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== Question from ] on ] (18:11, 4 August 2023) ==
Hello i am Niko. How are you? (] (]) 16:55, 3 January 2014 (UTC)) ] (]) 16:55, 3 January 2014 (UTC)


How to write a article --] (]) 18:11, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
==Talkback==
:{{u|Mr. barone get one free}}, my recommendations are
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:#Make a few hundred constructive edits to Misplaced Pages, so that you become familiar with its more important policies; and then
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:#Study ].
:But don't waste your time by trying to write an article ]. ] (]) 22:05, 4 August 2023 (UTC)


== Question from Zamino926 ==
== File:Bereznay atlas plate 34 detail.png listed for deletion ==
A file that you uploaded or altered, ], has been listed at ]. Please see the ] to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. <!-- Template:Fdw --> ] (]) 19:20, 12 January 2014 (UTC)


Good day. I'm new to Misplaced Pages editing. I would like to add (edit) basic information on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/Alaska_House_of_Representatives then under this heading: Current members (33rd Alaska State Legislature). Specifically, I wish to edit this section to add basic information for Representative Cliff Groh, #18 on this list. Thank you, Zamino926. ] (]) 20:53, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
==The madness==
Yeah, the madness appears to be in full swing. I wonder where they get the energy, and how they explain it to their families. "No, I can't spend time with you, my love; I have to lock myself in the bedroom and commit myself to hours of rampant Misplaced Pages sockpuppetry. But it'll all be worth it some day!" ] (]) 20:40, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
:I doubt they have families. ] (]) 20:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
::Ha! Good point! Here's a relevant thread: ]. ] (]) 21:21, 12 January 2014 (UTC)


:{{u|Zamino926}}, thank you for aiming to contribute to Misplaced Pages. (I've moved your question from the top of this page to the bottom of the page, which is the normal place to add new discussions.)
== References to Noel Shaw. ==
:Is your aim to add information to ]? It already has all the information about Cliff Groh that is called for there. If it's something else, maybe you want to change the information that's already there, please explain here. ] (]) 07:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)


== Question from ] (15:42, 21 August 2023) ==
yesterday you edited out the references under the page Noel Shaw. can you please restore these back to original saving me having to redo them manually? I know you were trying to help. however removing refernces and placing them in the body of the text did not help.] (]) 02:35, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
:I am not sure what you mean. I did add <nowiki><br></nowiki> tags to the list of his published works. I also deleted a paragraph and reference mistakenly added by ] about a different Noel Shaw, a painter of Irish rural scenes in a nostalgic style. If you can tell me which edit you mean (maybe by specifying its precise date and time) I will reverse it. ] (]) 09:31, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
::Incidentally – when you first asked at the Help Desk for help with the Noel Shaw article, you mentioned that he had died. But the article makes no mention of his death. Another editor has now put a message at the top of the article, warning about Misplaced Pages's "biographies of living persons" policy. ] (]) 09:48, 20 January 2014 (UTC)


Can I turn my account dutch? --] (]) 15:42, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
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: Hi there, {{u|Pieter123454321}}. Pieter123454321 is the name of your account on en:Misplaced Pages. It is also the name of your account on nl:Misplaced Pages, see . I dnn't know what you mean by "turn". ] (]) 17:48, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
::I think I solved my own problem, thanks for your kindness ] (]) 18:57, 21 August 2023 (UTC)


== Question from ] (05:51, 25 August 2023) ==
Thanks. Two corrections are still needed. Sorry, I didn't realize this immediately. --] (]) 11:38, 25 January 2014 (UTC)


Hi, what is a good page for me to edit? --] (]) 05:51, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
= February =


== Reattributing edits @ ] ==
= March =


Hello,
==Kava link==
Over at ], you said that if I should put something like {{tq|Misplaced Pages edits from the IP address 92.93.94.95 are by me, see ]}} on my userpage. I have done part of that job on my userpage, but when I do that, what happens? Does a bot or someone put those edits under my name or does it just sit on my userpage for the foreseeable future so editors can look at my contributions as an IP address? ] (]) 09:03, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
:Hiello {{u|Roads4117}}. I don't see that on your user page, just this: "I started editing Misplaced Pages on 24 August 2021 under an IP address, although I started contributing more to Misplaced Pages from December 2021 onwards. On the 20 June 2022, I made my Misplaced Pages account", with nothing to say what IP address. Anyway, nothing will automatically happen. The edits will still be attributed in Misplaced Pages's database to the IP address, you'll just be allowing anyone interested in your edit history to look at those edits. ] (]) 10:01, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
::Oh OK, the IP address edits are further down. But for now, I think that I will just leave it. ] (]) 10:47, 25 August 2023 (UTC)


= September =
Hi Maproom, can you help me understand the specific reason the link (described below) is not allowed ? You were kind enough to direct me to WP:ELNO and when I asked the editor for clarification he/she did not respond --"Regarding Kava- "Strains and Origins", Thank You. I went to WP:ELNO and see numerous potential reasons for reverting my edits. How can we find out specifically which one(s)? This was to provide a link/citation to the free, on-line Hawaiian 'Awa Book.75.233.157.82 (talk) 18:37, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
as you say, the policy outlines many reasons why the link should not be included. What you need to do is identify why it should be included. But neither the fact that it is "free" nor the fact that it "is online" are reasons it should be included. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:56, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
The reason it should be included - it is the source of the information regarding Hawaiian 'awa (kava) contained in the article. It seems it would meet these criteria- "Is the site content proper in the context of the article (useful, tasteful, informative, factual, etc.)? Is the link functioning and likely to remain functional?"
Thank You] (]) 17:57, 22 March 2014 (UTC)


