User talk:Zfoster

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Multiple accounts and formatting references

Hi there, Zachary—hope you're well and a happy New Year to you. I saw some of your edits and I noticed that they seem to be made from two different accounts, namely Zfoster and Zjfoster. I see for example that both accounts edited "Palestinian nationalism" recently. I bring this up not to reproach you per se, but simply to offer a bit of advice. It's possible that somewhere down the line the use of two accounts, albeit two with very similar names, could be perceived badly—particularly since you're focusing on the controversial Palestine–Israel area—and may even be seen as Wikipedia:Sock puppetry, so I recommend that you drop one of the two accounts and use just one of them.

I've also seen you citing your own articles as sources. Per WP:CITESELF this should be okay so long as the sources meet WP:RS, but again I would advise caution as this is a very controversial subject area. I'd recommend that you format the sources a bit more thoroughly so it's clearer that they are published by institutions such as the Institute for Palestine Studies and are therefore credible academic sources as opposed to mere blog posts, as some might try to dismiss them as. Try for example:

*{{cite journal |last=Foster |first=Zachary J. |title= The Untold Story of Palestinians Who Learned Hebrew |work=Palestine Square |url=http://blog.palestine-studies.org/2015/10/28/the-untold-story-of-palestinians-who-learned-hebrew/ |publisher=[[Institute for Palestine Studies]] |location=Beirut |date=28 October 2015 |accessdate=31 December 2015}}

This appears as:

Foster, Zachary J. (28 October 2015). "The Untold Story of Palestinians Who Learned Hebrew". Palestine Square. Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

I hope this is helpful (I apologise if I've got any of the details about the article source wrong, this is just meant as an example on formatting). Thanks for your contributions and good luck. Cheers, — Cliftonian (talk) 12:20, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]