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== PAT testing == |
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Hello. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carleton_High_School&type=revision&diff=858958514&oldid=858905228 This] is never really going to work. If that URL is the URL of the school at the time the citation is of use, then that cannot be its title. So, what should its title be? [[User:MPS1992|MPS1992]] ([[User talk:MPS1992|talk]]) 19:45, 10 September 2018 (UTC) |
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Hello! I saw that you're looking for adoption and was wondering if I might offer myself as an option. I'm familiar with some automated programs (STiki, TW, AWB, HG are the main ones), and our interests seem to overlap vaguely, inasmuch as we're both interested in history and politics. I can hopefully help you out some with whatever it is you're interested in some capacity. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:15, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for the offer. I would appreciate your teachings Compassionate727. Is there anything I have to do to accept PoliceSheep99 (talk) 19:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
- @PoliceSheep99: Sorry for the delay! The answer is no, there is not anything in particular expected of you, although I wanted to ensure that there's nothing in particular expected of me before I said as much. This relationship can take whatever former we find most convenient. Doing a quick scan of your 500 most recent contributions, it looks like a lot of WikiGnome-type stuff: a lot of counter-vandalism recently, looks you did NPP-style stuff earlier. Is this generally in line with what you want to do? Do you have any interest in writing articles (new or otherwise)? That will give me some idea of where to go from here. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 22:13, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
- Compassionate727, I am interested in making current articles better and making new articles. I have tried this by, as you said, generally combated vandalism however I would like to try to venture out from that and go into making articles/ making stubs longer. I have tried this a few times with some being okay such as Andrew K.C. Nyirenda and some being nominated for deletion such as Saman Arastoo. Any help or guidance in any of these areas would be greatly appreciated. PoliceSheep99 (talk) 22:37, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
- I promise I've seen this and will respond… soon. …Hopefully tonight. Need to get back to homework now, will be in touch soon. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:56, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
- Okay, so. Writing articles on Wikipedia is very hard: not only is an encyclopedia article a very different piece of writing than most of the stuff you write in a high school or college English course, but Wikipedia has this labyrinthine network of standards (we call them policies) about everything from how many sources you need to say that someone to report that someone's been accused of a crime to whether the period goes on the outside or the inside of the parenthesis. The good news is, if I haven't scared you off yet, you've already overcome the biggest obstacle. Specifically in reference to the articles you mention, you appear to be tussling with our notability policy, which is our way of deciding what is important enough to have an article here. There's an overarching standard, the general notability guideline, plus a plethora of specialized guidelines for specific topics ranging from battles to actors. Andrew K.C. Nyirenda was considered acceptable because he's the chief justice of Malawi, and our notability guideline for politicians and judges states that almost all people of such rank are notable. By contrast, Saman Arastoo was not considered okay because he doesn't meet any of the criteria listed in our guideline for actors. Most importantly, he doesn't currently appear to have major roles in multiple notable films (and we have special guidelines for films, too). Because notability is an attribute of the subject rather than the article itself, the fact that an article is not notable doesn't mean there's anything wrong with your writing itself; on the other hand, there's usually nothing you can do to prevent an unnotable article from being deleted, because you can't make it notable. You can demonstrate that it is notable by finding multiple reliable, independent sources that cover the subject in some depth, but often, one finds they simply don't exist.
- That probably doesn't give you a whole lot to go off of. My only advice is to memorize the GNG, and make sure to reference the special guideline when you're considering a specific article. (There's a master list of notability pages in the box on the right at WP:N, and usually finding something from there is simple). Notability is basically the brick wall of content creation, and I'm unfortunately not sure what else to say on the matter. If you have any further questions about notability or anything else pertaining to content creation, of course feel free to ask. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 23:52, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
- For what it's worth, after reviewing the sourcing of Saman Arastoo, I've concluded it is notable and cast in favor of keeping it (you can read my argument on the AfD, but it's essentially that he isn't an actor for the purposes of determining notability because that's not what he's known for). This is one of the more nuanced ones I've run into; we'll have to see what happens (and for the record, you are more than welcome to vote yourself; just remember that arguments decide these discussions, not tallies of votes.) —Compassionate727 (T·C) 00:06, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
- I promise I've seen this and will respond… soon. …Hopefully tonight. Need to get back to homework now, will be in touch soon. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 19:56, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
- Compassionate727, I am interested in making current articles better and making new articles. I have tried this by, as you said, generally combated vandalism however I would like to try to venture out from that and go into making articles/ making stubs longer. I have tried this a few times with some being okay such as Andrew K.C. Nyirenda and some being nominated for deletion such as Saman Arastoo. Any help or guidance in any of these areas would be greatly appreciated. PoliceSheep99 (talk) 22:37, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Andrej Longo
Hello PoliceSheep99, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Andrej Longo, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: coverage in multiple reliable sources and winning notable awards are both clear indicators of significance. If you are interested in learning more about how speedy deletion works, I have compiled a list of helpful pages at User:SoWhy/SDA. You can of course also contact me if you have questions. Thank you. SoWhy 07:25, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello, PoliceSheep99. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Teresa M. Palmer, for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. If you don't want Teresa M. Palmer to be deleted, please add a reference to the article.
If you don't understand this message, you can leave a note on my talk page.
Thanks,
Anaxial (talk) 16:15, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
PAT testing
Hello. This is never really going to work. If that URL is the URL of the school at the time the citation is of use, then that cannot be its title. So, what should its title be? MPS1992 (talk) 19:45, 10 September 2018 (UTC)