User talk:Thecardsaysmoops
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Hello, Thecardsaysmoops, 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:
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I just made a minor cleanup ro the article, all the issues are not gone yet. About the sources, we cannot accept personal sources because of our policy of verifiability. Reliable sources are used, for example I added a source from the New York Times, [1]. These sources also help to establish the notability of a subject, an important part of our inclusion criteria. If you have other sources like this, for example in a (major if possible) newspaper, preferably available on the Internet, then you can add them to the article, using the reference system or just giving the links. See also our policy on copyright for using material from a source. I also removed the in-text links to youtube, see our guideline on external links. Concerning the format of the article, maybe split up the biography section would be a good idea. About the tone, we use an encyclopedic tone, and most importantly, a neutral point of view. For example, we avoid words like 'legendary', or to address the reader as 'you', weasel words, etc. Otherwise, the article looks good. Also, I should let you know about WP:COI, but there's no reason to worry about this now. If you have any question, don't hesitate to ask on my talk page. I'll be away for two or three days. Cenarium (talk) 15:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- I made some changes to the article, it's always possible to discuss them on the talk page. (Almost) No one is an expert at writing for encyclopedias here, but we help each other. The article is really in good shape. Cheers, Cenarium (talk) 23:59, 11 June 2008 (UTC)