User talk:Idiefree

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Arlington Baptist College

Thank you for your edits to Arlington Baptist College. But please be sure to follow the policies and guidelines and tips in the links I pasted above, including WP:NPOV and WP:V. Since this is a college article, you might also want to read WP:BOOSTER, and if you are affiliated with the school, please follow WP:COI. Please also use edit summaries to descrinbe your edits. Finally, you can use the "Preview" button to see how your edits will look before committing them so as to minimize the number of minimal edits you make which make it harder to follow what you are doing (and probably more likely it will be reverted). Happy editing! Novaseminary (talk) 04:54, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please also read WP:REFB. It will explain how to add references appropriately. We don't use ”ibid” to repeat citations, we name the ref. Also, you have now reverted three times in the last 24 hours. If you make any other edits that revert what another editor has done, you may be reported and blocked per WP:3RR. You seem to be trying to improve things, if with a bit of POV and some beginners mistakes. It would be a shame to get blocked for reverting. Just my two cents, but I would work on some other articles for a while, focusing on less drastic changes, until you are mor familiar with how Wikipedia works. Novaseminary (talk) 15:15, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have read the article on POV and I do not believe my edits fit into that category. I don't understand why my work keeps getting reverted. It was all historical information that shouldn't be a POV issue. The Ibid was a simple beginners mistake and won't happen again. I followed your directions and still had my work reverted, which is extremely frustrating. Do you have any specific examples of my violations of policy and guidelines? (Idiefree (talk) 20:23, 27 April 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Flowery sentences like "The seed that would grow to be Arlington Baptist College was first planted" are not neutral or encyclopedic; and was copied (without quotation marks) from the school's website. Also, we cannot copy or so closely paraphrase large chunks of sources, online or otherwise. Novaseminary (talk) 02:43, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now I have a better understanding of what is considered "bias" on Wikipedia. I thought I was adding "flavor" and poetic language to the article, but now I understand the preferred format. However, I want to add some clarification. That sentence was not a direct quote, so I didn't put it in quotations, but the seed concept "was" presented in the cited material. I agree that is a little too close to the line and I'll try harder to avoid paraphrasing so closely in the future. Am I allowed to add the information again later if I make those corrections? (Idiefree (talk) 03:22, 28 April 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Did I do better?? I added some more info and used neutral language, cited a diversity of resources. I see a few typos, but i'll clean it up a bit later tomorrow. any suggestions are very much appreciated my friend.... (Idiefree (talk) 12:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC))[reply]

I would say you did a wonderful job, especially with the neutral language and sourcing. Great work! Novaseminary (talk) 02:02, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Novas, I disagree with a few of your recent edits on Arlington Baptist College. First, in order to get a clear picture of the school's history one must realize why J.Frank founded his own school. It is tied to his "belief" that the SBC and their colleges were becoming "liberal." Second, emphasis was placed upon the historical features of the campus(i.e gate, tunnel) because those things are apart their heritage. Lets consider a compromise with which we can both live?? (idiefree 02:50, 30 April 2012 (UTC))

I'll agree on removing the bit about SBC and baylor, but lets keep: "The campus still retains many of its' historical features, while updated and modern facilities have been constructed. The sandstone guardhouse and iron gate are historic, as well as the open-air tea garden and unearthed escape tunnels."

(02:58, 30 April 2012 (UTC))

Thanks for all your help Novas. :) You have taught me a lot believe it or not and I am very thankful my friend. I've made many mistakes and you always fix them! thanks :) (idiefree 21:40, 2 May 2012 (UTC))

references

I added the extra citations that were requested by the other editors; however, the citations are becoming excessive and extremely cumbersome. As a newbie, I am slightly unfamiliar with the finer points of references and citations on Wikipedia. If anyone knows of any short-cuts that aren't as cumbersome to the article then by all means help me implement them. (idiefree 02:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idiefree (talk • contribs)

I hope you don't mind, but I moved this question from Talk:Arlington Baptist College to here because it is not really about that article in particular, but more your request for help. Footnote links after many or most sentences is a good thing, generally, in a Wikipedia article. I thin what you mean is that the repeated citations start to muck up the references section. There is a way to avoid that, though, allowing you to cite the same footnote over and over rather than repeating the same reference in multiple footnotes over and over. Take a look at WP:REFNAME for how. With this edit you can see how I did this with some of the new citations you just added that pointed to references that already appeared in the article. I hope that helps. Novaseminary (talk) 04:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Pol430 talk to me 13:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Idiefree, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you'd like to drop by the Teahouse and discuss the article, the experienced hosts at the Teahouse would be glad to see if they can offer improvement suggestions... and that may lead to the article becoming accepted. Please join us! Pol430 talk to me 13:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ty NOV for helping me learn this... idiefree 06:56, 1 May 2012 (UTC);

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