User talk:George Eliot Scholar

June 2020

Hello, I'm CrazyBoy826. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Crazy Boy 826 21:17, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link to Wikipedia again, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines. Praxidicae (talk) 23:46, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note to any potentially blocking adminstrator

I have no association with this contributor or website, and I concede the account has been used almost exclusively to insert spam-like links into George Elliot-related articles. However, I urge any administrator to read this:[1]. It appears the website is a scholarly endeavor, backed by the University of Nebraska, led by a content expert, and supported by many enthusiastic undergraduates. I suspect it is one of these well-meaning students with no familiarity with Wikipedia who has inserted these links. I believe that these links should be reverted for now, but the contributor here pointed towards WP:GLAM, where scholarly archives can be appropriately directed and integrated into the pedia. I strongly request some leniency and direction in this case, not indef blocking. I have left a message on GLAM talk. BusterD (talk) 02:09, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, George Eliot Scholar, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, please see:

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I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! BusterD (talk) 02:26, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and its parent project, Wikimedia, are enthusiastic about connecting scholarly resources to its projects. We urge you to investigate WikiProject Galleries Libraries Archives and Museums. BusterD (talk) 02:30, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Getting help from GLAM

Hi there! Glad to hear you might be interested in connecting your project with ours. Wikipedia is unlike some online cultures in that we have some pillars, policies and guidelines which require a tiny bit of accommodation. This explains the perhaps hasty reaction of some of us trying to prevent the George Eliot-related pages from becoming cluttered with what might (at first glance) have been seen as personal websites. I very much appreciate your continued willingness to help despite the reaction your first edits have drawn. Here is a list of GLAM participants which provides information about participants to help you find ways to connect: Wikipedia:GLAM/US/Connect. The first two names are well-established editors who have taken leadership roles and might be able to help you find helping hands and a structure which will assist your project. I'm certain any of the names on the list would provide a good entry point. If you require any personal mentoring to better understand how Wikipedia culture works and what steps you could take right away, I'd be only too happy to assist. My personal interest field (and experience) is 19th century US biography, though I have worked in other arenas as well. As a biographer I can provide assistance as to tools and structure for improvement. If you have other project partners who wish to contribute, I'd be glad to guide workshops and exercises for such orientation. I have no doubt others would likewise be happy to orient a new editor, especially a content-knowledgeable contributor.

If I were mentoring a first time Wikipedia editor of any interest, I would encourage that person to find very small articles (stubs) and help flesh them out with sourcing and correction. The Lifted Veil (novella) looks like a place to start, for example. Impressions of Theophrastus Such could use some construction. I see a number of the subject's poems and other works which might deserve an article of their own (George_Eliot#Works). A number of the subject's listed works have substantial articles but many of those pages' introductions are inadequate. A content-knowledgeable editor might be of enormous service by building and improving such introductions. These are just a few suggestions of activities which would benefit from sourcing and expertise your group likely has available.

I don't want to weary you with chatter, but do want to make myself and others available if we can help in any way. Thanks for your contributions and please call on me if needed. BusterD (talk) 21:52, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]