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Improving draft for Beckman Foundation

Hello, thank you for reviewing the draft for the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation entry. Would you be willing to provide more context on your decision not to accept? I want to make sure I'm clear on what constitutes an acceptable source so I can find more of them. To me, the Thackray book chapter and the LA times article are the strongest, but it would be helpful to hear your thoughts.

Also, in addition to adding sources, I am wondering whether it would help to remove some of the sources that deal primarily with the founders—for example, by trimming the Founders section. Editorialalex (talk) 14:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, do the strongest sources talk about the foundation itself? The main concern is how the article is going into the founders a lot despite it being an article about a foundation, hence one of the reviewers left comment "A company/organisation should not inherit notability of its founder. Most of the sources, though some unreliable were all about the founders. Please find sources that are independent and significantly covers the organisation!". ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 23:25, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

UAA

Thanks for the report at WP:UAA but please note that some wikis allow organisation accounts - see Commons policy for an example, the German wiki is another. Please don't report users at WP:UAA if they haven't edited on this wiki. Cabayi (talk) 07:39, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Improving draft History of Key West

Greetings! Thank you very much for you help with the drafts (History of Key West) submission process. I am slightly carious as to what extent the sources used in the draft are unreliable or inadequate to meet Wikipedia's verifiable sources criteria? For the most part, I believe that sources such as the National Park Service on information regarding the history and purpose of Key West's Fort Zachary Taylor and Fort Jefferson, American Battlefield Trust on Key West significance during the American Civil War, and the NOAA official, verifiable website on Hurricane Wilma's effects on Key West, etc..., are all sources that I believe are third party, reliable, and verifiable. Additionally, papers and books such as records from United State Congress Committees and published, reliable authors including John Viele and Jerry Wilkins, have been used in the in-line citations throughout multiple paragraphs in the article and have also been used throughout many articles related to the Florida Keys. I apologize if I seem slightly forwards or eager (or openly dismayed), however, I am admittedly new to writing Wikipedia articles so I would be very appreciative of any advice you could offer me. I do believe that the draft contains in-depth information on the subject matter and very much hope that the article could be considered. Bronson Fotiadis1 (talk) 15:13, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Interstate 59 in Alabama

I moved the draft to Interstate 59 in Alabama. You might like to check if any other steps are needed. Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:04, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Root Cause Analysis Iamsdbhosale (talk) 05:39, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

HI AlphaBetaGamma :) I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 03:23, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome AlphaBetaGamma! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2024 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

Cielquiparle (talk) 11:51, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Can you elaborate in the rejection of my draft

Hello! i see that you rejected my draft yesterday, and you commented that it needed "more citations", when the article is filled with citations. Could you elaborate/or say what needed more citations if you bother asking. Jaztie não é árabe (talk) 17:27, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

• "In Spite of a distingct lack of fighting on either side of the Insurgency in Ecuador, the strife continues and likely will continue to do so for many years to come, the Insurgency could grow with the recent Ecuadorian Security Crisis and the 2024 Ecuadorian Conflict." This reads like an essay
• CAR had built camps in the region on the same year. - needs citations
• After FARC broke in 2016, it´s dissidents started operating on Ecuador, in border towns with Colombia. - Either this has no citations or this is unclear
• However thanks to the low living conditions and the constant spillover of the Shining Path & FARC, an insurgency would slowly emerge. - unclear or missing citations

ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 05:55, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

About the FARC part it is not unclear, FARC ceased to exist in 2016, and groups started to split of it and continue Armed activity. They are called "FARC Dissidents", there's even an article about them in wikipedia. They also did armed activity in Ecuador, which i did add some of their attacks in the article, and sourced. Jaztie não é árabe (talk) 16:05, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Alright, please keep in mind that a lot of people expect to see citations at the end of paragraphs in articles, with the exception of the lead, so it can confuse the hell out of editors. You might want to copy the citation from that article and paste it into the draft. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 23:42, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

? The citations are in the end of the paragraphs. Jaztie não é árabe (talk) 18:41, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

And you didn't respond about what i said that it wasn't unclear? Jaztie não é árabe (talk) 18:42, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

The Phrases with citations in the end of the Paragraphs are retired from another article. Jaztie não é árabe (talk) 18:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

And the citations are in the end of the phrase, after the point. Jaztie não é árabe (talk) 18:51, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from CharmanderTheDev (19:59, 1 November 2024)

Hello, I joined originally to edit the page on Factorio and improve information about the Space Age expansion, and was wondering what could be improved with this page to increase its content rating? --CharmanderTheDev (talk) 19:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, the article seems to be at C-class, and getting it to GA (Good Article) status has the following criteria. Skipping B-class as criteria for it can vary on Wikiprojects, making it confusing.

