User talk:84.67.20.212

October 2023
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Scott Dylan, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Felida97 (talk) 19:15, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm AntiDionysius. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added to the main body of Scott Dylan. Generally, any relevant external links should be listed in an "External links" section at the end of the article and meet the external links guidelines. Links within the body of an article should be internal Wikilinks. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. AntiDionysius (talk) 20:30, 29 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi. Thank you for wanting to improve Wikipedia. While we do use links as sources for content, that content should be written out, with the links only there (in the form of references, rather than just pasted into the article) to ensure the verifiability of what's being said. Wikipedia exists to summarise information for people, rather than just be a collection of links. There's a guide here on referencing for newcomers. AntiDionysius (talk) 20:45, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Again, please don't just paste bare links into the article. AntiDionysius (talk) 21:38, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
 * So to be clear, the issue is not with the Times as a source of information; it is that you're not using the Times a source of information, you're just pasting the url into the article. The text of the article itself should explain, on its own, all the relevant information, and then include a citation just for verifiability. So instead of "Dylan has been covered by the Times", followed by a bare link - it's "The Times reported that Dylan did x, on y dates, which resulted in z" followed by reference rather than an in-text link. AntiDionysius (talk) 22:08, 29 October 2023 (UTC)