re: Your edits
Hello, here is the relevant Wikipedia guideline on linking WP:OVERLINK. Some of the items listed to not be wikilinked include "plain English words" and "major geographic features and locations, languages, religions, and common professions". "American", "politician", and "author" are extremely common English words (to use examples from your edits). And I cannot imagine that anyone who is able to read the English Wikipedia does not know what a "real estate agent" and "television personaility" is though perhaps the latter might warrant a link. SQGibbon (talk) 03:07, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Words yes, common occupations, no. I've actually did brief research on several articles with media figures in them, including authors, and a majority of those words are infact wikilinked. Please see the discussion at WP:Help Desk at the bottom of the page. --97.100.176.192 (talk) 03:18, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- That other editors wikilink those words does not mean that doing so follows the guidelines. And again, if someone doesn't know what an "American" or a "politician" is, then it is very unlikely that they'll be able to understand anything written in Wikipedia regardless of the wikilinks used. I've responded at the reference desk already. SQGibbon (talk) 03:23, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Mariah Carey, is an example and that article is FEATURED; Wikipedia's finest. The subjects in question are celebrities, my area of focus, in which their occupations by no means are at all common. Singers, Actors, Musicians, TV Hosts etc --97.100.176.192 (talk) 03:27, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- The question is not whether the occupation is common but if the words themselves are. "American", "singer", "actor", "actress" are all commonly understood words. And again, it does not matter if other editors make edits that don't follow the guidelines. Also, the Mariah Carey article was first promoted in 2006 and upheld in 2007. That's a very long time in Wikipedia terms, consensus and standard practice changes. Let's look at a more recent FA from just a few days ago, Charles Stewart (Canadian politician). Notice that "Canadian" and "politician" are not wikilinked. SQGibbon (talk) 03:34, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- politician is not, possibly by choice of the article creator or fellow editor. At any rate, the point is if someone chose to wikilink it then it shouldn't be a problem. The articles I'm focusing on are celebrities, which can range extremely in their professions. --97.100.176.192 (talk) 03:39, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- The question is not whether the occupation is common but if the words themselves are. "American", "singer", "actor", "actress" are all commonly understood words. And again, it does not matter if other editors make edits that don't follow the guidelines. Also, the Mariah Carey article was first promoted in 2006 and upheld in 2007. That's a very long time in Wikipedia terms, consensus and standard practice changes. Let's look at a more recent FA from just a few days ago, Charles Stewart (Canadian politician). Notice that "Canadian" and "politician" are not wikilinked. SQGibbon (talk) 03:34, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Mariah Carey, is an example and that article is FEATURED; Wikipedia's finest. The subjects in question are celebrities, my area of focus, in which their occupations by no means are at all common. Singers, Actors, Musicians, TV Hosts etc --97.100.176.192 (talk) 03:27, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- That other editors wikilink those words does not mean that doing so follows the guidelines. And again, if someone doesn't know what an "American" or a "politician" is, then it is very unlikely that they'll be able to understand anything written in Wikipedia regardless of the wikilinks used. I've responded at the reference desk already. SQGibbon (talk) 03:23, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
December 2011
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Jim Bob Duggar, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:34, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
January 2012
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at User talk:Rmhermen with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Calabe1992 03:35, 1 January 2012 (UTC)