User talk:GabMend

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:37, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Joan Moore article

Thanks for writing this. I've been to Rothamsted - it's a fascinating institution, and I'm keen to see more coverage of it.

Few things I can explain. In writing Wikipedia articles, you don't cite other articles, since Wikipedia isn't a trustworthy source - you link to Wikipedia articles and cite references about Dr. Moore. So it would be best if you know any other sources about her to add them. ScienceDirect has her full obituary online, and I've cited it. I've changed the citations to links and made a few other changes like adding categories and a reference list. Hope that's OK. Blythwood (talk) 05:29, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if you look at MOS:SURNAME, it's considered respectful to call people by their surname on Wikipedia. So Holden (or, just possibly, "Dr. Holden") would be great, but not "Margaret". Unless you're dealing with royalty, anyway... Blythwood (talk) 05:53, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]