User talk:Gm2001

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Happy editing! DanCherek (talk) 17:43, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution for public domain material

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September 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Naval Training Center Orlando has been reverted.
Your edit here to Naval Training Center Orlando was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links in references which are discouraged per our reliable sources guideline (see also this list of frequently-discussed sources). The reference(s) you added or changed (https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Naval_Training_Center_Orlando) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia.
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 20:55, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That link contained lots of useful information. While it is itself a wiki, it contains references, just the same as wikipedia does. It seems that this kind of automatic deletion by bots isn't helpful. Gm2001 (talk) 13:38, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing

Hi @Gm2001: When you reference an article it is worth putting in the full citation. Please ref to WP:REFB which is a small tutorial on how to do this. Bareurls are junk really and are no use to man nor beast. scope_creep^Talk 09:59, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've been away from wikipedia editing for a while, did some editing around 2006-7. Back then it was fine to add in some information, and then other would add in other information- indeed this was the kind of collaborative process that made wikipedia really special in these days. Now it seems that adding some information will get removed so that less information is available. Why would you delete an incomplete page that contains useful information rather than flagging it as incomplete? I don't have time to write a full page right now, I just wanted to add a little information I had gleaned that might be of interest to the public. Can you explain why you want to delete rather than flag? Gm2001 (talk) 13:37, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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scope_creep^Talk 10:02, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Naval Training Center Orlando moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Naval Training Center Orlando, 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). 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. scope_creep^Talk 10:05, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:O'Hare Air Reserve Station

Hello, Gm2001. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:O'Hare Air Reserve Station, 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.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 11:01, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:O'Hare Air Reserve Station

Hello, Gm2001. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "O'Hare Air Reserve Station".

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!} 08:11, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]