Hi, I'm JamesG5. Milkosia, thanks for creating
Startingbloc!
I've just tagged the page, using our
page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Some issues were addressed with edits, but the page is written like an ad or PR release. Contained multiple unsourced claims about results, inappropriate inline links to the subject site's page & application, etc. Needs sources & neutral language.
Please see the edit summary I left for some additional details on issues with the page. You might also want to take a look at
WP:PROMO for how to avoid the appearance of promotional edits, and
WP:CITE for adding sources to verify notability of the topic.
JamesG5 (
talk)
04:41, 28 September 2016 (UTC)reply
Ok, if you look here
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Startingbloc&action=history you can see a summary of all edits on the page, and comments from the people who made them. I mention inline web links & promotional material. The only links you should have in the body of the article are links to other Wiki articles, like this
Startingbloc. You shouldn't put links like this
Startingbloc in an article, that belongs in an "external links" section. You need to source the information on the page, and that means reliable THIRD PARTY sources (see
WP:RS), not just links to the subject website. That's especially true if you're citing things like "success rates." The page also needs categories, for more on that see
Help:Category. You also need to be really careful about directly using, or closely paraphrasing, text from the subject site & make sure everything's in your own words. Those words need to be in a strictly neutral tone, too, see
WP:NPOV.
I hope that's enough to get you started, I made a few more small cleanup edits. One other note, if you go to someone else's talk page like you did with mine and you're starting a new conversation, rather than just putting a note on the page you should click on "New Section" and title it with what it's about & put your comment there. That puts the comment at the bottom of the page. It should look like this:
User_talk:JamesG5#StartingBloc (I moved your comment to a new section). Lastly, make sure you put 4 of these ~ after any comments you leave so the system creates a signature for you. This should help, good luck with your assignment.
JamesG5 (
talk)
05:21, 28 September 2016 (UTC)reply
And do take a look at
WP:CITE. Your links aren't formatted properly, they work but the format's not ideal. Makes them prone to errors. That's not a requirement, it just makes the page better.
JamesG5 (
talk)
05:23, 28 September 2016 (UTC)reply
I removed the "Uncategorized" tag, I also removed one category, as it was not one that ties to anything else on Wikipedia. I'm not sure which error you're seeing, check out the guide at
Help:Infobox picture. Don't forget to sign comments with four of these ~ :-)
JamesG5 (
talk)
06:17, 28 September 2016 (UTC)reply
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[Startingbloc]
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Hi, I'm JamesG5. Milkosia, thanks for creating
Startingbloc!
I've just tagged the page, using our
page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Some issues were addressed with edits, but the page is written like an ad or PR release. Contained multiple unsourced claims about results, inappropriate inline links to the subject site's page & application, etc. Needs sources & neutral language.
Please see the edit summary I left for some additional details on issues with the page. You might also want to take a look at
WP:PROMO for how to avoid the appearance of promotional edits, and
WP:CITE for adding sources to verify notability of the topic.
JamesG5 (
talk)
04:41, 28 September 2016 (UTC)reply
Ok, if you look here
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Startingbloc&action=history you can see a summary of all edits on the page, and comments from the people who made them. I mention inline web links & promotional material. The only links you should have in the body of the article are links to other Wiki articles, like this
Startingbloc. You shouldn't put links like this
Startingbloc in an article, that belongs in an "external links" section. You need to source the information on the page, and that means reliable THIRD PARTY sources (see
WP:RS), not just links to the subject website. That's especially true if you're citing things like "success rates." The page also needs categories, for more on that see
Help:Category. You also need to be really careful about directly using, or closely paraphrasing, text from the subject site & make sure everything's in your own words. Those words need to be in a strictly neutral tone, too, see
WP:NPOV.
I hope that's enough to get you started, I made a few more small cleanup edits. One other note, if you go to someone else's talk page like you did with mine and you're starting a new conversation, rather than just putting a note on the page you should click on "New Section" and title it with what it's about & put your comment there. That puts the comment at the bottom of the page. It should look like this:
User_talk:JamesG5#StartingBloc (I moved your comment to a new section). Lastly, make sure you put 4 of these ~ after any comments you leave so the system creates a signature for you. This should help, good luck with your assignment.
JamesG5 (
talk)
05:21, 28 September 2016 (UTC)reply
And do take a look at
WP:CITE. Your links aren't formatted properly, they work but the format's not ideal. Makes them prone to errors. That's not a requirement, it just makes the page better.
JamesG5 (
talk)
05:23, 28 September 2016 (UTC)reply
I removed the "Uncategorized" tag, I also removed one category, as it was not one that ties to anything else on Wikipedia. I'm not sure which error you're seeing, check out the guide at
Help:Infobox picture. Don't forget to sign comments with four of these ~ :-)
JamesG5 (
talk)
06:17, 28 September 2016 (UTC)reply