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Again, welcome! Dougweller ( talk) 20:49, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
I've replied on my talk page, and given you the template I was going to if real life hadn't interfered (very hectic day & a dog just out of an eye operation). Sorry about all that. Dougweller ( talk) 20:58, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
<ref>
tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the
help page).
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Dougweller&oldid=563156607&diff=prevCite error: The opening <ref>
tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the
help page). but no worries, I'll have a read through the template. Can I add that line about
Haitham al-Haddad attending the televised debate without including the video link now? I still think I shouldn't have had that line reverted. Once again, thanks for your help :-)
GiggsIsLegend (
talk)
22:33, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
The article was largely unreferenced, and sourcing information to first-hand sites (i.e. the school website) is problematic for a number of reasons. You really need third-party coverage - the council, or local papers etc. Giant Snowman 17:02, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
WP:DEADLINK is useful. I've got an extension on Firefox that allows me to rightclick on page and find it in for instance the Internet archives. An as I said, sites such as the TV site aren't useful as they just accept what they've been told. Thanks for the thanks! Dougweller ( talk) 12:06, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your concern for WP:verification, and deleting material from school pages which is not directly supported by inline citations.
However, much of the material could easily be verified from the official websites which are given, and in at least one case you stated in the edit summary "deleted majority of the text that was uncited" [2] but you actually deleted four valid citations – what was that about?
It would be better to tag the pages {{ refimprove}} or {{ inline citations}}, or to add {{ citation needed}} tags on particular statements. – Fayenatic L ondon 13:48, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
I re-added them. I'm not sure if they are still necessary, given the cleanup you have done and the other edits that may have happened since they were originally added. Let me know if you need additional help with tagging. DMacks ( talk) 15:40, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
″The paragraph is concise and clear as it is.″ Thanks for your . This paragraph should keep its conciseness, therefore I removed the Twitter feed; but that isn't far enough, I think. -- Je suis Nigérian ( talk) 21:04, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
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No, I didn't see your request at RFPP, just noted all the disruption myself - great minds etc.! I have updated RFPP to show that. Giant Snowman 13:22, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
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Again, welcome! Dougweller ( talk) 20:49, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
I've replied on my talk page, and given you the template I was going to if real life hadn't interfered (very hectic day & a dog just out of an eye operation). Sorry about all that. Dougweller ( talk) 20:58, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
<ref>
tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the
help page).
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Dougweller&oldid=563156607&diff=prevCite error: The opening <ref>
tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the
help page). but no worries, I'll have a read through the template. Can I add that line about
Haitham al-Haddad attending the televised debate without including the video link now? I still think I shouldn't have had that line reverted. Once again, thanks for your help :-)
GiggsIsLegend (
talk)
22:33, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
The article was largely unreferenced, and sourcing information to first-hand sites (i.e. the school website) is problematic for a number of reasons. You really need third-party coverage - the council, or local papers etc. Giant Snowman 17:02, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
WP:DEADLINK is useful. I've got an extension on Firefox that allows me to rightclick on page and find it in for instance the Internet archives. An as I said, sites such as the TV site aren't useful as they just accept what they've been told. Thanks for the thanks! Dougweller ( talk) 12:06, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your concern for WP:verification, and deleting material from school pages which is not directly supported by inline citations.
However, much of the material could easily be verified from the official websites which are given, and in at least one case you stated in the edit summary "deleted majority of the text that was uncited" [2] but you actually deleted four valid citations – what was that about?
It would be better to tag the pages {{ refimprove}} or {{ inline citations}}, or to add {{ citation needed}} tags on particular statements. – Fayenatic L ondon 13:48, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
I re-added them. I'm not sure if they are still necessary, given the cleanup you have done and the other edits that may have happened since they were originally added. Let me know if you need additional help with tagging. DMacks ( talk) 15:40, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
″The paragraph is concise and clear as it is.″ Thanks for your . This paragraph should keep its conciseness, therefore I removed the Twitter feed; but that isn't far enough, I think. -- Je suis Nigérian ( talk) 21:04, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
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No, I didn't see your request at RFPP, just noted all the disruption myself - great minds etc.! I have updated RFPP to show that. Giant Snowman 13:22, 26 June 2019 (UTC)