User talk:AlexGWU/Archive 1
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Im sorry i wasnt given enough time to complete the article about the actor Kofi Adjorlolo before you deleted it. I must say im surprised someone has so much time on their hands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakejt87 (talk • contribs) 20:22, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Guide to referencing
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I thought you might find it useful to have some information about references (refs) on wikipedia. These are important to validate your writing and inform the reader. Any editor can remove unreferenced material; and unsubstantiated articles may end up getting deleted, so when you add something to an article, it's highly advisable to also include a reference to say where it came from. Referencing may look daunting, but it's easy enough to do. Here's a guide to getting started. If you need any assistance, let me know. -- Ty 00:23, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
A reference must be accurate, i.e. it must prove the statement in the text. To validate "Mike Brown climbed Everest", it's no good linking to a page about Everest, if Mike Brown isn't mentioned, nor to one on Mike Brown, if it doesn't say that he climbed Everest. You have to link to a source that proves his achievement is true. You must use reliable sources, such as published books, mainstream press, and authorised web sites. Blogs, Myspace, Youtube, fan sites and extreme minority texts are not usually acceptable, nor is original research (e.g. your own unpublished, or self-published, essay or research), or another wikipedia article.
The first thing you have to do is to create a "Notes and references" section (unless it already exists). This goes towards the bottom of the page, below the "See also" section and above the "External links" section. Enter this code:
The next step is to put a reference in the text. Here is the code to do that. It goes at the end of the relevant term, phrase, sentence, or paragraph to which the note refers, and after punctuation such as a full stop, without a space (to prevent separation through line wrap):
Whatever text you put in between these two tags will become visible in the "Notes and references" section as your reference.
Open the edit box for this page, copy the following text (inserting your own text where indicated), paste it at the bottom of the page and save the page:
(End of text to copy and paste.) It should appear like this:
You need to include the information to enable the reader to find your source. For an online newspaper source, it might look like this:
When uploaded, it appears as:
Note the single square brackets around the URL and the article title. The format is:
Make sure there is a space between the URL and the Title. This code results in the URL being hidden and the title showing as a link. Use double apostrophes for the article title (it is quoted text), and two single quote marks either side of the name of the paper (to generate italics). Double square brackets round the name of the paper create an internal link (a wikilink) to the relevant wikipedia article. Apostrophes must go outside the brackets. The date after The Guardian is the date of the newspaper, and the date after "Retrieved on" is the date you accessed the site – useful for searching the web archive in case the link goes dead. Dates are wikilinked so that they work with user preference settings to display the date in the format the user wishes.
You can use sources which are not online, but which you have found in a library or elsewhere—in which case leave out the information which is not relevant. The newspaper example above would be formatted like this:
When uploaded, it appears as:
Here is an example for a book:
When uploaded, it appears as:
Make sure you put two single quote marks round the title (to generate italics), rather than one double quote mark.
These formats are all acceptable for dates:
You may prefer to use a citation template to compile details of the source. The template goes between the ref tags and you fill out the fields you wish to. Basic templates can be found here: Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Citation quick reference
The first time a reference appears in the article, you can give it a simple name in the <ref> code:
The second time you use the same reference in the article, you need only to create a short cut instead of typing it all out again:
You can then use the short cut as many times as you want. Don't forget the /, or it will blank the rest of the article! Some symbols don't work in the ref name, but you'll find out if you use them. You can see multiple use of the same refs in action in the article William Bowyer (artist). There are 3 sources and they are each referenced 3 times. Each statement in the article has a footnote to show what its source is.
The above method is simple and combines references and notes into one section. A refinement is to put the full details of the references in their own section headed "References", while the notes which apply to them appear in a separate section headed "Notes". The notes can be inserted in the main article text in an abbreviated form as seen in Harriet Arbuthnot or in a full form as in Brown Dog affair.
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Notability of Dr. Michael Newton
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Please revert the deletion of my comment on User talk:Jmlk17. Thank you. --Raphael1 00:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Grape nutrients
Alex -- thanks for the tip on the nutrition table, but it's "as clear as mud" how to edit that! The table format you offer does not include the essential mineral, manganese which for grapes is exceptional in content. See http://whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrientprofile&dbid=55 showing 0.66 mg or 660 microg in 100 g or about 33% of the DRI -- the most outstanding nutrient content of all in grapes. If you can change it, thanks! --Paul144 (talk) 14:44, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- It wouldn't take an edit anywhere in the table comments, Alex. I left a hidden note there. Might be better to create our own table -- I did the ones on the superfruit page. Then we could fill in other data from the http://whfoods.com site or another source as needed.--Paul144 (talk) 03:56, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Looks good, Alex. Thanks for the detective work! --Paul144 (talk) 02:20, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- Alex -- see my comment in the Talk page. I selected the USDA analysis: Grapes, american type (slip skin), raw. You must have chosen the European grape data, which I see shows Mn at 0.071. I think there might be an error of 10 in these data between "American" and "European", and tend to believe the higher value. --Paul144 (talk) 05:04, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Alex -- I don't think there'd be a 10-fold difference in a mineral concentration between a ripe and a raw grape. As minerals are not metabolized or involved in synthesized chemical structures in the raw state, how would they change so much going from "ripe" to "raw"?
