User talk:Casperpumpkin

Welcome!

Hello Casperpumpkin, welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions or place {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. DGG ( talk ) 03:31, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

your recent articles

Dear colleague--it's always great to have another librarian become active in Wikipedia! You may be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries.

Perhaps I could give you some suggestions about your recent articles.

There is a fairly general principle here that the subjects of articles have to be what we call notable. The rules are given at WP:N, but basically it means having at least two or three references providing substantial coverage from 3rd party independent published reliable sources, print or online, but not blogs or press releases, or material derived from press releases, and there is considerable difficulty in having articles that do not clearly show it. (Additionally, the majority of people here are high school or college students, and they have a certain skepticism about the importance of educational institutions in general, including libraries). I am not sure how easy it will be to show this for SearchOhio, and it may possibly be better to show it if the article is considerably expanded. Library Technology Guides is an independent source, but the article it is is clearly based on a press release. Perhaps there will be some items in some of the area newspapers. There is likely to be a problem with the Westerville Public Library--in addition to the problem with references, it might not be considered notable in any case, because of the provisions of WP:LOCAL; few if any articles on libraries like this have been kept in Wikipedia--the information is best merged to an article on the country system. Fortunately, we have usually succeeded in getting articles on major county libraries kept, so the article on the Akron-Summerville system may do very well, but this cannot altogether be counted on, even with references. Judgements about articles in Wikipedia tend to be rather erratic, as there is no central editing authority. The article on Pathfinder is one that we very much need, but there's a rule WP:NOT#DICTIONARY, about bare definitions. I put an "underconstruction" tag on it to discourage anyone from nominating it for deletion, but there's a good deal more to add--most of the textbooks on reference service should have somethings, a nd textbooks, like newspapers, are considered a very acceptable source. Although it is not actually required to have a good reference from the beginning, it's wise to put one in immediately--there are people who watch for the newest article on the new article feed, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:NewPages, and like to find excuses for nominating for deletion.

Please ask me for any help you need. I know it sounds like there a a great many rules, but a librarian should be able to handle it, since it is, after all, simpler than the rules for LC cataloging, though much more inconsistent & not organized in any systematic fashion. so good luck, and enjoy yourself here. DGG ( talk ) 04:16, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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File permission problem with File:Westerville Public Library building exterior at night.jpg

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