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- Hi KYschools1, regarding the above article; I felt some of the content you added breached our WP:BLP policy; while the text was sourced it was removed because we don't consider these incidents, which had not been covered by major news sources, important enough to document on Wikipedia, per WP:NOTNEWS. Neither do we name non-notable people involved in these incidents; doing so can have real-world effects. The remaining prose is fine, though the locale's notability is now in question because it doesn't appear to have significant coverage in multiple reliable sources. Please don't let this put you off editing Wikipedia, but please keep these points in mind when you do. Best regards, Baffle gab1978 02:07, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Is there any ways I can improve the article Andover Hills, Lexington? I’m not sure which links I can use to improve it. Realtors isn’t a good source to use and that’s what I see when searching for facts to insert in the article. For example, there was a local car fire accident and I saw this source: [1]. Is there any links that provide facts about Andover Hills? KYschools1 ( talk) 06:49, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi again KYschools1, facts aren't enough; you need to find extensive coverage (more than a casual mention) of the locale in reliable, third-party sources (see here). Examples of reliable US news sources include The New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, etc. – see here for a fuller (but by no means exhaustive) list. You're correct that the local property pages aren't acceptable sources. Local newspapers can sometimes be used if the information isn't reported elsewhere, but that seldom happens for notable incidents. If a volcano erupted or a big meteorite landed at Andover Hills, that would be notable and widely reported.
- We don't cover minor crimes and incidents (car fires, petty crimes, dognappings) unless they are covered extensively in multiple, reliable sources; think about how many car fires happen every day, all over the world! We also don't add names of involved people who aren't notable (e.g.; Bill Place-Holder stole a car) because it invades their privacy and breaches our policy on living people. If there's anything else you need to know about Wikipedia, feel free to post a question at the Help desk. Best regards, Baffle gab1978 08:24, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
About Senate Bill 151
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Hi, I just created a article regarding the Senate Bill 151, a controversial Kentucky bill introduced this year. Is the title of the article the correct name or do you think I have to move it to a new name? KYschools1 ( talk) 06:52, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi
KYschools1, the page has been moved by
Scott Burley, to
2018 Kentucky Senate Bill 151, at 2018-12-22T18:59:06 UTC. If you agree with the move, everything has been solved.
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 19:47, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Copy edit of Don Ball (philanthropist)
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I finished copy editing the article and I have some comments for you:
- Try to stick to an encyclopedic style; it's not an obituary. You don't have the copy the tone or style from the source you're working with.
- The article heavily depends on obituaries, which tend to provide a slanted view of a subject. Prefer third-party articles like the Lexington Herald-Leader's over the one published by the family—but there are still better sources out there you can balance out the article with. For example, I bet there is local news coverage from when he was a representative.
- The article is sorely missing two things: what did he do in his home-building business, and what did he do for charitable work? The article says he got some awards for it, so it must be good. His involvement with horse breeding is probably also significant.
- The
website=parameter in citation templates is for the name of a website; don't just repeat the URL. For example if you were citing Wikipedia, you'd write "Wikipedia", not "en.wikipedia.org". - A citation at the end of a paragraph is generally assumed to support the whole paragraph. Most of the time you don't need to repeat the citation for every sentence, especially not if you don't have any other citations in that paragraph.
- Be careful with your categorization— category:honorary degrees is for articles about honorary degrees, not for articles about people who received them.
You've got the essential skeleton, and a lot of different directions to expand in. Kim Post ( talk) 07:11, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
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Suggestions for Boyle County High School
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I know the article Boyle County High School is a GA nominee but I would like to continue working on the article itself. Any suggestions I can do in the article? -- KYschools1 ( talk) 20:57, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi KYschools1, you may like to try "reviewing" the article yourself, fixing all issues you come across. I do not mean actually reviewing the article, just acting in your mind like one. See Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria for the criteria the article needs to fulfill. If you are good at fixing grammar and spelling, do a detailled grammar and spelling check. If you are good at reviewing references, make sure they are accurate and reliable. And so on, feel free to do whatever you can do best. When the real review starts, an experienced editor will explain if there is still something left to do. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:20, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
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I'm planning to nominate Boyle County High School for peer review, but I'm not sure which topic would it fit best under. Between the peer review topics Arts, Language and literature, Philosophy and religion, Everyday life, Social sciences and society, Geography and places, History, Engineering and technology, Natural sciences and mathematics, and List, which one do you think it would fit best under? -- KYschools1 ( talk) 22:08, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi
KYschools1, try "everyday life".