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:I think the link itself was OK, but the way you cited it, as an internal link in the body of the article, was unacceptable and looked promotional. Incidentally _ it is usual to post at the bottom of users' talk pages, not at the top. Once I am at home instead of using a smartphone I will move this thread. ] (]) 11:23, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank you very much . I look forward to understanding this.] (]) 18:01, 25 March 2014 (UTC)


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:] is about what links are acceptable. I have no opinion on whether the link in question is acceptable. However, the way the link was incorporated in the article was definitely wrong. For guidance on how to cite sources, you should read ], rather than ].


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: Here is the sentence of the article, before you edited it:


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::Winter explains that ‘awa, especially of the Hiwa variety, was offered to hula deities in return for knowledge and inspiration. .


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:Here it is with the link that you added:


Thanks again, and happy editing!
::Winter explains that ‘awa, especially of the Hiwa variety, was offered to hula deities in return for knowledge and inspiration. , here is the link to this publication---http://www.awadevelopment.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/awabook-web-part-1-of-2.pdf.
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= October =
:Here it is with the same link, added in the way that conforms (more or less, I am not an expert at this) to Misplaced Pages's recommended style:


= November =
::Winter explains that ‘awa, especially of the Hiwa variety, was offered to hula deities in return for knowledge and inspiration.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hawaiian 'Awa, Views of an Ethnobotanical Treasure|url=http://www.awadevelopment.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/awabook-web-part-1-of-2.pdf|accessdate=30 March 2014|author=Ed Johnston|coauthors=Helen Rogers|page=34|year=2006}}</ref>


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I feel a bit silly because I reviewed that highly promotional draft with a fine-toothed comb, but somehow missed checking the very first source. Trying to AGF, I can only assume the editor working on the draft somehow mixed up the citations as they added them in, because they all seem to be titled wrong and attached to statements they don't support.
:It was not I who created it — but I am happy with the resolution. ] (]) 15:57, 16 April 2014 (UTC)


From my initial search, I don't think the article will survive anyways due to notability, but I find copyediting and source-checking strangely soothing even if it might get deleted. Seeing users with an impressive track record like your own makes me want to strive more though, I'm planning to try to start contributing to more new content and get hands-on with citing references, which has unnecessarily intimidated me for awhile, lol. Thanks for all your contributions to en.wiki, you're an inspiration! 🙌 ] (]) 08:50, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
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== Thank you Maproom ==


== RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I ==
The technical parts are a concern yes. I almost didn't find the response you left to my question. I found a Thank you button for one editor and couldn't find it to say thanks to you. I get lost on here.


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I do have reputable magazine articles for Ms. Fontaines. 2 INSTYLE magazine and 1 Marie Claire. Marie Claire's was not available online. The INSTYLE articles Have been located online. Would photographs of the Marie Claire issues suffice? How do I add them? Are they added in links with the link button or do I have to use certain another method. Is that what a reference is and what is the difference between a citation and reference? Which is most important and how is it laid out on the page?


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I will look for articles that relate to James Duvals action figure for Donny Darko Bunny. They have to exist somewhere.
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So for example IMDB has a whole slew of articles listed. Some of them exist online.
In the case of the articles that can't be found online what do I do?


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Thanks for your assistance Maproom. This novice can use any assistance offered. ] (]) 07:14, 9 May 2014 (UTC)venus2211
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:*I know nothing about ''Instyle'' magazine. The link you have given is for a page in Hungarian. An English-language source would be better, but a source in Hungarian may be acceptable. It seems that Ms. Fontaines is better known in Hungary than in the US. This seems odd to me; if it is correct, it may be worth mentioning it, and the reason for it, in the article.
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== Porter and Jick letter ==
:*I know very little about ''Marie Claire'' magazine, but from what I have found today it looks to me like a reliable source. But photographs of issues will not be acceptable (they would be a copyright violation). All you need to do is to give a reference to the magazine, giving date, and preferably volume or issue number and page number. I'll try to give an example of how to cite a reference, using an unrelated newspaper I happen to have to hand. "On May 6 2014, Freddie Starr was informed that he would not face prosecution over accusations of sexual abuse.<ref>{{cite journal|title=I've been through two years of hell over sex claims, says Starr.|journal=The Times|date=7 May 2014|page=7}}</ref>" This will enable anyone with access to a good library to check that ''The Times'' really said what I am claiming. I added this citation by clicking the "Templates" item at the left of the blue bar at the top of the edit panel. I also made sure that it said <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> near the bottom of the page.


