Jump to content

User talk:Parsica

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 66.87.2.96 (talk) at 20:28, 13 April 2012. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Welcome!

Hello, Parsica, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Fiddle Faddle (talk) 01:37, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

February 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Sir James Creed Meredith has been reverted.
Your edit here to Sir James Creed Meredith was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/limerick/ballygrennan/ballygrennan.html) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 11:15, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sir James Creed Meredith

I hope you find the couple of references I added in the Freemasonry section useful as examples of how references can and should be done. I used the button, clicked 'web' and entered the url in the field with the green arrows and clicked that icon. Try that in your sandbox and see how it works if you are unfamiliar with it. I'll help if I can with any questions you have. The quotation was put in by adding 

|quote=text of the quotation

immediately before the }} characters that close the citation. This is added after you add the citation using the add button. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 12:02, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A tip: the article is now in pretty good shape except for lacking citations; you've worked really hard on it. I've been editing here long enough to know that adding good quality citations to items in reliable sources is now more important than polishing the text. Indeed it was always important. Other editors have a habit of deleting content that is not supported by citations. That's reasonable and expected. Sources need absolutely not be online sources. Printed material is absolutely fine, but the citation must be sufficient to take the reader who wishes to find it directly to the page. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 17:56, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. When you recently edited Philip VanKoughnet, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page America (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:07, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Macaulay

Hi. I noticed your edits to James Macaulay. Unless you've got a good source for the bit about the clan and heraldry, I think that this paragraph has to be removed. Wikipedia articles aren't supposed to contain 'original research'. Statements are supposed to have good sources to back them up. So cite your sources. If you haven't got a source for something, then it really shouldn't be added into an article - that's how mistakes creep in.

Just because individuals or families bear similar heraldry doesn't have to mean that they have any familial connection to each other. For example, Lord Macaulay bore arms similar to the family of Ardincaple, while being a member of an entirely different family.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 10:35, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation

Teahouse logo
Hello! Parsica, you are invited to join other new editors and friendly hosts in the Teahouse. An awesome place to meet people, ask questions and learn more about Wikipedia. Please join us! Rosiestep (talk) 04:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. In your recent article edits, you've added some links pointing to disambiguation pages. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

Christopher Dunkin (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)
added a link pointing to Greek
John Bethune (clergyman) (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)
added a link pointing to Jacobite
Philip VanKoughnet (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)
added a link pointing to Dutch
Strachan Bethune (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)
added a link pointing to Diocese of Montreal

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:38, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. When you recently edited John Munro (loyalist), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Court of Common Pleas (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:53, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Manual of Style, honorifics

According to the Wikipedia Manual of Style, section on honorifics (see MOS:HONORIFIC):

"In general, styles and honorifics should not be included in front of the name, but may be discussed in the article. In particular, this applies to: styles and honorifics derived from a title, position or activity, including The Most Noble, The Most Honourable, The Right Honourable, and The Honourable; ..."

Also, things like "K.C." that follow a name should be outside of the boldface for the name itself. -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 16:02, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please fill out our brief Teahouse survey!

Hello fellow Wikipedian, the hardworking hosts and staff at Wikipedia:Teahouse would like your feedback! We have created a brief survey meant to help us better understand the experience of new editors on Wikipedia. You are being selected to participate in our survey because you either received an invitation to visit the Teahouse, or edited the Teahouse Questions or Guests page.

Click here to be taken to the survey site.

The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete. We really appreciate your feedback, and we look forward to your next vist to the Teahouse!

Happy editing,

J-Mo, Teahouse host, 15:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Message sent with Global message delivery.

Golden Square Mile

You're doing excellent work on Golden Square Mile, I think. It's a pleasure to watch you at work. If you have any wiki-related questions, let me know, here. best, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:38, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Shawn, thank you so much... I posted the following message below on your talk page, but I have not figured out how to 'talk' on wikipedia, so may have placed it incorrectly...

"Firstly, thank you so much for your positive words re the Golden Square Mile; very much appreciated (it's a prickly subject in need of a careful approach!) and extremely kind of you, thank you.

Secondly, I have not 'talked' on wikipedia before, so I'm slightly nervous I have put this in completely wrong the place! If I have, many apologies, and do let me know for next time, thank you!"

