User talk:Mrmedley

April 2020

Hello, I'm Jusdafax. I noticed that you made a change to an article, WT Social, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Jusdafax (talk) 04:34, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WT.Social User Numbers

Hello Jusdafax. Thanks for your message about reverting the changes I made to the article on WT.Social. You are right that I added an assertion without a reference, which is not good. I have (1) an excuse, (2) a question and (3) a request for advice from you.

(1) The previous (and now current) version of the article gives a most-recent number of users (450,000) which is also unreferenced. Worse: it superficially appears to be referenced when it is not. Footnote[3] only justifies a claim two sentences earlier about the number of users in November. A merit of my edit was to make the footnote refer to the applicable claim.

(2) If you agree that footnote[3] justifies only the claim about the number of users in November, what do you suggest we do about the sentences "It is growing quickly. By January 2020 it had more than 450,000 users." which are unreferenced? Just omit them?

(3) The claim I added (that as of early April the number of users is less than 450,000) is something I believe because when I go to my own profile page in WT.Social - or the profile page of other users - I find such a figure stated there. It therefore seems a fact. The fact is relevant and useful. But how to reference it? These pages are not stable documents of record. And if we cannot provide a reference, do we always sacrifice relevant and useful facts?

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Development aid for gender equality (May 9)

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The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at Development aid for gender equality. Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.

Unclear whether this requires its own article. Rather follow the procedure for Wikipedia:Splitting and reach consensus on the Development aid page.

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Greenman (talk) 23:39, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:44, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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