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Hello, KYschools1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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| Hello, KYschools1. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Andover Hills, Lexington at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle gab1978 02:07, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
- Hi KYschools1, regarding the above article; I felt some of the content you added breached our WP:BLP policy; while the text was sourced it was removed because we don't consider these incidents, which had not been covered by major news sources, important enough to document on Wikipedia, per WP:NOTNEWS. Neither do we name non-notable people involved in these incidents; doing so can have real-world effects. The remaining prose is fine, though the locale's notability is now in question because it doesn't appear to have significant coverage in multiple reliable sources. Please don't let this put you off editing Wikipedia, but please keep these points in mind when you do. Best regards, Baffle gab1978 02:07, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Is there any ways I can improve the article Andover Hills, Lexington? I’m not sure which links I can use to improve it. Realtors isn’t a good source to use and that’s what I see when searching for facts to insert in the article. For example, there was a local car fire accident and I saw this source: [1]. Is there any links that provide facts about Andover Hills? KYschools1 ( talk) 06:49, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi again KYschools1, facts aren't enough; you need to find extensive coverage (more than a casual mention) of the locale in reliable, third-party sources (see here). Examples of reliable US news sources include The New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, etc. – see here for a fuller (but by no means exhaustive) list. You're correct that the local property pages aren't acceptable sources. Local newspapers can sometimes be used if the information isn't reported elsewhere, but that seldom happens for notable incidents. If a volcano erupted or a big meteorite landed at Andover Hills, that would be notable and widely reported.
- We don't cover minor crimes and incidents (car fires, petty crimes, dognappings) unless they are covered extensively in multiple, reliable sources; think about how many car fires happen every day, all over the world! We also don't add names of involved people who aren't notable (e.g.; Bill Place-Holder stole a car) because it invades their privacy and breaches our policy on living people. If there's anything else you need to know about Wikipedia, feel free to post a question at the Help desk. Best regards, Baffle gab1978 08:24, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
About Senate Bill 151
|
| 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 just created a article regarding the Senate Bill 151, a controversial Kentucky bill introduced this year. Is the title of the article the correct name or do you think I have to move it to a new name? KYschools1 ( talk) 06:52, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi
KYschools1, the page has been moved by
Scott Burley, to
2018 Kentucky Senate Bill 151, at 2018-12-22T18:59:06 UTC. If you agree with the move, everything has been solved.
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 19:47, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Copy edit of Don Ball (philanthropist)
|
| Hello, KYschools1. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Don Ball (philanthropist) at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! |
I finished copy editing the article and I have some comments for you:
- Try to stick to an encyclopedic style; it's not an obituary. You don't have the copy the tone or style from the source you're working with.
- The article heavily depends on obituaries, which tend to provide a slanted view of a subject. Prefer third-party articles like the Lexington Herald-Leader's over the one published by the family—but there are still better sources out there you can balance out the article with. For example, I bet there is local news coverage from when he was a representative.
- The article is sorely missing two things: what did he do in his home-building business, and what did he do for charitable work? The article says he got some awards for it, so it must be good. His involvement with horse breeding is probably also significant.
- The
website=parameter in citation templates is for the name of a website; don't just repeat the URL. For example if you were citing Wikipedia, you'd write "Wikipedia", not "en.wikipedia.org". - A citation at the end of a paragraph is generally assumed to support the whole paragraph. Most of the time you don't need to repeat the citation for every sentence, especially not if you don't have any other citations in that paragraph.
- Be careful with your categorization— category:honorary degrees is for articles about honorary degrees, not for articles about people who received them.
You've got the essential skeleton, and a lot of different directions to expand in. Kim Post ( talk) 07:11, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Don Ball (philanthropist), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Big Brothers Big Sisters ( check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar 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) 09:17, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
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Don Ball (philanthropist) have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of
permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.
- You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
- Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
- Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
- If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
- In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
- Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.
It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 ( talk) 15:50, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Suggestions for Boyle County High School
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| 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 know the article Boyle County High School is a GA nominee but I would like to continue working on the article itself. Any suggestions I can do in the article? -- KYschools1 ( talk) 20:57, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi KYschools1, you may like to try "reviewing" the article yourself, fixing all issues you come across. I do not mean actually reviewing the article, just acting in your mind like one. See Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria for the criteria the article needs to fulfill. If you are good at fixing grammar and spelling, do a detailled grammar and spelling check. If you are good at reviewing references, make sure they are accurate and reliable. And so on, feel free to do whatever you can do best. When the real review starts, an experienced editor will explain if there is still something left to do. ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 21:20, 23 December 2018 (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'm planning to nominate Boyle County High School for peer review, but I'm not sure which topic would it fit best under. Between the peer review topics Arts, Language and literature, Philosophy and religion, Everyday life, Social sciences and society, Geography and places, History, Engineering and technology, Natural sciences and mathematics, and List, which one do you think it would fit best under? -- KYschools1 ( talk) 22:08, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
- Hi
KYschools1, try "everyday life".
~ ToBeFree (
talk) 00:15, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Nick Moyes ( talk) 10:28, 26 December 2018 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).
Your GA nomination of Patterson Office Tower
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Patterson Office Tower you nominated for
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Your GA nomination of Patterson Office Tower
The article
Patterson Office Tower you nominated as a
good article has been placed on hold
. The article is close to meeting the
good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See
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Your GA nomination of Patterson Office Tower
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