User talk:68.184.6.80/sandbox/Dowsing
Use this page just to comment on proposed changes for the article Dowsing. --Otheus 15:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
You've made a good start. By the way, do you have a name?
- The first thing you should do is enumerate the bibliography according to what's in the article. Don't include every book possible on the subject! Just include those sources which can be used to support the historical and other information you have in the article.
- Second, make this bibliography match the style according to Wikipedia:Citing_sources, and especially Wikipedia:Harvard_referencing.
- Third, make the language more formal. See the "tone" section of the guide Wikipedia:Guide_to_writing_better_articles#Information_style_and_tone.
Once you've done the above, we can move forward with collaborating. --Otheus 15:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to echo Otheus' welcome and comments. Perhaps I can also add that links to search engine enquiries can't be used as references, or even external links in Wikipedia. I'm not aware of any article, on any subject in Wikipedia where this might be otherwise. So we can't unfortunately have sections like 'Dowsing research', which links to a Google search for "Dowsing research". I'm sure you understand, thanks. — BillC talk 18:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC)