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Hello, I noticed that you seem to be interested in the biography aspect of wikipedia, which I am also interested in, and I am taking a course at Sydney University for writing wikipedia content. I look forward to you checking out my stub and looking forward to a re-assessment. My stub is Paul Colin. Thank you very much! IIVYLII ( talk) 22:35, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
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Hey, thanks for fixing some of my edits on Bannon's page. I didn't know about the period outside the quotes rule, and incorrectly assumed that brackets in the Shapiro quote were Wikipedia editorializing, and not the source's. Thanks for catching everything, and I will be more careful next time! RadleyMadish ( talk) 01:28, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
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Broken anchor at Mermaid
I saw the notice about a broken anchor yesterday morning, but didn't have time to resolve it. This morning I find that it's been deleted due to being "unsourced". Now, the subject of the link was supposedly a television series, which if true means that a source should exist, whether or not it's been cited. Because this is not a controversial statement in the biography of a living person, material should generally not be deleted unless sources do not exist—not because they haven't been properly cited.
Following up on the broken link, I failed to discover any mention of mermaids at the originally-linked article about a 1998 television series, or the 2018 reboot, or the episode list of the latter (I didn't see a stand-alone list for the 1998 series). But I did find the reason why on the talk page of the 1998 series: the entire section was moved from the article to the talk page, because it concerned a planned series that was not picked up for production, and according to the sourced cited—and there clearly were several citations to presumably reliable sources—it was not "really" a spin-off.
Now, I really don't want to have to dig in to whether it was or wasn't a spin-off. That seems like a debatable thing and I've never watched either series. And I also don't know whether the production or pre-production of a pilot for a television series that wasn't picked up is notable enough to be mentioned at Mermaid. I would rather leave both of those to people more familiar with writing about pop culture or involved in developing this article, which I haven't been for several years, although I patrol it for vandalism. But there clearly are sources for a pilot being planned/made, and so IMO the claim shouldn't have been deleted as "unsourced".
I understand there may have been confusion due to there being no mention of mermaids at the target article, but then again it's unusual to move entire sections of an article to the talk page. As someone who's actively involved in the development and maintenance of Mermaid, I hope that you will be able to review the source material and determine whether an unproduced television series is worth being mentioned, which is the question I think must be answered, rather than whether the sources for that planned series were cited by the broken link. P Aculeius ( talk) 13:12, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/4159397.aspx
https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2022/06/23/1479362.html
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I welcome and appreciate any guidance... All the best. Patrick0506 ( talk) 13:14, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hello, I noticed that you seem to be interested in the biography aspect of wikipedia, which I am also interested in, and I am taking a course at Sydney University for writing wikipedia content. I look forward to you checking out my stub and looking forward to a re-assessment. My stub is Paul Colin. Thank you very much! IIVYLII ( talk) 22:35, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
- I corrected some minor errors in ref tag placement and reassessed the article. It still needs sources provided for much of its content. — ADavidB 12:49, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for fixing some of my edits on Bannon's page. I didn't know about the period outside the quotes rule, and incorrectly assumed that brackets in the Shapiro quote were Wikipedia editorializing, and not the source's. Thanks for catching everything, and I will be more careful next time! RadleyMadish ( talk) 01:28, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
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Hi -- I noticed that recently you added an edit to this page with a ref sourced only to "blah." Was this a placeholder? Gnomingstuff ( talk) 04:31, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
- Hmm. I remember updating the representative to Fink, though don't remember placing or leaving the 'blah' citation for it. Thanks for removing it, and I'm sorry it remained there since December. — ADavidB 02:30, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
Broken anchor at Mermaid
I saw the notice about a broken anchor yesterday morning, but didn't have time to resolve it. This morning I find that it's been deleted due to being "unsourced". Now, the subject of the link was supposedly a television series, which if true means that a source should exist, whether or not it's been cited. Because this is not a controversial statement in the biography of a living person, material should generally not be deleted unless sources do not exist—not because they haven't been properly cited.
Following up on the broken link, I failed to discover any mention of mermaids at the originally-linked article about a 1998 television series, or the 2018 reboot, or the episode list of the latter (I didn't see a stand-alone list for the 1998 series). But I did find the reason why on the talk page of the 1998 series: the entire section was moved from the article to the talk page, because it concerned a planned series that was not picked up for production, and according to the sourced cited—and there clearly were several citations to presumably reliable sources—it was not "really" a spin-off.
Now, I really don't want to have to dig in to whether it was or wasn't a spin-off. That seems like a debatable thing and I've never watched either series. And I also don't know whether the production or pre-production of a pilot for a television series that wasn't picked up is notable enough to be mentioned at Mermaid. I would rather leave both of those to people more familiar with writing about pop culture or involved in developing this article, which I haven't been for several years, although I patrol it for vandalism. But there clearly are sources for a pilot being planned/made, and so IMO the claim shouldn't have been deleted as "unsourced".
I understand there may have been confusion due to there being no mention of mermaids at the target article, but then again it's unusual to move entire sections of an article to the talk page. As someone who's actively involved in the development and maintenance of Mermaid, I hope that you will be able to review the source material and determine whether an unproduced television series is worth being mentioned, which is the question I think must be answered, rather than whether the sources for that planned series were cited by the broken link. P Aculeius ( talk) 13:12, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for the research and information. As it was, I didn't consider it notable. I'll look into it more, and have no problem with others doing so. — ADavidB 14:11, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello, please add Dr. Ahmed Ezzat, born on April 22, 1991. He is a well-known doctor and has news in major newspapers such as Sky News.
https://www.skynewsarabia.com/program/influencer/1596612
https://m.gomhuriaonline.com/Gomhuria/1152372.html
https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/4159397.aspx
https://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2022/06/23/1479362.html
https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2828656
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Greetings, Adavidb. I noticed that you seem to be interested in writing about musicians, I was wondering if you would have time to check my article about Canadian composer Airat Ichmouratov. I've been working on it since its inception in 2015 and would appreciate any advice on how I could enhance its quality. Currently rated as a start class, I'm eager to learn how I can elevate it to a higher level.
I welcome and appreciate any guidance... All the best. Patrick0506 ( talk) 13:14, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- I found that the article easily rated as a B class, and made it so. There remains room for improvement, however. I went through the Career section and made various grammar and formatting updates. Similar changes can be made to the other sections. I also made other minor updates throughout the article. Happy editing —
ADavidB 02:15, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you so much, your work is so professional and very inspiring, thank you! I'll keep working and learning. Patrick0506 ( talk) 03:00, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
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