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Cosby draft

Hi, I saw you were working on an article for the Cosby sex scandal that looks like it will get published pretty soon. Decided to hijack it to speed things along, doing ref expansion for now but might help with content later. It's totally your draft and you're welcome to tell me to eff off until you submit it at AfC or publish it yourself, but with the volume of work you've put into it I assumed you wouldn't mind some help. :) Deadbeef 12:27, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

November 2014

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The Content Creativity Barnstar

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		Mdude04, you do some really great work. Thanks for all your effort! Keep up the good work. -- BullRangifer (talk) 03:26, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

November 2015

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Bill Cosby. Thank you. NeilN ^{talk to me} 09:36, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You do understand you are risking a block if you re-add an unsourced "child sexual abuse" again, right? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:56, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding this, that's not how it works. All sources required by an article must be present in that article. Thank you for adding a source. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:08, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NeilN: Why is it accurate then that there are no other refs in that entire opening paragraph? Mdude04 (talk) 15:16, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:LEADCITE: "Because the lead will usually repeat information that is in the body, editors should balance the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources for challengeable material." So you can either repeat the material in the body (with a cite) and remove the cite from the intro or leave it as is. BTW, adding my name after you sign won't notify me. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:31, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NeilN: Makes sense. Obviously I am not as experienced in Wikipedia policy/practices as you are. Thanks for clarifying things for me! Mdude04 (talk) 15:37, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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