User talk:FreshTec843

March 2021

Hello, I'm Ashleyyoursmile. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Joe Burrow, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Ashley yoursmile! 03:38, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think There was a need for a citation because it was a very publicized incident when it happened. I merely added more detail and fixed the wording. Please consider restoring my changes FreshTec843 (talk) 03:41, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FreshTec843, you are invited to the Teahouse!

Hi FreshTec843! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia.
Be our guest at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from experienced editors like TheAafi (talk).

Visit the Teahouse

We hope to see you there!

Delivered by HostBot on behalf of the Teahouse hosts

16:02, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

February 2022

Please stop adding unreferenced or poorly referenced biographical content, especially if controversial, to articles or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Aaron Donald. Content of this nature could be regarded as defamatory and is in violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:11, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Could you give me an example of how to properly add a reference? FreshTec843 (talk) 23:34, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Citing sources is a good guide on how to properly cite a source. In this case, given that the edits have been regarding current sports news, the {{cite web}} template would likely be the one you want to use. That being said, don't necessarily worry too much about perfectly formatting things; what is important is that the source is provided in some way, for the sake of verifiability. Thus, if you want to cite an article on a website and you're not comfortable using the citation template, you can include the bare URL for it inside a ref tag as follows: <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/]</ref> (replace the URL with the source for your changes), and someone else (or a bot) will assist in filling in the information to format it as needed. I hope this helps. --Kinu ^t/_c 00:18, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

getting started tips

Hi, Congrats on deciding to contribute instead of just consume Wikipedia.

I read your recent kerfluffle at Talk Donald Trump and then at usertalk. Trump is a poor choice of topic for getting your wiki-legs, in my view. Not that your input isn't welcome. It's just that there is a learning curve and that's a very difficult topic area in which to learn wiki basics and culture. I suggest you add WP:BLPN, WP:RSN, and WP:ORN to your WP:Watchlist and just read the discussions whether you're interested in the related articles or not. Two weeks of that is like a crash course in much of the basics you'll need to know.

Meanwhile you seem to be interested in sports, which is a much easier topic area to learn in. You might try typing WP:WikiProject sports in the search bar. You'll get a list of different WikiProjects in the sports topic area. A lot of projects that exist are hibernating, but if you're lucky you'll find an active one that covers what you like to do. A WikiProject is where eds who share common interests collaborate over a range of related articles.

If you want to do US Politics (or certain other hot-button topics) then another place worth reading to "test the temperature of the room" is WP:ANI and WP:AE, where problems get reported to admins, who might then impose gradually longer blocks on editors, not for punishment, but to prevent the problems from spreading into the future.

Feel free to post to my user talk or WP:TEA or WP:HELPDESK for further advice.

NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 10:36, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Yes i think i definitely tried to tackle a big fish pretty early (to which one guy was pretty rude) but I definitely look forward to learning the proper steps and being able to make significant contributions in the future! FreshTec843 (talk) 20:56, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another talk page tip.... see Help:Talk pages, especially section 5 and subsections. Get you started right on "threading" discussions.NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 09:44, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Christian McCaffrey

Regarding this edit, that is the utter definition of original research. Do not ever add a number until it's confirmed by the team. His college number is available and not retired so he might go to that. Either way, leave the number alone for now.--Rockchalk7 17 04:47, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't aware of the original research rule so thank you for bringing that to my attention. However, I wasn't changing the number, just reverting it back to what it was until it was announced. In hindsight, i should have erased the number, but I figured reverting it was better than the new number that was randomly added. FreshTec843 (talk) 04:54, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:50, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:55, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]