Thank you for {{diff|Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics|prev|1215467577|this edit}}. However, {{diff|Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics|prev|1209661025|this version}} should be restored, for reasons explained {{diff|Talk:Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics|prev|1213831894|here}}. Your edit can then be integrated. Also, at ], "published its rebuttal to" could be changed to "reexamined", since the problem was not the letter itself. ] (]) 16:00, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
:*The IMDB link you give is in fact a link to this talk page.
:I believe my edit was a clear improvement. It does not change the intended sense of the sentence, it just makes it clearer. I don't understand {{u|Scrambled Jag}}'s reason for reverting it (and I see he has been blocked by {{u|Firefangledfeathers}} and his contribution deleted). ] (]) 16:40, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
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::No one reverted your edit (which as of now is the most recent edit to that article.) The point is that a different version should be restored; the reasons were articulated in the now-deleted talk-page comment. When that version is restored, your edit will need to be reintegrated, but that will be easy. The reverts in question have nothing to do with actual content, so don't be afraid to restore the superior version. ] (]) 18:04, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
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That response is very helpful. I will work at it.
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The link for IMBD is for Ms.Fontaines. Instyle and Marie Claire are very big magazines. Getting articles in them in any country. They are world wide. The article translates to english there is an option for that. Ms. Fontaines did several interviews out of the Los Angeles Film Festival for INSTYLE and MARIE CLAIRE and then they reached her again asking to do more articles. I heard about it on several radio shows Ms. Fontaines was a guest on. The readers of INSTYLE and MARIECLAIRE wanted more of Ms. Fontaines. We don't know why fans become fans they just do. I am a fan for many reasons. Does twitter count as a fan base following? Ms.Fontaines has over 15,400 followers. I cannot locate the page I started editing for Ms. Fontaines. Where can I find it so that I can build upon it and make the page work? I hope to get better at finding things on here and not be so lost. Thanks Thanks Thanks ] (]) 08:31, 9 May 2014 (UTC)Venus2211
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:That IMDB link does work. You should use it to choose some references to use, preferably ones written in English.
:Twitter is not accepted by Misplaced Pages as a source for a subject's notability (or for anything else).
:The article you created has been deleted. A Misplaced Pages admin might be able to restore it for you, but I cannot. I recommend that you create a new article in your "sandbox" at https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User:Venus2211/sandbox&action=edit , and work on it there until it is ready to go public, so that it does not get deleted again. ] (]) 10:16, 9 May 2014 (UTC)


== Periods inside quotes == == magosci atlas ==


hiya. im bird244. a few months back you contacted me about making some maps i could use for articles. how should we proceed? ] (]) 20:14, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Regarding your edit , I believe it is standard US practice to put closing periods (or some other punctuation mark) ''inside'' the quotation, regardless of whether or not the quotation is so punctuated. See or for instance. You should probably self-revert per ]. ''']]''' 00:15, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
:That's interesting. I had thought that you were right; or rather, that you would be right if "Lobster" were a quotation rather than the name of a publication. But I checked in ], and found "place all punctuation marks inside the quotation marks if they are part of the quoted material and outside if they are not". ] (]) 06:40, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
::I stand corrected. Glad I decided I wasn't quite sure enough of that to revert you, and now I see that it wasn't even a quotation in the first place. Happy editing. ''']]''' 09:57, 24 May 2014 (UTC)


:{{u|Bird244}}, I offered to help by uploading plates from the to Commons. If you intend to use some of those plates, please tell me which. ] (]) 07:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
= June =
::oh. i thought you meant you were going to make copies of the maps, but altered to show borders post 1870s ] (]) 00:01, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
::but id still like those maps. i can use them for 19th century pages ] (]) 00:11, 3 May 2024 (UTC)


== RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins ==
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Hi there! Phase I of the ] has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:
Just letting you know it's done. Hope it looks good, if not let me know on my talk page and I'll tweak it some more. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">] ]</span> 22:06, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
:Thank you! It looks good to me, and I have used it to replace the old one on the en: page. We'll see how things work out now. ] (]) 22:14, 12 June 2014 (UTC)


