User talk:Mcpotbelly

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FJC[edit]

I don't see it in your list of references, so I'll offer Bee's FJC bio, and search results page. Good luck. Dru of Id (talk) 21:54, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The FJC website has two errors. I could not find evidence that F. A. Bee represented Chinese immigrants in 1855. He did hire Chinese miners to dig for gold. I could not find evidence that President Lincoln appointed Bee as a Provost Marshal.

MC Potbelly 00:52, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

September 2013[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Frederick Bee. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Blackberry Sorbet 09:03, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What are the issues? MC Potbelly 13:28, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

It reads like a random list of names, dates and places.
The huge blocks of text lifted direct from the sources rather than being rewritten/summarised.
The poor image captions.
The irrelevant and unexplained "family tree" consisting of just a name and a date of birth on each line.
The very poor standard of writing.

Blackberry Sorbet 18:07, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Frederick Bee[edit]

Hi, I'm Matty.007. Mcpotbelly, thanks for creating Frederick Bee!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. May need some work on prose, but I will remove the other tag

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Mat ty.007 13:53, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Signature[edit]

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Talkback[edit]

Hello, Mcpotbelly. You have new messages at Matty.007's talk page.
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I also replied at the Teahouse question Mat ty.007 14:59, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Well done in fixing the issues I laid out on my page, I hope you stick around! Thanks, Mat ty.007 15:02, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback[edit]

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Mat ty.007 17:11, 8 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome![edit]

Hello, Mcpotbelly, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Your user page[edit]

Your user page User:Mcpotbelly is redirecting to the Frederick Bee page? Theroadislong (talk) 14:00, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at the user page history you will see why. The article draft was originally placed there, & then moved to the AFC & then to the article. A redirect was automatically left when the draft was moved. Sensibly the user page might reasonably be changed from a redirect to just a link, if the user still wants it there. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:54, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I see now thank you...I've removed the redirect to avoid confusion. Theroadislong (talk) 15:04, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lead section of Frederick Bee article[edit]

Please could you respond to my message on Talk:Frederick Bee than you. Theroadislong (talk) 17:34, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Your contributed article, Hoodlum(history)[edit]

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