• A good article is:

1. Well-written:
   1. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and
   2. it complies with the Manual of Styleguidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
   1. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
   2. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);
   3. it contains no original research; and
   4. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
3. Broad in its coverage:
   1. it addresses the main aspects of the topic;and
   2. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
   1. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationalesare provided for non-free content; and
   2. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.

As this is copy-pasted from the content assessment page, this may be difficult to understand. Please let me know if you have any of the criterias that you want me to explain it in a nutshell. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 05:59, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jplugz (14:41, 2 November 2024)

Hi AlphaBetaGamma, My name is Jplugz, please I need your kind assistance to create a tabular profile and insert a picture in my article. --Jplugz (talk) 14:41, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

I looked at your draft, and it's really promotional in tone. You might wanna read WP:WTW and rewrite some sentences. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 22:53, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for advice. Very much appreciated. Jplugz (talk) 19:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Darrenisback232 (16:22, 2 November 2024)

Hello, very nice to meet you that's for sure. --Darrenisback232 (talk) 16:22, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello! ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 22:53, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes,I think you made a mistake

Jim Hunt's wife and daughter and son all have their own articles. There's no shortage of sources there and no responsible cause to doubt the bare notation of their existence without which his article feels incomplete. 71.105.190.91 (talk) 05:09, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Rollback granted

I have granted the "rollbacker" permission to your account. After a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, contact me and I will remove it. Good luck and thanks. charlotte ^👸♥ 00:05, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

That was quite unexpected. :o ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 01:04, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jplugz (05:32, 7 November 2024)

Hi, please could you help me check to see if my draft is much better and devoid of promotional content. --Jplugz (talk) 05:32, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, it seems you have 2 drafts about the same subject, which one do I look at? ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 05:44, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I thought the first was deleted. Kindly look at the most recent draft. Jplugz (talk) 05:57, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Well、do you want the 1st one to be deleted or something? Also, the 1st one is the User:Jplugz, right? ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 05:58, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes please, I want the first one - User:Jplugz, which is promotional in tone to be deleted. Thank you Jplugz (talk) 06:01, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done someone deleted the page. I'll look on the draft in the next 24 hours. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 06:52, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Please I don’t mean to bother you but it’s the draft I would have wanted you to review that has been deleted. No problems though, I would draft another for your review. Thank you for your time and patience. Jplugz (talk) 07:14, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

(talk page gnome) I see that another page you made, User:Jplugz/Felix Remi Adejumo, was moved (which means it's not at its old title anymore, and might look like it was deleted.) Was this the one you were thinking of? Nyakase (talk 🐈‍⬛‍ she/her) 08:52, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes. That’s the one I was thinking of when I said it could be deleted. I’m quite new here and sometimes may have challenges navigating my way around. The reason for the move was to get it to the main space for approval, but I think I didn’t do that exactly as it should have been done. Thank you, Nyakase. Jplugz (talk) 09:01, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Maame Pentsiwa (07:01, 8 November 2024)

How can l help from people --Maame Pentsiwa (talk) 07:01, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello! Are you asking for editing help, or are you asking for a way to help people? ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 23:39, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

DYK for School lunch in Japan

On 9 November 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article School lunch in Japan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that crab is served in school meals in Toyama Prefecture? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/School lunch in Japan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, School lunch in Japan), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:02, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ulfbercht (18:34, 9 November 2024)

Hello Radiant :) First time editor, i am at a confliction which page to edit. The page "signed zero" is a computer science term and not a mathematical term. which i would like to introduce everyone to. look up sqrt-a, it's empty. while -0 is taken by "signed zero" i have already committed to a professor the equation -0=sqrt-a, so my dilemma. one side of the equation is a blank page and the other is taken by computer science, my question is can i add a new page called -0 (mathematics)? but that would entail a distinction to signed zero (computer science)

too much to start? --Ulfbercht (talk) 18:34, 9 November 2024 (UTC)