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= July = == Question ==


hi you recently edited a page I created. Could you please take another look at it and share your opinion? I would appreciate any feedback you have. thank you ] (]) 22:25, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
== July 2014 ==
:Hi {{u|Privetjournalist}}. Here are some comments.
:*The "Classical" section says that he "was chosen", and "They selected him". Who were "they"? What did they select him for?
:*After the opening section, the article should refer to him as "Rahal" throughout, not as "Moslem Rahal".
:*"Concert performances in Italy, Germany, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Algeria under the conduction of Maestro Missak Baghboudarian (2002-2021) like the Ney concerto, Song from al furat- by shafi badereddine, The ecstasy of victory- Abdel Salam Safar and more" has several flaws. "like" and "and more" suggest that you're not quite sure about your facts, like a schoolchild writing an essay; it's better just to write "incuded". Names of works should be italicised: ''The ecstasy of victory''. "Conduction" is a word, but refers to the flow of heat or electricity; you mean "conductorship". (You could also write "under the baton of", or "with Baghboudarian as conductor".)
:*Instead of writing "Maestro ] (2002-2021)", it's better to use a piped wikilink ], omitting the word "Maestro", his forename, and his data of birth. Any reader who wants to know more about Baghboudarian can follow the wikilink.
:Rather than a redlink to ], it's better to link to the article in German-language Misplaced Pages: {{ill|Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester|de}}.
:*Section headers should be in sentence case: "Notable figures", not "Notable Figures".
:*"Regester" is not a word.
:*"After the war in Syria" – sadly, the war is ongoing.
:I hope this helps. ] (]) 07:31, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you so much for your assistance. i will take your input and fix it As a relatively new contributor to Misplaced Pages, creating this article took a considerable amount of time and effort. I aimed to ensure it met all guidelines, so discovering it did not make the cut was quite disappointing. Thank you again for your help. You are welcome to check on the article anytime, and I would appreciate your feedback. ] (]) 08:16, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
::I have made corrections to the page and would appreciate it if you could review it again to confirm if it now meets the appropriate standards. If possible, could you also check the template and see if I have made the correct changes for it to be removed? If so, could you remove it since you clearly know your way around? I am hesitant to remove the template myself as I want to ensure I am following all guidelines properly and not solely focusing on the content. Thank you for your assistance. ] (]) 09:32, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
:::I've had another quick look (I'm quite busy this morning). Here's some more things:
:::*The "Teaching and Research" section has boldface marks around the section headers. Those should be removed.
:::*That section should be written in sentences, not as a list.
:::*In that section, "Beirut" should be capitalised.
:::*In the "Projects" section, It's not clear which of the boldface items are meant to be section headers.
:::*In that section, "soloist" has two "o"s.
:::*In that section, you describe ] as "famous". Don't do that, it's promotional. There's a wikilink to an article about him, let readers judge for themselves. If you sprinkle the text with "famous", "maestro", and similar words, it will give a bad impression to reviewers.
:::*In that section, you use seven references to support an uncontroversial statement which isn't even about the subject. That looks bad, it suggests that you are desperate for acceptable references.
:::A reviewer of your draft will be concerned mainly with whether the references establish that the subject is notable. References are assessed on quality (independent, and with extensive discussion of the subject), not on quantity. When they find that the first two English-language sources are both to the same content, which only has a passing mention of Rahal, they may give up, leave your draft in the waiting list, and find a better use for their time, rather than checking the other 97. ] (]) 10:22, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
::::I have made changes based on your inputs and referenced many sources that Misplaced Pages considers reliable, such as BBC News (both the English and Arabic versions in different contexts), Proceso (a famous Mexican newspaper), The New Criterion, The Sonar (a Catalan newspaper), and many national Syrian newspapers. I understand that Misplaced Pages does not consider the Syrian papers reliable, but for Middle Eastern people, these sources are generally trusted when it comes to art articles.You were a great help for me, and I would appreciate it if you could check my work one last time and consider removing the template if it meets the guidelines.(if you have the time of course)
::::one last thing and sorry that i took this much of your time, could you let me know when the review process ends and what types of users are considered reviewers? Will the article appear on the main page, or have I just wasted my time? ] (]) 13:21, 1 July 2024 (UTC)


:::::I cannot read Arabic, and know little about music. My own judgment is that Rahal is probably ]; but I have seen no evidence of that in the form of reliable indepedent published sources with in-depth discussion of him in a language I can read (English, with difficulty French). I am not a reviewer. Some editors have been accepted as reviewers, they don't need to be admins to qualify as reviewers. Once you submit the draft for review, there are four possibilities:
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:::::#It will be rejected, meaning that in the opinion of the reviewer the subject is definitely not notable. In this case, that is most unlikely.
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:::::#It will be declined, meaning that in the opinion of the reviewer the subject has not been shown to be notable, but this may be possible with further work.
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:::::#It will stay in the waiting list for months, because no reviewer is willing to take the time to assess it fully. In my opinion this is likely. The first six English-language sources cited do nothing to help establish notability. I have no reason to think that the Arabic-language sources are better. If I were a reviewer I would certainly not look any further, I'd just leave it in the waiting list and find something else to review.
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:::::If I had the task of getting this draft accepted, I'd go through the sources, starting with the English-language ones as this is English-language Misplaced Pages, until I'd found three or four reliable independent sources with in-depth discussion of Rahal. Then I'd rewrite the draft from the beginning, basing it entirely on what they say. It would be a much shorter article, and much easier to review. Once it was accepted, it would be possible to add more material. ] (]) 16:25, 1 July 2024 (UTC)


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== Ta ==
Are you alleging that RunNroll is a sockpuppet at ]? If so, I agree, and have requested a sockpuppet investigation. ] (]) 16:15, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
:I am not alleging it. I am providing evidence, from which other users, like you, may draw inferences.
:I am a ]. When all I knew of RunNroll was his activity in the deletion discussion, I thought he might be a sockpuppet, but probably not. After I had looked at his edit record, and found
:#One previous, but recent, edit
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:my degree of belief in his sockpuppetness became much higher. ] (]) 17:46, 8 July 2014 (UTC)


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= August =
I removed the content about President Reagan and lead azide because the help desk did not look like the right place for the posting. Should I not have done that? Feel free to revert my deletion if you would like. Thanks ] (]) 19:50, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
:'''Bold''' ] (]) 13:34, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
:I think that the OP was contesting the accuracy of the article. He posted in block capitals, in the wrong place, without mentioned what article he was writing about, and in language which was hard to understand. But I still think he had a right to make his point. ] (]) 20:11, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
::Hmmm...I'll add his post back and remove yours. ] (]) 20:14, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
::: Here's a lc version: (] (]) 20:18, 13 July 2014 (UTC))
The subject of lead azide lateraled to a quip, about Ronald Reagan (then president), being shot
by bullets with lead azide and coated-aluminum - which is false. The testing for '''any''' adulterants
(poisons) or devastating compounds was negative. The applied description by wiki is a lie -
unsubstantiated - and should be removed/revised. Lead azide used as this trauma-enhancing tool
would have made a softball-sized cavity within, shattering the two-lobed lung, pericardium &
muscled chambers at-entry. Virginia jackrabbits were all-over-this, so do not distort, or allow
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::{{u|Stella Worth}}, I've moved your question to its chronological place, at the bottom of my talk page.
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I have several books including two anthologies I edited, won two NJ State Arts Council Fellowships, one in prose and one in poetry, won the Kinereath Genseler Award for my book Panic (also a BOTYA finalist) with Alice James Books, and there are a ton of links to my work on line. A quick search pulls these up. If they need to be linked on the page, then that would be great, but calling the page into question is inappropriate as my creds are in line with many other poets' pages:


