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[[user:Mrs. Peel/testpage]]
, that will appear as a redlink like this;OR
OR
I tried to create my own test page, but got lost in the instructions. What you provided above is very helpful, and I will certainly go that way in the future.
I have to go out for a few hours, and look forward to whatever you can find out about the Lost Text when I return. Mrs. Peel ( talk) 16:34, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi.
For more information, see WP:USERNAME and WP:SIG.
Many thanks, Chzz ► 16:38, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Hopefully you'll remember me, from my trying to help you; well, now it's my turn to ask for help.
I'm trying to help re-launch an idea called "Spotlight". The notion is to select an article and work on it collectively, via live discussion, for one week. If lots of people get involved, it can work really well; in the past, the project died off through lack of participants. Anyone can help out, because that's the whole point - we have many and varied skills, but between us, we can do amazing things. So - please join the channel, and add yourself to the participants in WP:SPOTLIGHT. Thanks for your time! Chzz ► 22:27, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
Chzz ► 02:43, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Chzz ► 21:28, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Spotlight needs your help! We've had great success with Marco Polo (now a Good Article), and Marco Polo sheep (currently on the main page in the "Did You Know..."). We're now working on Dry ice. We'll be choosing the next article on Sunday 26th July, and the following one on Friday 31st July (which is when we'll finish Dry ice). Therefore, we need suggestions, here - and even more importantly, we need comment on the suggestions of others. Hope to see you in the channel again soon, cheers, Chzz ► 18:26, 25 July 2009 (UTC) |
The Spotlight Newsletter, Issue III : October 2009 | |
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Wikiproject After great success with Marco Polo (and his sheep!), Dry ice went pretty well. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) was challenging, and with Monkey, the project faded: Battle of the Nobles and Oil got little attention. |
We need your help! Spotlight is a collaboration - it works really well when lots of people get involved. It doesn't matter what skills you bring, because between us, we can do great things. Even if you make one, simple edit - if 100 people do that, we'll have made significant progress, and we all benefit by learning from each other. |
Current article This time, we've created a brand-new article, and between us we're confident of achieving a Did you know... on the main page, and work towards getting the article rated as C-class or B-class. |
Father
Aengus Finucane died on 6 October at the age of 77; he was an Irish priest who did lots of work helping refugees of world conflicts, and was the head of the charity
Concern. There are plenty of reliable sources, so it should be easy to write this - so please help out by editing the article. |
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Hi~ A major thing that bothers me about Wikipedia is poor, or no, sourcing, as well as defunct links.
I know this isn't the biggest Wikipedia concern, but I've noticed a tendency for some Wikipedians to add cause of death in a person's main article, as well as to the "Deaths in _____________ 2016/2017" page immediately, without a source -- when it's still rumor. They'll have a reference number at the end of the paragraph. I read these references and, invariably, there is no mention of cause of death, or it says the cause of death is unclear.
Example: On the Deaths in 2016 page, George Michael's cause of death was immediately listed as heart failure. I read the source article, and no mention of cause of death was made. I made this correction:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deaths_in_December_2016&diff=prev&oldid=756683706
I cited this rule: Wikipedia rule on verifiability -- /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:V)
I also did it for the same reason for Alan Thicke: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deaths_in_December_2016&diff=next&oldid=756683507
Rusted AutoParts reverted my change to George Michael, saying it was sourced in his Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deaths_in_December_2016&diff=next&oldid=756685364
Is that valid? Even if the source in the Wiki article were correct, shouldn't that be the point of reference?
Rusted AutoParts proceeded to revert my change to Alan Thicke with the comment, "→13: Sourced on his page. You're being egregious." https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deaths_in_December_2016&diff=next&oldid=756685775
So, what's the deal? Do you or do you not want accurate sourcing? While I was being particular, I hardly think I was being egregious. I was tidying up what, in my view, is sloppiness.
Thank you for clearing this up for me. -- Mrs. Peel ( talk) 22:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
P.S. By the way, according to one source, George Michael's autopsy was inconclusive. (The source is the uh, august http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/12/30/how-did-george-michael-die-autopsy-results-death-inconclusive/!) Just the last two days there are rumors he died of a drug overdose. If a reputable resource confirms drug overdose, is Rusted AutoParts going to go back and correct his change? THAT bugs me.
Hello, Mrs. Peel, and
welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for
your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the
New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}}
and your question on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
We hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -- Onorem ♠ Dil 06:03, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
[[user:Mrs. Peel/testpage]]
, that will appear as a redlink like this;OR
OR
I tried to create my own test page, but got lost in the instructions. What you provided above is very helpful, and I will certainly go that way in the future.
