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• The Commons Insect Incident

Hi I do have a question Have edited an english language webpage called "Voorlinden Museum" and in fact translated paragraphs from a dutch version of the same wikepedia page which is much more comprehensive - was wondering if the references/citations still count if they are in dutch rather than english -- thank you for your thoughts --Rocomaka (talk) 15:43, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rocomaka: Yes, you can use citations in other languages. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 16:33, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Rocomaka (talk) 19:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, can you see my sandbox page on webpage creation on artist Gyuri Hollosy? If so do you have any comments/suggestions? --Rocomaka (talk) 15:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rocomaka: As far as pages by very new editors go, it's not bad.

My main concern is that the sources cited do not prove the subject's notability; I recommend you skim that page.

The page is also not very in-line with Wikipedia styles and norms, but of course, you could not have been expected to follow all of those. That page I just linked is massive and sprawls into dozens of subpages.

Some of those nitpicks include:

• We generally avoid placing external links in the body of articles.
• We place citations after punctuation.^[1]
• We don't place spaces in between consecutive references.^[2][3]
• We avoid linking to disambiguation pages such as Hamilton, New Jersey. Link to correct one of the articles on that page instead.

Don't worry about fixing all that just yet—prove the subject's notability first. It'd be wasted effort otherwise. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 16:44, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you -very valuable feedback

Hear you on notability- have compared with other artists that are at same level that have Wikepedia page and seems to have better profile as an artist. Notability factors I took into account: verifiable public commissions in art, TV interviews, press interviews, publication (book) -- will double check again -- will I have opportunity to defend if challenged? Rocomaka (talk) 19:40, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rocomaka: The only thing that will prove notability is citations to reliable, published, independent secondary sources that write about the subject. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 19:44, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Easter! --Rocomaka (talk) 15:48, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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	The Technical Barnstar
	Thanks for your help with the DNB pages. That looks a lot better. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 23:15, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9: honestly, that was about 30 minutes of work. Hardly worth a barnstar. Appreciate it though. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 00:06, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiOriginal-9, where is mine? Lol – DreamRimmer (talk) 01:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just Joking. – DreamRimmer (talk) 01:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 03:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, dude I'm new to this Wikipedia editing all i know how to do is fix grammar can you help me learn the ropes? --Chip51267 (talk) 02:01, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chip51267: There are approximately ten trillion different things you can do here. Because of that, the site is more suited to a 'learn-as-you-go' strategy. Check out Wikipedia:Task center for some ideas. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 02:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that collapsing the off-topic discussion was reasonable. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:01, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I have been asked to do the "Declaration of paid writing". I cannot find any link to this. Can you please help me solve this issue? Thank you --Ellen Elle LN (talk) 14:24, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Paid editing is the policy on this. As for disclosing your paid editing, you have a couple options. You can simply say this, on your userpage for example, you can also add ((paid)) to your userpage, or add ((connected contributor (paid))) to relevant talk pages. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 15:04, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Most redirect category templates state This template should not be substituted nor used to tag soft redirects. Since category redirects are soft redirects, this means that you shouldn't put ((R from alternative name)) inside ((Category redirect)), as you did in this edit. This caused Category:Gay people to appear as a subcategory of Category:Redirects from alternative names. I've already fixed it, and it's not a big deal; just wanted to let you know. Thanks for your contributions. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:28, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 20:29, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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