User talk:Rings48

A belated welcome!

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Again, welcome! Redalert2fan (talk) 20:24, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Thanks Redalert2fan, I am working to document the history of dance which relies heavily on anecdotes from local instructors and veteran dances. What is the best way to cite these sources? Rings48 (talk) 14:18, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Quite an interesting question, usually on Wikipedia we use websites as sources/references, they are easily accessible for everyone and can be cited rather easily. This does not rule out that you may use so called "offline" sources like books. Books are also often a great source of information and may also be used. However if I understand correctly your sources are the knowledge of people familiar with the subject (history of dance) and are not actually written down? This might be a bit harder because Wikipedia requires sources that are verifiable, while I can believe that the anecdotes of the people you mentioned are true there would be no way for me to know if that is actually the case. I would recommend to first find something about why the specific dance/history of it is important; Has it been in the news? has it do to with a famous person (already on Wikipedia)? maybe its something of a local tradition. Maybe try to find a news article mentioning the dance, then you can continue with building the article. Apart from that I would also recommend reading Help:Referencing for beginners for how references work (If you don't know already) and I for sure recommend reading Wikipedia:SOURCE because the page contains a section on what are valid sources and what aren't valid sources, which might contain some information for you. If you cannot find anything about the subject of the article on the internet it sadly might not be notable enough for Wikipedia per Wikipedia:Notability. I understand that I haven't specifically answered your question but I hope I helped you a bit. I would like to invite you to ask your question at the Wikipedia:Teahouse for better and more detailed help. Press the link to Wikipedia:Teahouse and on the page click "click here to ask a new question" and ask the same question as you asked me here over there because there will quite probably be someone there that can help you with this better than I can, and that's what the teahouse is for. If you do still have any questions for me feel free to ask here below this message. Thanks, Redalert2fan (talk) 17:04, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that based on the notability rules, that the history of American dance lacks verifiable sources currently. I am focused on recording American jazz dancing and swing dancing, which their history begins in the last 100 years. Few books have been written on the subject, with even fewer digital documentation. Additionally, American jazz dance was led by black/african-american dancers who were rarely documented during the time period because of race. I may end up pursuing documentation on a website (not Wikipedia, due to the anecdotal nature. Rings48 (talk) 17:03, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sunset Shuffle moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Sunset Shuffle, does not have enough sources and citations 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. Redalert2fan (talk) 20:25, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Sunset Shuffle

Hello, Rings48. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, Draft:Sunset Shuffle.

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. If you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it. — JJMC89 (T·C) 09:18, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]