User talk:Quinndo

Please don’t bite me, I’m a newbie!

I’m a university student in a Wikipedia Education class, and I’m currently learning how to contribute to Wikipedia.
I am approaching my subject in good faith.

If you have any concerns or questions, my tutor’s name is Carrolquadrio (talk · contribs). Thanks!

May 2020[edit]

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Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:04, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Cordless Larry:Thank you for your advice! [[User:Quinndo|Quinndo}} --Quinndo (talk) 14:08, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome[edit]

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Thank you @CommanderWaterford: --Quinndo (talk) 14:52, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Holgate[edit]

Wikipedia articles about people are not resume dumps. I left a few comments on the article's Talk page. David notMD (talk) 20:12, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @David notMD:. I am trying to improve the content of the article. If you have any suggestions, please let me know! Thank you!Quinndo (talk) 02:55, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Recommend you stop adding to the article now. I deleted some content that mentioned her only briefly, also other people's charity events for which she was only a participant, not a creator and sustainer. David notMD (talk) 12:28, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind reconsidering the deletion. Although she is not the host, she participated in the events and raised fund. Especially, Odyssey House, Vinnies CEO Sleepout and the "Cure Brain Cancer Foundation". They are all her contribution to Australian society and she deserved to be credited for her charitable work. Also, tomorrow is the due date for my assignment. Could you recommend somewhere I could publish the work and get checked before publishing on the main article? This assignment is really important. Christine Holgate is also an important person too. There are more things people should know about her. Thank you! Quinndo (talk) 12:57, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you David notMD for engaging this student Quinndo. I am just going to add some suggestions for Quinndo here and happy to receive feedback on them. Quinndo you need to think about the way you structure your article as this is reading too much like a resume. The list of jobs for instance could be subheadings under "Career History" This is an encyclopaedia so just adding facts and referencing them is not enough, how does what you add relate to Christine being notable? Remember not to sound like a fan or promotional. You need to keep thinking about how anything you add relates to her as a notable person. I can see how you are trying to link this. Perhaps the material about Flo could be a heading title "Career Influences" and include Flo but find more information on other people, places, life events, that influenced Christine to become the CEO and the prominent woman she is today. Send me a link to a similar biographical article that you are basing your formatting on - you may recall I have been asking students to do this all along.I think the charity work is important but maybe you overdid it here. Perhaps you can find articles on this that can give it more context, what impact does her charity work have for instance? Again think about the heading you use. You will need to look at similar pages for how this is done. Remember also you cannot just paint one side of the story. Were there events she refused to attend etc.? Remember also WP:BLP. Bidgee FYI. --Carrolquadrio (talk) 02:50, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Philanthropy mentions in Wikipedia articles tend to be on organizations the people started and played a significant role in sustaining. The organizations Holgate contributed to or participated in, while admirable, were not hers. As to your question about having your content additions (or subtractions) looked at, Wikipedia's philosophy is "BRD." This refers to being Bold in your changes, but if Reverted, go to the Talk page to Discuss in an attempt to reach consensus. As we have done. I will conclude that in my opinion you have improved this article, and I hope that on your own, you decide to continue to be a Wikipedia editor, improving existing articles and perhaps creating articles. David notMD (talk) 11:26, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I upgraded the article from Stub to Start. David notMD (talk) 11:47, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @David notMD: and @Carrolquadrio:!

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