I think there's an error somewhere. Since blueberries and cranberries also have high similar Mn content, and WH Foods says the Mn content in grapes in 33% DV, I tend to believe the USDA data are off. Also, check the other selection from the USDA picklist for raw American grapes -- all the nutrient data are about the same except for Mn. Doesn't make sense to me. --Paul144 (talk) 03:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free media (Image:Destinyofsouls.jpg)
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:Journeyofsouls.jpg)
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Flags
Sorry, flags aren't allowed in infoboxes (and various other places). See WP:FLAGBIO. Ty 00:24, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
- I went to your user page and clicked on "user contributions" (bottom box on left of the page). I did a right click on each relevant article listed and opened in a new tab. Then I just went through the tabs in turn, and where there was a flag, I clicked "edit", deleted the template, pasted the edit summary from my clipboard and saved the article. If you like tools, check out Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser which is a common one for repetitive edits. Another tip - if you go to "my preferences" at the top of the page, click "Editing" and then check the box "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary", you'll get a reminder. There are some other useful option available in preferences. Keep up the good work! Ty 23:31, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Any editor can move articles and change redirects. You can move an article to a redirect to replace the redirect. However, if the redirect has had more editing done on it than merely to make it a redirect, then an admin will have to delete it first in order for the move to be accomplished. On the image page, where it says "source" you have filled in "internet". You need to give exact details, i.e. the URL. Also have a look at the ref guide above for formatting refs. An article should have reliable independent secondary sources to validate it, or it may be in danger of deletion. The more references, the better. Ty 23:01, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Norman Bluhm
I'm curious why you removed the image from the infobox? Modernist (talk) 02:39, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
- Actually the precedent that we have followed is both - an image of the artist when it is available and usable, and/or a work of art. Some artists pages have images of the artist in text - see Henry Moore, and a sculpture in the infobox; while others have just works of art by choice in the infobox. The Bluhm painting is acceptable in the infobox...You are doing terrific by the way..Modernist (talk) 03:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
I've created a thread here: hopefully with others input...[1]Modernist (talk) 03:34, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
- It is never preferable to have a pictureless infobox at the top of an artist's article if there is an image of his work available. The use of artist's infoboxes at all is somewhat controversial, not least because the information in them is often inaccurate, over-simplified or misleading. Please also be careful not to create big white gaps when adding infoboxes (which vary with software - for example Leonard Baskin has a huge one for me). Johnbod (talk) 03:50, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
- I agree with the above. There are technical reasons not to set image sizes usually, but to leave it as the thumb default, as it over-rides user preferences and forces users with slow connections to wait longer for downloads of bigger images they may not want. Default on thumbs is "right" so there is no need to specify it. For portrait pictures, the term "upright" can be inserted. Also large image sizes can do funny things with different screen resolutions. Baskin at low res, as Johnbod said, had a big white space in the article. Ty 07:02, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Nice work!
Thanks for adding the info box to Charles Sheeler - good idea! H0n0r (talk) 17:36, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Walter Anderson
Sorry, but I can't help. I've been trying to understand Wikipedia image policy for a long time, and I've been told that it is intentionally confusing in order to keep the number of images down. Rick Norwood (talk) 14:38, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Journey of Souls
I have nominated Journey of Souls, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Journey of Souls. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. ScienceApologist (talk) 21:10, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Destiny of Souls
I have nominated Destiny of Souls, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Destiny of Souls. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. ScienceApologist (talk) 21:11, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Thank you!
Thanks for adding the info box to Richard Rappaport - looks great! Www3cubed (talk) 18:34, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Proposed deletion of Neuropsychophysiology
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Neuropsychophysiology, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:
- Non-notable school of psychology, essentially a coatrack for Michele Trimarchi, a Non-notable person, completely lacking any reliable sources independent of the subject, consists essentially of Spam
All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.
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Proposed deletion of Michele Trimarchi
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Michele Trimarchi, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:
- Non-notable person, completely lacking any reliable sources independent of the subject, consists essentially of Spam
All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.
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GA reassessment of Jacob Riis
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns with the artcile which you can see at Talk:Jacob Riis/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:41, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Antonis Mor
Just curious. Why did you rearrange the images in the Antonis Mor article? I see that the left-hand image has been moved to the right. I thought a little variety would make the layout more interesting. However I note that there seems to be some references to some browsers having trouble with the original layout. Can you enlighten me? Ron B. Thomson (talk) 02:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. Of course the original layout caused no problem on my browser, so I could not see the need to change things. However, if it must be changed, it should be. Best Ron B. Thomson (talk) 15:41, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Friedrich
A group of about 10 of the best VA editors including Tyrenius, Ceoil, Johnbod, JNW, me, Outriggr, Lithoderm, and others created this article up to WP:FA status and we didn't want the infobox, leave it out...Modernist (talk) 19:53, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
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Yeshiva Derech Hatalmud
I've declined the speedy here, because A7 doesn't apply to schools, and a yeshiva is a school. I'm sure that PROD or AFD would be quite appropriate. Nyttend (talk) 04:00, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
- No complaints; it's simply that schools cannot be speedied under this criterion. Nyttend (talk) 03:20, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Conflict of interest
Hi Alex, Just wanted to get advice. I got tagged as having a close connection/Conflict of interest with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_McPhillips. I have an interest in my surname, but I'm not related to Colin McPhillips and I never meet the man. Kind of regretting i used my real name here as i wouldnt have had a problem if i used a nickname. I've supplied references, but this dosen't seem good enough. I'd appriciate some feedback so that this dosen't happen again as i don't want to get in trouble. Hope to here from you soon. regards --Sean McPhillips (talk) 23:32, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank again Alex I appriciate your help. 19:53, 29 July 2011 (talk) (UTC)
Hiya, can't say I'm particularly attached to this stub I created at random following a redlink, but FYI seems he was notable and have now added refs/links/dedeadended. Cheers In ictu oculi (talk) 10:12, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Tag at Marwan Khoury
Hi. In this edit, you meant "{{", not "((". :-) --MZMcBride (talk) 17:53, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
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