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:The link to a dab page was there already. All I did was straighten the apostrophe. ] (]) 20:54, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
http://www.wordforword.info/vol18/Pollard.html
http://thelinebreak.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/laura-mcculloughs-speech-acts/
http://thepotomacjournal.com/issue9/laura_mccullough.html
http://contrarymagazine.com/2011/laura-mccullough-speech-acts/
http://www.guernicamag.com/daily/laura_mccullough_reading_recom/


== Teahouse ==


Ha, it's not often that I'm told I didn't go far enough! Thanks, ] (]) 14:12, 13 December 2024 (UTC)


== Teahouse Samantha Mills Discussion ==
Interviews of me or by me:


Thank you for ] me out in the teahouse! I wanted to leave this perspective just in case it is a useful lens for talking with other newcomers like me, no need to respond unless you want to. I really appreciate your taking the time to look into the notability of my page since you were putting time in to help me out, but unfortunately that is not how I felt when I read your comment in the teahouse. Instead, when I read it, it felt dismissive and condescending because you started the comment by disregarding my questions and pointing out where you thought I was incorrect, then answering another question. As a sidenote, in this case the other answer felt more frustrating to me because I had already put in a lot of time myself answering that question via wikipedia policy pages, so I didn't need it answered. I'm sure this impact wasn't your intention, and the general tone of your comment was friendly which was lovely! I'm sure that newcomers often don't know the right question to ask or are missing a ton of context on wikipedia policies, so there's a lot of judgment calls to make when helping them. I also appreciate that you left room for discussion in your comment and didn't leave a final word on the article's notability.
http://nanofiction.org/weekly-feature/interviews/2013/10/five-questions-with-laura-mccullough
http://tcjww.org/2014/02/10/interview-laura-mccullough/
http://www.poetsandartists.com/laura-mccullough/
http://realitysandwich.com/389/what_men_want_interview_laura_mccullough/
http://poems.com/special_features/prose/essay_hicok2.php
http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/04/laura-mccullough.html


The only reason I'm writing here is that I really appreciate the work you're doing and I think a slightly different phrasing could hopefully feel more friendly to newcomers in the future and not add too much time for you. One thing that might've been helpful would be to change how your comment began, rather than dismissing my questions from the start. Another thing would've been to throw me a bone with a pointer or two on my actual question before answering a different question, like explaining or linking to how article talk pages work like another commenter did. A last thing to look for might be that you aren't skipping any key info points in my question before disputing what I've said: in this case, I'd started off with her awards in the sentence about notability but you did not address this in your response. I think any of that would've felt friendlier even if you'd disagreed with my premise coming into the teahouse; I think it's just extra helpful to be nice and supportive in the teahouse when someone is entering there already feeling deflated because other editors have told them they've made mistakes. ] (]) 23:22, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
Radio or Videos of me or me interviewing other writers:


:{{u|Hobbitina}}, thank you for posting the above. You make some good points. ] (]) 09:14, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
http://www.leahbrowning.net/Apple/Fall_2009/Laura_McCullough.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAYKLSZVWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfTrWCIJ8_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15sRlWAN2fU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP0hTQee-9w

Examples of poems online:

http://goodmenproject.com/author/laura-mccullough/
http://www.tupeloquarterly.com/everywhere-i-havent-been-anywhere-by-laura-mccullough/
http://solsticelitmag.org/author/laura-mccullough/
http://www.leahbrowning.net/Apple/Fall_2009/Laura_McCullough.html
http://www.versedaily.org/2014/aboutlauramccullough.shtml
https://www.aprweb.org/poem/speaking-malagasy-isle-vanilla
http://www.anomalouspress.org/8/26.mccullough.bowie.php
http://www.diodepoetry.com/v4n2/content/mccullough_l.html
http://www.drunkenboat.com/db18/laura-mccullough
http://www.fishousepoems.org/?artist=mccullough-laura
http://referentialmagazine.com/contributors/m-o/laura-mccullough/
http://www.connotationpress.com/a-poetry-congeries-with-john-hoppenthaler/2010/february-2010/307-laura-mccullough-poetry
http://anti-poetry.com/anti/mcculloughla/
http://www.pebblelakereview.com/archive/2009_v6_1_health_wellness/poem_SweetSick.html

http://www.2river.org/2RView/11_4/poems/mccullough.html
http://www.wordriot.org/template.php?ID=743
http://baltimorereview.org/index.php/fall_2013/contributor/laura-mccullough
http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Summer03/LMCunt.htm


http://www.madhattersreview.com/issue13/fiction_mccullough.shtml


I teach in these two writing venues, one an annual conference, the other an MFA program:

http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/humanities-social-sciences/creative-writing-mfa/mfa-faculty/
http://wintergetaway.com/poetry-faculty.html


