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Hi Buggie111. I'm TropicalAnalystwx13, and I just wanted to stop by and let you know that another user has reviewed your GAN, Hurricane Caroline. You can find that review here! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 18:27, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
- Hey, you can't just remove refs because they're broken. You have to find a replacement reference. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:49, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- I"m sorry? There was a replacement ref right there. Buggie111 (talk) 20:03, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- The content in the article needs to come from a reference, and the only one that was there doesn't contain anything about Caroline's impact in Mexico, like breaking a drought or causing 1,000 people to evacuate. I don't want to be too anal about this, but a good article should have everything properly sourced in the article. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:12, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- I too am sorry for acting like a dingo's kidney. The sentence has been reworded to separate the refs. Another question, whattever the heck happened to thehurricanearchive.com? Do you know of any similar sites I could use? Buggie111 (talk) 20:23, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- It's ok, hah. Yea, it's annoying we lost that site. Try using Google news archives. You should be able to get the same articles there. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:31, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- You could look at the Newspaper Archive, which is the replacement to the Hurricane Archive (a free registration is required though).Jason Rees (talk) 23:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- It asks for $75 a year, at least for me. Buggie111 (talk) 04:42, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
- Try registering via your (Fake or Real) Facebook account.Jason Rees (talk) 23:33, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
- Seems it forgot that I didn't pay. Ok, I'm in, and have a 2 article a day limit. How the heck am I gonna get applicable links for this article if their all behind a paywall (albeit a free one). Buggie111 (talk) 02:11, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- If you use Cite News then dont worry about linking them but make sure you use the subscription required template to note where you got them from.
- Seems it forgot that I didn't pay. Ok, I'm in, and have a 2 article a day limit. How the heck am I gonna get applicable links for this article if their all behind a paywall (albeit a free one). Buggie111 (talk) 02:11, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
- Try registering via your (Fake or Real) Facebook account.Jason Rees (talk) 23:33, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
- It asks for $75 a year, at least for me. Buggie111 (talk) 04:42, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
- You could look at the Newspaper Archive, which is the replacement to the Hurricane Archive (a free registration is required though).Jason Rees (talk) 23:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- It's ok, hah. Yea, it's annoying we lost that site. Try using Google news archives. You should be able to get the same articles there. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:31, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- I too am sorry for acting like a dingo's kidney. The sentence has been reworded to separate the refs. Another question, whattever the heck happened to thehurricanearchive.com? Do you know of any similar sites I could use? Buggie111 (talk) 20:23, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- The content in the article needs to come from a reference, and the only one that was there doesn't contain anything about Caroline's impact in Mexico, like breaking a drought or causing 1,000 people to evacuate. I don't want to be too anal about this, but a good article should have everything properly sourced in the article. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 20:12, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
- I"m sorry? There was a replacement ref right there. Buggie111 (talk) 20:03, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
For Example: <ref name="Anna">{{cite news|title=It's time (June) to match for Anna...|newspaper=The Daily Gleaner|date=June 1, 1969|author=Reuters|page=2|location=Kingston, Jamaica}}{{subscription required|via=The Newspaper Archive}}</ref> is acceptable.Jason Rees (talk) 19:13, 26 January 2013 (UTC) Jason Rees (talk) 19:13, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
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The old "Editor reviews" request.
Greetings, Buggie111! I recently remembered the request you made in the reward board for editors to clear the backlog of editor reviews, back in 2011. I just checked, and it did indeed expire several months ago. I completed 8 reviews, which would earn a Helping Hand Barnstar, but I don't think I received any for it. Oh, is this the Top Secret room? I had no idea... (talk) 13:43, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
- And here I thought you did. I'm rather busy this month and next, so you can just forge my sig and award one to yourself if that's the problem. Buggie111 (talk) 16:54, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
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