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Atlantic306 (
talk) 21:31, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you.
- ( Maryam AlAkini ( talk) 07:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC))
Hello. I just wanted to let you know I have just undone a couple of edits you made (for instance here) which introduced unnatural punctuation. Sentences don't read nicely when they are so much broken up with unnecessary commas. Thanks. RobertG ♬ talk 16:09, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
- Good Maryam AlAkini ( talk) 07:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
I notice that you have been adding {{ commons category}} to many articles. Recent example: [1]. There are several issues with this particular edit:
- The article already had an "External links" section, so there is no need to - and generally you should not - add a second section with the same name. (Per MOS:SECTIONHEAD, section headings should be unique within a page.)
- Per Template:Commons category § Location the template should be placed at the top of the last existing section on the page - there's no need to add a new section just for the template. (But if you absolutely must, which I don't advise, the template should float left, not right.)
- If you do add a new section, it should be before the navigation templates, not after, per MOS:APPENDIX.
- If the Commons category name is the same as the Wikipedia article name, there's no need to include it in the template. Eg on
Jeffrey Ashby,
{{ commons category}}would work just as well as{{ commons category|Jeffrey Ashby}}. This doesn't actually matter, but it might make it quicker/easier to add the template in many cases.
Not all of the above items apply to all of your recent edits, but many do.
Please read the relevant MOS sections (linked above) before making any more similar additions to articles. Also please consider going back and fixing the articles that you've already made these additions to.
Mitch Ames ( talk) 01:23, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Good evening, thank you very much for the useful information.
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 19:21, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
- You don't seem to be getting it. At
James L. Alcorn, you created an "external links" section (in the wrong place) just to add a Commons template. The template "should be placed at the top of the last section on the page", per
Template:Commons category. Could you please go back and fix these. Thanks.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 18:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- And I see you've made this error on hundreds of articles.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 18:48, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- Good evening, you mean template
- {Commons}
- instead of
- {Commons category}
- Good day.
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 19:26, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- You've been putting the template in the wrong place. It should be placed "at the top of the last section on the page". However, you have been creating an "external links" section just for the template. Could you please fix all these? Or self-revert until you figure out what you are doing. Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 19:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- I want to know where the mistakes are, can you explain more?
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 19:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- The mistakes are on every article where you have done what I just described above. I even put a link to the template where you can find more information. If you don't understand how to use the template, you probably shouldn't be making these edits.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 21:47, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, the generalities are gone, and the amendments are being made to all the articles that I created tomorrow, God willing. Thank you for your good intentions. Have a nice day.
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 22:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- You have also added Commons categories to articles that have no photos on the Commons. Why?
Magnolia677 (
talk) 10:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- The reason is because the data file has a large area and contains extensive data, because the people are American politicians and have businesses and have related files on Commons, so when I put the Wikidata Infobox link, it is unique along the pivot axis. Have a nice day. Maryam AlAkini ( talk) 19:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- You have also added Commons categories to articles that have no photos on the Commons. Why?
Magnolia677 (
talk) 10:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, the generalities are gone, and the amendments are being made to all the articles that I created tomorrow, God willing. Thank you for your good intentions. Have a nice day.
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 22:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- The mistakes are on every article where you have done what I just described above. I even put a link to the template where you can find more information. If you don't understand how to use the template, you probably shouldn't be making these edits.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 21:47, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- And I see you've made this error on hundreds of articles.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 18:48, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- You don't seem to be getting it. At
James L. Alcorn, you created an "external links" section (in the wrong place) just to add a Commons template. The template "should be placed at the top of the last section on the page", per
Template:Commons category. Could you please go back and fix these. Thanks.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 18:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Maryam AlAkini, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Below are some pages you might find helpful. For a user-friendly interactive help forum see the Wikipedia Teahouse.