Other things I have written that appear on Web:

http://www.blacklawrence.com/title-as-invitation-poetry-contests-as-dinner-party-by-laura-mccullough/


http://www.cortlandreview.com/features/14/spring/mccullough.php

http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2006-04-06/Front_page/028.html
http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2006-04-06/Front_page/028.html


How to resolve this?
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:Adding twenty references like the above is not going to help. They confirm that you and your poetry exist, but that was never in doubt. What is needed is evidence that you and your work are ] – please click on that blue word to find what it means here.
:You could provide such evidence best by finding a few – about three – references to established reputable published sources which write about you. I can't help you with that, I am a scientist, and while I have heard of ''The New York Review of Books'' and ''The Times Literary Supplement'', I have no idea what other sources are respected. But I do know, from having observed other discussions on "proposals for deletion", that long lists have a negative effect. They mean that those judging the article click on a few links, decide that they are not compelling evidence of notablity, and don't bother with the rest. It is more effective just to present the most compelling few references.
:Incidentally – I suspect that an apology for your accusation of sexism would be well received. But I won't presume to advise on that. ] (]) 10:12, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

== not sure who and how to post, but trying to resolve this. ==

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July

August

Question from Mr. barone get one free on Talk:Video clip (18:11, 4 August 2023)

How to write a article --Mr. barone get one free (talk) 18:11, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Mr. barone get one free, my recommendations are
  1. Make a few hundred constructive edits to Misplaced Pages, so that you become familiar with its more important policies; and then
  2. Study Help:Your first article.
But don't waste your time by trying to write an article backwards. Maproom (talk) 22:05, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Zamino926

Good day. I'm new to Misplaced Pages editing. I would like to add (edit) basic information on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/Alaska_House_of_Representatives then under this heading: Current members (33rd Alaska State Legislature). Specifically, I wish to edit this section to add basic information for Representative Cliff Groh, #18 on this list. Thank you, Zamino926. Zamino926 (talk) 20:53, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Zamino926, thank you for aiming to contribute to Misplaced Pages. (I've moved your question from the top of this page to the bottom of the page, which is the normal place to add new discussions.)
Is your aim to add information to Alaska House of Representatives#Current_members (33rd Alaska State Legislature)? It already has all the information about Cliff Groh that is called for there. If it's something else, maybe you want to change the information that's already there, please explain here. Maproom (talk) 07:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Pieter123454321 (15:42, 21 August 2023)

Can I turn my account dutch? --Pieter123454321 (talk) 15:42, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, Pieter123454321. Pieter123454321 is the name of your account on en:Misplaced Pages. It is also the name of your account on nl:Misplaced Pages, see here. I dnn't know what you mean by "turn". Maproom (talk) 17:48, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
I think I solved my own problem, thanks for your kindness Pieter123454321 (talk) 18:57, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Aricciar (05:51, 25 August 2023)

Hi, what is a good page for me to edit? --Aricciar (talk) 05:51, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Reattributing edits @ Misplaced Pages:Teahouse

Hello, Over at Misplaced Pages:Teahouse, you said that if I should put something like Misplaced Pages edits from the IP address 92.93.94.95 are by me, see Special:Contributions/92.93.94.95 on my userpage. I have done part of that job on my userpage, but when I do that, what happens? Does a bot or someone put those edits under my name or does it just sit on my userpage for the foreseeable future so editors can look at my contributions as an IP address? Roads4117 (talk) 09:03, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Hiello Roads4117. I don't see that on your user page, just this: "I started editing Misplaced Pages on 24 August 2021 under an IP address, although I started contributing more to Misplaced Pages from December 2021 onwards. On the 20 June 2022, I made my Misplaced Pages account", with nothing to say what IP address. Anyway, nothing will automatically happen. The edits will still be attributed in Misplaced Pages's database to the IP address, you'll just be allowing anyone interested in your edit history to look at those edits. Maproom (talk) 10:01, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Oh OK, the IP address edits are further down. But for now, I think that I will just leave it. Roads4117 (talk) 10:47, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

September

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November

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2024

January

February

Thanks for catching another false citation on ABL Group draft!

I feel a bit silly because I reviewed that highly promotional draft with a fine-toothed comb, but somehow missed checking the very first source. Trying to AGF, I can only assume the editor working on the draft somehow mixed up the citations as they added them in, because they all seem to be titled wrong and attached to statements they don't support.

