User talk:Ben.hizer

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January 2022

Hello, I'm Sea Cow. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Battle of Leipzig, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Sea Cow (talk) 01:51, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Review of first article

Hello, Ben.hizer. Thank you for contributing. I have posted a list of links above that you may find useful for editing around here. One of the most important for content creation is the Manual of Style—our guideline to make the articles in the pedia consistent. If you have questions, feel free to ask anytime. I am currently very busy with my RL job, but I have talk page watchers who will usually jump in and help if I cannot answer quickly.

The following is a style-review of your article, The Indiana Citizen. If you prefer me to do a complete copyedit to the article, I am more than happy to do so, however, I feel you'll learn quicker by making the changes yourself. Let me know which way you prefer.

1) The use of external links in the article body is no longer acceptable. (I know, there are bunches still floating around, it's been a hard demon to kill.) If the sites linked have information to add to the article, these should be converted to simple, standard references. I am referring to the external links to to The Indiana Citizen, thestatehousefile.com, etc. (anything with the little arrow after it). [REASON: Externals are limited to the "References", "Further reading", and "External links" sub-sections];
2) The current LEDE / LEAD paragraph contains unique information that is better served in its own paragraph. Anything following and including "They were founded by ..." I would suggest inserting into the article body (following the Table of Contents) as the first section and paragraph there. Maybe title it "History", "Purpose", or "Creation". [REASON: The Lede should be a summary of the information and details contained in the article, and doesn't have to get too specific, the readers will go to the article body to find the detailed information if they are interested];
3) "They were founded by ..." subject ("They") should be the singular ("It") as it is not in agreement with the preceding sentence;
4) Leave a space between citations and the beginning of the following sentences;
5) The Home Page of the article subject should not be used as a reference—it is in the InfoBox and/or under the "External links" sub-heading in articles;
6) The sub-section "Code of Ethics" should either be expanded, or the existing single sentence should be inserted into one of the other sections in a logical place. [REASON: One sentence paragraphs are discouraged, especially if that is the only content of a section].

These address the style. The content is another matter. In my estimation, the subject may have notability problems and would need additional content and referencing to beef it up. Focus on showing why the Indiana Citizen is notable, and further explain just what it is. Without digging (which I will do in the coming days) I'm still struggling to understand the nature of the Indiana Citizen, and am not sure what you mean by use of the word, "platform". Is this an organization?, an IT app of some kind?, a news service?, etc. How does the target audience use this service or feature? I still don't know what the position of the platform is on the issues brought up in the article. Pretend you're writing to a fifth grader.

Anyway, that's what I have for now. Let me know how you wish to proceed, and have fun. ~Regards, GenQuest ^"scribble" 22:42, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:The Indiana Citizen

Hello, Ben.hizer. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:The Indiana Citizen, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:01, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:The Indiana Citizen

Hello, Ben.hizer. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "The Indiana Citizen".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:03, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]