Talk:The Grove Community History Library

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I have alerts for my new page. Can someone please let me know what I have to do in order for this page to be accepted. I just want to share the resources in the library with the community and let them know where we are and what we have. We do not make any profit and so I am not advertising for a business.
 * Your appear to be someone who works at The Grove Community History Library. This does not mean you cannot edit or contribute to the page but, since you may be seen as having a WP:COI, readers should be aware that the article may not be written with a WP:NPOV as long as you are the major contributor. You should read WP:COI and WP:NPOV to be aware of Wikipedia's related policies, if you haven't yet. The COI tag should stay on the page until other editors decide that a significant amount of the article was written by someone without a conflict of interest. To clarify, it isn't necessarily a problem with the article, it is just to make readers aware.
 * An organization does not have to be for profit to be advertised, in its current state the article looks like an advertisement for the library, not an article about the library. See WP:PROMO particularly points 4 and 5. You can remove this tag once you feel the article meets WP:PROMO however I recommend you have another editor check the article first since, as it is your article and you may have a COI, it may be hard to judge the article neutrally. You can get help from other editors with just about anything at WP:TEAHOUSE.
 * Information on the page may be verifiable through the links you have but the presentation is not consistent with WP:REF which could make it hard for users to verify information. You can remove this once the page is updated to use Wikipedia's citation style. You can look at some other Wikipedia pages to see how citations should be used.
 * This article may not meet WP:NOTABILITY. Not everything can have an article on Wikipedia, even if similar things do. You can demonstrate notability by providing references from third parties. You can remove this tag after you feel the article demonstrates notability as per Wikipedia's policies. You can find notability requirements specific to organizations at WP:ORG. Note that with this tag, like the advertising tag, it may be best to have another editor review the article first.
 * Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. As a last note please remember to end your comments on talk pages, including user talk pages, with ~ to WP:SIGN them. Phantom Tech  (talk) 17:12, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Success - Thank you again History6011 (talk) 03:45, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Thank you so much PhantomTech, I will try to work on this today. Obviously I am new to this but hope to contribute much in the future.History6011 (talk) 00:38, 3 March 2015 (UTC)


 * You're welcome, if you have any questions feel free to ask. There are plenty of editors eager to answer any questions you have at WP:TEAHOUSE. Phantom Tech  (talk) 01:11, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

I have posted a question onto WP:TEAHOUSE. I am not sure it was posted as I was having trouble signing the post. I am still learning the code and there didn't seem to be the auto sign. I added what I thought was correct and the message disappeared so I am assuming it posted ok? History6011 (talk) 02:00, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks like it didn't, you can see your edit history by clicking the "contributions" link in the top right next to "log out" and "watchlist" most things you do that make a public change will be listed there. You can sign your posts manually by putting four tilde at the end of your post, where those are on your keyboard might vary but on U.S. keyboards it is to the left of the 1 key and requires using shift. If you can't find it you could try to copy/paste them from here: ~ . Phantom Tech  (talk) 03:29, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

It worked this time so hopefully now I can get this page sorted. Thank you again Phantom Tech  History6011 (talk) 04:43, 3 March 2015 (UTC)


 * You're welcome, thanks for contributing. Phantom Tech  (talk) 05:42, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

It is really great
That in a time when basically all libraries in the state of western australia are under immanent threat by funding cuts that a library takes on itself to have a relevent article. The problem is there is no sign that other local libraries in Western Australia deserve an article as well. Number one - WP:N - and the state of western australia - has a few local libraries. The WA project - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Western_Australia - could have been the first place to go, to see how many other local libraries have articles - and why and how, and how that fits into the perspective of an online encyclopedia - versus WP:NOT. Most Teahouse and other editors helping new editors should know about WP:N and the context of local entities in the perspective of how and why broader scale is required on a lot of subjects. From current practice in most Australian state projects, the article about a local library should have been merged into the locality article. satusuro 23:55, 3 March 2015 (UTC)