  • You have replied just fine, though when I post a comment on someone's talk page I keep a watch on it, so it's not necessary to reply in both places. Just one bit of advice for now: to sign your comments, you need only hit the "tilde" key four times, as in ~~~~. That'll automatically sign and date your comment. Signing in this manner is required here, as exchanges between editors can become hard to figure out, without it. best, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:27, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, just one problem: I see you've removed the maintenance tag I'd placed on the article, without addressing the problem. That's a no-no. See, WP:MOSBOLD states that bold font should only be used in certain cases. Bolding each and every one of the structures and former streets as you've done is overuse of bold, and directly contrary to our layout guidelines. Would you mind removing that formatting? Do you know how? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Let me know if you like the image I've added for Meredith House. If so, please feel free to add more, to the other sections you've created, keeping in mind that we have guidelines against adding too many images. Also, I believe some of the external links for houses that you've added for images at Wikipedia and Wiki Commons may violate our guidelines, too, as these are actually internal links, but one problem at a time. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:06, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please arrange the images as you see fit, I'll sit back and let you continue to lead the way. Just make sure you check out the Wiki Commons for the best images, see here, for starters. That image of Vincent Meredith house is blurry and dark and there are much better ones in its Commons category. And you're right, it is best to include as many internal links as reasonably possible, thing is, you link internally and externally in 2 different ways. An internal link is created by two opposing square brackets, like so: [[ ]]. (An external link, as you know, takes just one pair of brackets [ ].) There's plenty more detail you can find out about, and we have "gadgets" that you can enable in your preferences tab to make wiki-mark up a bit easier, but that's it, in a nutshell. Please let me know if you have any further questions.--Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Edit summaries

Hi again. Just one more little thing: when we make edits we are generally required to state something in the window marked "Edit summary," to describe what it is we've done. It's not necessary 100% of the time; when it's something minor you can just check the box "This is a minor edit." But please do start using these two features. thanks and keep up the great work! best, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:48, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

George Caverhill House vs Galt

Why do you insist that it's Galt when both the Museum's website and the Wikipedia photo info identifies it as "George Caverhill's House"? Also, for the second time, please use edit summaries. Refusing to do so is very bad form, thanks. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:02, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Responses

In that case, don't you think it would be best to indicate the shared history for this house, as both Galt and Caverhill are both obviously connected to it? Not doing so will simply confuse other readers, like me, who click through to the Museum link and then see it associated with someone else entirely.

As for the Meredith image, it's not just a question of "lightness": the image you seem to prefer is so blurry and obscured so as to hide aspects of the home, that's something specifically addressed at Wikipedia:Image quality requirements. So no, I'm afraid I can't compromise on that when there are clearly better images readily available.

Finally, as you've perhaps noted I've begun to replace the inline links to McCord photo pages with references to reliable sources, which actually verify the claims made as to when homes were constructed, demolished, etc. -- details which do not appear on the McCord photo links. And made a few corrections in the process. You've clearly done a great deal of original research in this area, but I encourage you to support your statements about these properties with references.

I don't have the space here to walk you through it, but Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners can. best, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 11:42, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Just saw your quick work on Galt/Caverhill. Excellent! Oh, and just one more thing (I hope I'm not bombarding you) we do place the references, that is to say, the subscript numbers for references, at the end of sentences or phrases, after punctuation, and not between. So it's period (or comma), then reference.[here] Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:42, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you

The Modest Barnstar
In recognition of all the work you’ve done lately! 66.87.0.60 (talk) 18:30, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. When you recently edited James Macaulay, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Windsor (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:58, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy! You seem unfamiliar with the Wikipedia guideline on external links, WP:EL, which covers both what and how, in regard to link selection and placement. In particular, the very first sentence reads: Wikipedia articles may include links to web pages outside Wikipedia (external links), but they should not normally be used in the body of an article. (My emphasis). This doesn't apply to links embedded in references/citations, since while the links are written in the main text, they're displayed in the reference section. Studerby (talk) 16:41, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, it occurs to me that many of the images that you were linking to ought to be in the public domain; if that's the case (and I can't advise you further about that, particularly because I don't know Canadian law), then you should be able to upload a few of the image files to Wikipedia, and have them display in the article directly. But please note Wikipedia tends to allow only a relatively few images per article; articles aren't supposed to become image collections. Studerby (talk) 17:19, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation

Hello. I noticed that you have been active in the Montreal-related articles. Perhaps you would be interested in joining WikiProject Montreal?

Please accept this invite to join the Montreal WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with Montreal. Simply click here to accept!

--MTLskyline (talk) 04:24, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Parsica (talk) 08:34, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

An award for you

A Barnstar!
Golden Wiki Award
You are among the top 5% of most active Wikipedians this past month! 66.87.2.96 (talk) 20:28, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Parsica&oldid=487231131"