User talk:Charles1791

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January 2022

Hello, I'm RovingPersonalityConstruct. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Type 071 amphibious transport dock, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. And previously on the Type 055 destroyer article. - RovingPersonalityConstruct (talk, contribs) 04:38, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). It'd also be nice to have the Chinese name of the plant so that more information can be gathered. I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Ovinus (talk) 20:33, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sources, etc.

Hello, today you added proposed decommissioning dates to several pages that each contain multiple naval ships (eg: ship class lists). Adding this info is helpful, and even moreso, you included a reliable source, which is good. While the effort and the information is appreciated, there were some problems with these edits that needed correction.

Since it was basically the same problems being repeated, I used the 'undo' function to fix these issues so that you would receive notifications of the edits. Typically editors will then look at the changes being made to their edits, and see in diff what issues there were (eg: spelling, use of cite templates, etc.) and see how they were fixed. I noted that after several of these reverts, you were actively editing ship pages again, to add the same information, but continued to make the same errors.

So I have to ask if you received the notifications?

And if so, did you look at the changes made in the diffs? The pages involved were;

Along with minor typos, the main issue was the repeated use of the same ref, in full, for different table entries, and incomplete citations. Please take a look at the diffs linked above and take note of the changes made. Typos aren't really a big deal, everyone makes them, just try your best to avoid them. Use the preview function and double-check your changes before and after you save them.

More important here though is the issues with the refs. When using the same ref at different places in the article, make sure the first instance is filled out sufficiently (there is a minimum standard that I always follow, and it's what I'm suggesting to you). When citing a web page, use the 'cite web' template, fill in 'url' (but remove any tracking bloat, eg: from Google seaeches), then add 'title', 'publisher' (I use their url, eg: "history.navy.mil"), then 'date' (when the article was published) and 'access-date' (the date you're currently editing).

I find this covers all the necessary basics and I've never had a problem. Some people may choose some variations... (ymmv). After filling out the cite template for the first instance of the ref, just use the 'ref name="x"' tags for each instance after. By looking at the diffs I provided, you will see what I'm referring to. You will also see the reduction in data on the page by removing all that duplicate ref info.

This is important, as it cuts down on work that your fellow editors have to do to clean pages up. If you have any questions, just let me know. You will also find useful informarion at;

Happy editing - wolf 09:45, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice. Charles1791 (talk) 19:20, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant

Hello, Charles1791. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant, 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) 21:01, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant

Hello, Charles1791. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant".

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. When 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!} 20:36, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]