From my initial search, I don't think the article will survive anyways due to notability, but I find copyediting and source-checking strangely soothing even if it might get deleted. Seeing users with an impressive track record like your own makes me want to strive more though, I'm planning to try to start contributing to more new content and get hands-on with citing references, which has unnecessarily intimidated me for awhile, lol. Thanks for all your contributions to en.wiki, you're an inspiration! 🙌 Chiselinccc (talk) 08:50, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

March

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You help everybody! Amoxicillin on a Boat (talk) 15:26, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Porter and Jick letter

Thank you for this edit. However, this version should be restored, for reasons explained here. Your edit can then be integrated. Also, at Opioid epidemic in the United States, "published its rebuttal to" could be changed to "reexamined", since the problem was not the letter itself. 200.59.184.69 (talk) 16:00, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

I believe my edit was a clear improvement. It does not change the intended sense of the sentence, it just makes it clearer. I don't understand Scrambled Jag's reason for reverting it (and I see he has been blocked by Firefangledfeathers and his contribution deleted). Maproom (talk) 16:40, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
No one reverted your edit (which as of now is the most recent edit to that article.) The point is that a different version should be restored; the reasons were articulated in the now-deleted talk-page comment. When that version is restored, your edit will need to be reintegrated, but that will be easy. The reverts in question have nothing to do with actual content, so don't be afraid to restore the superior version. 182.160.124.214 (talk) 18:04, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

April

"Kindling (sedative–hypnotic withdrawal" listed at Redirects for discussion

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May

magosci atlas

hiya. im bird244. a few months back you contacted me about making some maps i could use for articles. how should we proceed? Bird244 (talk) 20:14, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Bird244, I offered to help by uploading plates from the Hertslet atlas to Commons. If you intend to use some of those plates, please tell me which. Maproom (talk) 07:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
oh. i thought you meant you were going to make copies of the maps, but altered to show borders post 1870s Bird244 (talk) 00:01, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
but id still like those maps. i can use them for 19th century pages Bird244 (talk) 00:11, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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June

Question

hi you recently edited a page I created. Could you please take another look at it and share your opinion? I would appreciate any feedback you have. thank you Privetjournalist (talk) 22:25, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Privetjournalist. Here are some comments.
  • The "Classical" section says that he "was chosen", and "They selected him". Who were "they"? What did they select him for?
  • After the opening section, the article should refer to him as "Rahal" throughout, not as "Moslem Rahal".
  • "Concert performances in Italy, Germany, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Algeria under the conduction of Maestro Missak Baghboudarian (2002-2021) like the Ney concerto, Song from al furat- by shafi badereddine, The ecstasy of victory- Abdel Salam Safar and more" has several flaws. "like" and "and more" suggest that you're not quite sure about your facts, like a schoolchild writing an essay; it's better just to write "incuded". Names of works should be italicised: The ecstasy of victory. "Conduction" is a word, but refers to the flow of heat or electricity; you mean "conductorship". (You could also write "under the baton of", or "with Baghboudarian as conductor".)
  • Instead of writing "Maestro Missak Baghboudarian (2002-2021)", it's better to use a piped wikilink Baghboudarian, omitting the word "Maestro", his forename, and his data of birth. Any reader who wants to know more about Baghboudarian can follow the wikilink.
Rather than a redlink to Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester, it's better to link to the article in German-language Misplaced Pages: Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester .
  • Section headers should be in sentence case: "Notable figures", not "Notable Figures".
  • "Regester" is not a word.
  • "After the war in Syria" – sadly, the war is ongoing.
I hope this helps. Maproom (talk) 07:31, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your assistance. i will take your input and fix it As a relatively new contributor to Misplaced Pages, creating this article took a considerable amount of time and effort. I aimed to ensure it met all guidelines, so discovering it did not make the cut was quite disappointing. Thank you again for your help. You are welcome to check on the article anytime, and I would appreciate your feedback. Privetjournalist (talk) 08:16, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
I have made corrections to the page and would appreciate it if you could review it again to confirm if it now meets the appropriate standards. If possible, could you also check the template and see if I have made the correct changes for it to be removed? If so, could you remove it since you clearly know your way around? I am hesitant to remove the template myself as I want to ensure I am following all guidelines properly and not solely focusing on the content. Thank you for your assistance. Privetjournalist (talk) 09:32, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
I've had another quick look (I'm quite busy this morning). Here's some more things:
  • The "Teaching and Research" section has boldface marks around the section headers. Those should be removed.
  • That section should be written in sentences, not as a list.
  • In that section, "Beirut" should be capitalised.
  • In the "Projects" section, It's not clear which of the boldface items are meant to be section headers.
  • In that section, "soloist" has two "o"s.
  • In that section, you describe Jordi Savall as "famous". Don't do that, it's promotional. There's a wikilink to an article about him, let readers judge for themselves. If you sprinkle the text with "famous", "maestro", and similar words, it will give a bad impression to reviewers.
  • In that section, you use seven references to support an uncontroversial statement which isn't even about the subject. That looks bad, it suggests that you are desperate for acceptable references.
A reviewer of your draft will be concerned mainly with whether the references establish that the subject is notable. References are assessed on quality (independent, and with extensive discussion of the subject), not on quantity. When they find that the first two English-language sources are both to the same content, which only has a passing mention of Rahal, they may give up, leave your draft in the waiting list, and find a better use for their time, rather than checking the other 97. Maproom (talk) 10:22, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
I have made changes based on your inputs and referenced many sources that Misplaced Pages considers reliable, such as BBC News (both the English and Arabic versions in different contexts), Proceso (a famous Mexican newspaper), The New Criterion, The Sonar (a Catalan newspaper), and many national Syrian newspapers. I understand that Misplaced Pages does not consider the Syrian papers reliable, but for Middle Eastern people, these sources are generally trusted when it comes to art articles.You were a great help for me, and I would appreciate it if you could check my work one last time and consider removing the template if it meets the guidelines.(if you have the time of course)
one last thing and sorry that i took this much of your time, could you let me know when the review process ends and what types of users are considered reviewers? Will the article appear on the main page, or have I just wasted my time? Privetjournalist (talk) 13:21, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
I cannot read Arabic, and know little about music. My own judgment is that Rahal is probably notable; but I have seen no evidence of that in the form of reliable indepedent published sources with in-depth discussion of him in a language I can read (English, with difficulty French). I am not a reviewer. Some editors have been accepted as reviewers, they don't need to be admins to qualify as reviewers. Once you submit the draft for review, there are four possibilities:
  1. It will be rejected, meaning that in the opinion of the reviewer the subject is definitely not notable. In this case, that is most unlikely.
  2. It will be declined, meaning that in the opinion of the reviewer the subject has not been shown to be notable, but this may be possible with further work.
  3. It will be accepted,and the reviewer will move it to article space.
  4. It will stay in the waiting list for months, because no reviewer is willing to take the time to assess it fully. In my opinion this is likely. The first six English-language sources cited do nothing to help establish notability. I have no reason to think that the Arabic-language sources are better. If I were a reviewer I would certainly not look any further, I'd just leave it in the waiting list and find something else to review.
If I had the task of getting this draft accepted, I'd go through the sources, starting with the English-language ones as this is English-language Misplaced Pages, until I'd found three or four reliable independent sources with in-depth discussion of Rahal. Then I'd rewrite the draft from the beginning, basing it entirely on what they say. It would be a much shorter article, and much easier to review. Once it was accepted, it would be possible to add more material. Maproom (talk) 16:25, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