I have to go out for a few hours, and look forward to whatever you can find out about the Lost Text when I return. Mrs. Peel ( talk) 16:34, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi.
For more information, see WP:USERNAME and WP:SIG.
Many thanks, Chzz ► 16:38, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. Hopefully you'll remember me, from my trying to help you; well, now it's my turn to ask for help.
I'm trying to help re-launch an idea called "Spotlight". The notion is to select an article and work on it collectively, via live discussion, for one week. If lots of people get involved, it can work really well; in the past, the project died off through lack of participants. Anyone can help out, because that's the whole point - we have many and varied skills, but between us, we can do amazing things. So - please join the channel, and add yourself to the participants in WP:SPOTLIGHT. Thanks for your time! Chzz ► 22:27, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
Chzz ► 02:43, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Chzz ► 21:28, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Spotlight needs your help! We've had great success with Marco Polo (now a Good Article), and Marco Polo sheep (currently on the main page in the "Did You Know..."). We're now working on Dry ice. We'll be choosing the next article on Sunday 26th July, and the following one on Friday 31st July (which is when we'll finish Dry ice). Therefore, we need suggestions, here - and even more importantly, we need comment on the suggestions of others. Hope to see you in the channel again soon, cheers, Chzz ► 18:26, 25 July 2009 (UTC) |
The Spotlight Newsletter, Issue III : October 2009 | |
---|---|
Wikiproject After great success with Marco Polo (and his sheep!), Dry ice went pretty well. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) was challenging, and with Monkey, the project faded: Battle of the Nobles and Oil got little attention. |
We need your help! Spotlight is a collaboration - it works really well when lots of people get involved. It doesn't matter what skills you bring, because between us, we can do great things. Even if you make one, simple edit - if 100 people do that, we'll have made significant progress, and we all benefit by learning from each other. |
Current article This time, we've created a brand-new article, and between us we're confident of achieving a Did you know... on the main page, and work towards getting the article rated as C-class or B-class. |
Father
Aengus Finucane died on 6 October at the age of 77; he was an Irish priest who did lots of work helping refugees of world conflicts, and was the head of the charity
Concern. There are plenty of reliable sources, so it should be easy to write this - so please help out by editing the article. |
Home · Suggested articles|Current Article · Next Article · Change Subscription · Unsubscribe |
ChzzBot ► 23:05, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
The Spotlight Newsletter, Issue VII : September 2010 |
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|
Wikiproject: We are attempting to revive this project (yet again) after nearly a year of inactivity and we want some help. Please do come by out IRC channel. |
About the articles: Current article is Trauma (medicine), started at a C-class, hoping for at least GA-class. |
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Arab American, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages GCC, Syrian Christians and Phoenician. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.
It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot ( talk) 09:18, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can , contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse. |
Hi~ A major thing that bothers me about Wikipedia is poor, or no, sourcing, as well as defunct links.
I know this isn't the biggest Wikipedia concern, but I've noticed a tendency for some Wikipedians to add cause of death in a person's main article, as well as to the "Deaths in _____________ 2016/2017" page immediately, without a source -- when it's still rumor. They'll have a reference number at the end of the paragraph. I read these references and, invariably, there is no mention of cause of death, or it says the cause of death is unclear.
Example: On the Deaths in 2016 page, George Michael's cause of death was immediately listed as heart failure. I read the source article, and no mention of cause of death was made. I made this correction:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deaths_in_December_2016&diff=prev&oldid=756683706
I cited this rule: Wikipedia rule on verifiability -- /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:V)
I also did it for the same reason for Alan Thicke: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deaths_in_December_2016&diff=next&oldid=756683507
Rusted AutoParts reverted my change to George Michael, saying it was sourced in his Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deaths_in_December_2016&diff=next&oldid=756685364
Is that valid? Even if the source in the Wiki article were correct, shouldn't that be the point of reference?
Rusted AutoParts proceeded to revert my change to Alan Thicke with the comment, "→13: Sourced on his page. You're being egregious." https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Deaths_in_December_2016&diff=next&oldid=756685775
So, what's the deal? Do you or do you not want accurate sourcing? While I was being particular, I hardly think I was being egregious. I was tidying up what, in my view, is sloppiness.
Thank you for clearing this up for me. -- Mrs. Peel ( talk) 22:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
P.S. By the way, according to one source, George Michael's autopsy was inconclusive. (The source is the uh, august http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/12/30/how-did-george-michael-die-autopsy-results-death-inconclusive/!) Just the last two days there are rumors he died of a drug overdose. If a reputable resource confirms drug overdose, is Rusted AutoParts going to go back and correct his change? THAT bugs me.