Hello, Semmes868, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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Thank you in advance. Eric Albert 18:26, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
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Would you look over my sandbox entry on George Halley. Thank you.
Eric Albert 23:06, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
This was responded to in the same question last month. ww2censor ( talk) 19:11, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
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I've inserted a copyright-free photo of Mr. Halley and I desire confirmation that it is done correctly. I ask as the "preview" command doesn't show it. The photograph is also in Flickr and can be found searching on "george halley." Thank you.
--Eric Albert 01:06, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi. I added a paragraph from a book that reference George Halley's work. I've cited it but I'm not sure I made the entry correctly. If you have time would you please look over it. Thank you.
--Eric Albert 22:56, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hello Semmes868, I just had a look at your draft, and while some sources are just what we're looking for, many others are much more problematic. The New York Times, the Palm Beach Post, and the Beaver County Times are the best sources: Reliable, independent, detailed coverage of Halley. The Met Museum and l'etoile are much worse: The museum website doesn't write so much as a single sentence about Halley and in particular doesn't confirm he was "an important figure in mid-20th century fashion in New York City", and l'etoile similarly only mentions him in passing without confirming what it's cited for. The Vintage Fashion Guild article says "Information courtesy of [...] and George Halley" - that's not an independent source. All the others don't even mention Halley and thus cannot serve to verify claims about him. Huon ( talk) 22:27, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Huon. I will work on your suggestions to get more reliable and independent sources that are more explicit in their coverage of Mr. Halley. Thank you.
Eric Albert 17:51, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Huon. I've taken out those references. Is this acceptable?
--Eric Albert 19:41, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
--Eric Albert 12:45, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Semmes, there's no problem at all. I just moved your draft to the standard "title" for drafts that are awaiting consideration. It's an easy step to miss when submitting a draft, so I just fix it for folks if I see it, so it's no worries. Your draft is still in place in line for review by editors.
As a minor sidenote, unless an issue is very sensitive, or if you have tried posting on someone's Talk page and been unable to reach them, it is preferred to use the Talk page rather than to email people, since that goes to their actual personal email address. Again, not a problem or anything, just most folks prefer to keep their Wikipedia discussions on the Talk pages. Take care! MatthewVanitas ( talk) 21:04, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Arthur goes shopping ( talk) 11:53, 7 October 2013 (UTC)Hi. I've added a photograph of Mr. Halley and modified the way the name displayed. I have been researching a little more and found there are several books for sale that review his work. Where might I find the rules concerning references to books? --Eric Albert 14:11, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Semmes868, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or any other editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.
One firm rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)
Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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16:32, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
Thank you in advance. Eric Albert 18:26, 26 July 2013 (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. |
Would you look over my sandbox entry on George Halley. Thank you.
Eric Albert 23:06, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
This was responded to in the same question last month. ww2censor ( talk) 19:11, 20 August 2013 (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. |
I've inserted a copyright-free photo of Mr. Halley and I desire confirmation that it is done correctly. I ask as the "preview" command doesn't show it. The photograph is also in Flickr and can be found searching on "george halley." Thank you.
--Eric Albert 01:06, 21 November 2013 (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. I added a paragraph from a book that reference George Halley's work. I've cited it but I'm not sure I made the entry correctly. If you have time would you please look over it. Thank you.
--Eric Albert 22:56, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:
This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.
Thank you. -- SineBot ( talk) 14:28, 21 August 2013 (UTC) --Eric Albert 14:32, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello Semmes868, I just had a look at your draft, and while some sources are just what we're looking for, many others are much more problematic. The New York Times, the Palm Beach Post, and the Beaver County Times are the best sources: Reliable, independent, detailed coverage of Halley. The Met Museum and l'etoile are much worse: The museum website doesn't write so much as a single sentence about Halley and in particular doesn't confirm he was "an important figure in mid-20th century fashion in New York City", and l'etoile similarly only mentions him in passing without confirming what it's cited for. The Vintage Fashion Guild article says "Information courtesy of [...] and George Halley" - that's not an independent source. All the others don't even mention Halley and thus cannot serve to verify claims about him. Huon ( talk) 22:27, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Huon. I will work on your suggestions to get more reliable and independent sources that are more explicit in their coverage of Mr. Halley. Thank you.
Eric Albert 17:51, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Huon. I've taken out those references. Is this acceptable?
--Eric Albert 19:41, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
--Eric Albert 12:45, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello Semmes, there's no problem at all. I just moved your draft to the standard "title" for drafts that are awaiting consideration. It's an easy step to miss when submitting a draft, so I just fix it for folks if I see it, so it's no worries. Your draft is still in place in line for review by editors.
As a minor sidenote, unless an issue is very sensitive, or if you have tried posting on someone's Talk page and been unable to reach them, it is preferred to use the Talk page rather than to email people, since that goes to their actual personal email address. Again, not a problem or anything, just most folks prefer to keep their Wikipedia discussions on the Talk pages. Take care! MatthewVanitas ( talk) 21:04, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
Arthur goes shopping ( talk) 11:53, 7 October 2013 (UTC)Hi. I've added a photograph of Mr. Halley and modified the way the name displayed. I have been researching a little more and found there are several books for sale that review his work. Where might I find the rules concerning references to books? --Eric Albert 14:11, 21 November 2013 (UTC)