- Introduction
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- How to write a great article
- Simplified Manual of Style
- Your first article
- Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community
- Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox
- and check out the Task Center, for ideas about what to work on.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
Wikipedian! Please
sign your name on
talk pages using four
tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our
help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on
my talk page or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome!
Atlantic306 (
talk) 21:31, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you.
- ( Maryam AlAkini ( talk) 07:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC))
Hello. I just wanted to let you know I have just undone a couple of edits you made (for instance here) which introduced unnatural punctuation. Sentences don't read nicely when they are so much broken up with unnecessary commas. Thanks. RobertG ♬ talk 16:09, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
- Good Maryam AlAkini ( talk) 07:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
I notice that you have been adding {{ commons category}} to many articles. Recent example: [1]. There are several issues with this particular edit:
- The article already had an "External links" section, so there is no need to - and generally you should not - add a second section with the same name. (Per MOS:SECTIONHEAD, section headings should be unique within a page.)
- Per Template:Commons category § Location the template should be placed at the top of the last existing section on the page - there's no need to add a new section just for the template. (But if you absolutely must, which I don't advise, the template should float left, not right.)
- If you do add a new section, it should be before the navigation templates, not after, per MOS:APPENDIX.
- If the Commons category name is the same as the Wikipedia article name, there's no need to include it in the template. Eg on
Jeffrey Ashby,
{{ commons category}}would work just as well as{{ commons category|Jeffrey Ashby}}. This doesn't actually matter, but it might make it quicker/easier to add the template in many cases.
Not all of the above items apply to all of your recent edits, but many do.
Please read the relevant MOS sections (linked above) before making any more similar additions to articles. Also please consider going back and fixing the articles that you've already made these additions to.
Mitch Ames ( talk) 01:23, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Good evening, thank you very much for the useful information.
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 19:21, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
- You don't seem to be getting it. At
James L. Alcorn, you created an "external links" section (in the wrong place) just to add a Commons template. The template "should be placed at the top of the last section on the page", per
Template:Commons category. Could you please go back and fix these. Thanks.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 18:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- And I see you've made this error on hundreds of articles.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 18:48, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- Good evening, you mean template
- {Commons}
- instead of
- {Commons category}
- Good day.
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 19:26, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- You've been putting the template in the wrong place. It should be placed "at the top of the last section on the page". However, you have been creating an "external links" section just for the template. Could you please fix all these? Or self-revert until you figure out what you are doing. Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 19:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- I want to know where the mistakes are, can you explain more?
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 19:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- The mistakes are on every article where you have done what I just described above. I even put a link to the template where you can find more information. If you don't understand how to use the template, you probably shouldn't be making these edits.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 21:47, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, the generalities are gone, and the amendments are being made to all the articles that I created tomorrow, God willing. Thank you for your good intentions. Have a nice day.
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 22:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- You have also added Commons categories to articles that have no photos on the Commons. Why?
Magnolia677 (
talk) 10:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- The reason is because the data file has a large area and contains extensive data, because the people are American politicians and have businesses and have related files on Commons, so when I put the Wikidata Infobox link, it is unique along the pivot axis. Have a nice day. Maryam AlAkini ( talk) 19:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- You have also added Commons categories to articles that have no photos on the Commons. Why?
Magnolia677 (
talk) 10:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, the generalities are gone, and the amendments are being made to all the articles that I created tomorrow, God willing. Thank you for your good intentions. Have a nice day.
Maryam AlAkini (
talk) 22:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- The mistakes are on every article where you have done what I just described above. I even put a link to the template where you can find more information. If you don't understand how to use the template, you probably shouldn't be making these edits.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 21:47, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- And I see you've made this error on hundreds of articles.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 18:48, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
- You don't seem to be getting it. At
James L. Alcorn, you created an "external links" section (in the wrong place) just to add a Commons template. The template "should be placed at the top of the last section on the page", per
Template:Commons category. Could you please go back and fix these. Thanks.
Magnolia677 (
talk) 18:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)