User talk:MikeWeiner476

Welcome[edit]

Sorry this is late!

Welcome...

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Re: Gold Medal Park[edit]

I saw your note on James' page, I thought I would offer my input. "Promotional" means that the article sounds like a press release rather than a grounded encyclopedia article. For example you have:

"Minneapolis opened the 7.5-acre Gold Medal Park in May 2007. It consists of a 32-foot-high mound, reached by a spiral walkway rising out of a green lawn with 300 trees. The park, just east of the Guthrie Theater, provides the Mill District neighborhood with some rare green space.[1]"

Reword to be more neutral and less promotional, i.e.:

"The Gold Medal Park is a park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 7.5 acre park was opened in May 2007; it consists of a..."

Do you see the difference? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 17:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

David has it, the article seems to be written like a news article rather than an encyclopedia article. News articles are worded differently, their opening sentence has to be interesting in order to draw the reader in, encyclopedia articles only need to convey the info. The most obvious wording is in the headlines of newspapers, often they aren't even grammatically correct but they cram a lot of info into a few words to stand out.

Take a look at some other park articles for ideas and hints of what else could be included. One that's in pretty good shape is Central Park (the one in New York City). Try to avoid using adjectives that promote the park, even though you won't get any profit from writing the article. Because most sources will have a positive spin it will probably come through unless you make an effort to avoid it (I found myself almost promoting the Maserati MC12 when I was writing that article).

Finally, the tag probably won't be removed unless you remove it yourself, there are so many articles on Wikipedia that it's unlikely that anyone will notice that you've imrpoved it. After you've done another few edits I'll see what I can do to help. James086^{Talk | Email} 02:18, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of AmericInn Hotels[edit]

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Gold Medal Park[edit]

Greetings, MikeWeiner476. Nice of you to start that article. It was missing for a long time. I went to near that park when the bridge collapsed. Anyway it looks good and thank you again. -SusanLesch (talk) 05:15, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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