's no joke!!). It is not medicine so you can make it yourselves for fun too! I will repeat this on the original page too and agree it should be deleted. By the way, there are many things, you youngsters ;-) should know, that are real even though they are not on google searches! I understand the problem, though ... and don't forget, much can be avoided by a little niceness from person to person (it might not even kill us :-o ). Superclear 06:22, 11 November 2005 (UTC)