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Hi. I'm a regular volunteer over at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard. I concur that your request there should be closed for lack of discussion, but I thought that I'd drop you a note to perhaps forestall further confusion about this issue. When KH-1 reverted your link in this edit, it was entirely proper for two different reasons:

  • The reason stated by KH-1: "doesn't support content/not about the case in question." A citation in that place should be for supporting the assertion that "Hard drives were analyzed by a computer forensics expert" immediately preceding the citation. We don't use citations in that manner to define a term unless the text being supported by the citation is, in fact, the definition of the term.
  • A reason not stated by KH-1, but one which is frankly a bigger problem. The citation does not point to a reliable source as defined by Wikipedia. Please click on that link and read that definition and then drop down (or click this link to jump to it) and read the section on Self-published sources. The website that you linked to is a self-published site and, as such, is not a reliable source for Wikipedia purposes (especially, but not only, since the essay — actually a blog post — you linked to was written by a site administrator of that site). Links to sources which are not reliable sources can be removed.

Thank you for trying to help to improve Wikipedia, we really appreciate it. It can be pretty tough to get started and because those of us who are regulars do so much we sometimes don't take the time to explain things fully to newcomers. There's an excellent resource for newcomers, however (in addition to all the links in the greeting given to you, above) and that's the Wikipedia Teahouse which is staffed by a bunch of great folks who will help you sort your way through any problems you have. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 18:16, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]