July

Block

Due to deleting the informaton Admer9 (talk) 06:53, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Admer. I can't guess what you mean by the above. Can you explain? Maproom (talk) 10:57, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
Hi Admer. I see now that you have re-added the names of two poets to Eidagale#Notable_people. Those poets are not-notable in Misplaced Pages's sense, which is "there's a Misplaced Pages article about them". If you think their names should be listed despite their lack of notability, you should discuss the issue on the article's talk page: see Misplaced Pages:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. Maproom (talk) 14:07, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Ta

Greetings from afar. Thanks for your thanks re donations elsewhere - I was hoping that at least one other person held the same views, and it turned out to be you – ahead of several others. :) >MinorProphet (talk) 00:05, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

August

Bold 171.243.109.244 (talk) 13:34, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

September

RFA2024 update: Discussion-only period now open for review

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October

November

Thank you for your comment on my draft. I am just getting back to you. The topic of my draft article is all three: Mary Rutan Hospital, Health Center, and Foundation. The three branch organizations are known under the umbrella heading of Mary Rutan Health. Is this concept admissable in Misplaced Pages articles? How would you handle it? Thank you. Stella Worth (talk) 19:50, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Stella Worth, I've moved your question to its chronological place, at the bottom of my talk page.
Every Misplaced Pages article should have a topic, or subject, that it's about. If each of those three topics is notable enough to warrant a Misplaced Pages article, then you should write a separate article about each of them. If you acknowledge that none of them is notable enough, you should do nothing. If only the health centre is notable, then you should wite an article about that, and not about the other two. If more than one of them is notable, the articles about them can link to one another; but their notability will be judged seperately. Maproom (talk) 23:21, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

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The link to a dab page was there already. All I did was straighten the apostrophe. Maproom (talk) 20:54, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Teahouse

Ha, it's not often that I'm told I didn't go far enough! Thanks, Drmies (talk) 14:12, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Teahouse Samantha Mills Discussion

Thank you for helping me out in the teahouse! I wanted to leave this perspective just in case it is a useful lens for talking with other newcomers like me, no need to respond unless you want to. I really appreciate your taking the time to look into the notability of my page since you were putting time in to help me out, but unfortunately that is not how I felt when I read your comment in the teahouse. Instead, when I read it, it felt dismissive and condescending because you started the comment by disregarding my questions and pointing out where you thought I was incorrect, then answering another question. As a sidenote, in this case the other answer felt more frustrating to me because I had already put in a lot of time myself answering that question via wikipedia policy pages, so I didn't need it answered. I'm sure this impact wasn't your intention, and the general tone of your comment was friendly which was lovely! I'm sure that newcomers often don't know the right question to ask or are missing a ton of context on wikipedia policies, so there's a lot of judgment calls to make when helping them. I also appreciate that you left room for discussion in your comment and didn't leave a final word on the article's notability.

The only reason I'm writing here is that I really appreciate the work you're doing and I think a slightly different phrasing could hopefully feel more friendly to newcomers in the future and not add too much time for you. One thing that might've been helpful would be to change how your comment began, rather than dismissing my questions from the start. Another thing would've been to throw me a bone with a pointer or two on my actual question before answering a different question, like explaining or linking to how article talk pages work like another commenter did. A last thing to look for might be that you aren't skipping any key info points in my question before disputing what I've said: in this case, I'd started off with her awards in the sentence about notability but you did not address this in your response. I think any of that would've felt friendlier even if you'd disagreed with my premise coming into the teahouse; I think it's just extra helpful to be nice and supportive in the teahouse when someone is entering there already feeling deflated because other editors have told them they've made mistakes. Hobbitina (talk) 23:22, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Hobbitina, thank you for posting the above. You make some good points. Maproom (talk) 09:14, 30 December 2024 (UTC)