User talk:Balquhidder2013

Help me!
I find inserting hyperlinks daunting. Is it possible to have them inserted for me is I produce a list of links?

Please help me with...

Balquhidder2013 (talk) 16:23, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Balquhidder2013! If you are trying to add a link to another Wikipedia article, all you need to do is wrap it in two sets of brackets. So if you wanted to link to the Wikipedia article about cats, you would just type this in the edit window: cat, which would produce this when saved: cat. You can learn more about this at the help page about links.
 * If you want to add an external link, all you have to do is put the URL between one pair of brackets like this: Name of website, which would produce this: Name of website. However, take care not to add external links to other websites in the body of an article. See the external link policy for more information. /wia   /tlk  16:45, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Reassurance
I would like to thank my helper of a couple of days ago. I would now like to know if the formatting of my Sandbox is in order and how I should proceed.

Thank you. Balquhidder2013 (talk) 20:22, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Help me! My sandbox content has disappeared
I had placed considerable content in my Sandbox which has now disappeared. How can I retrieve it and how do I make progress. The problem is that there are so many instructions it is impossible for a newcomer like me to follow them. Do I need to start again? My text was redirected and having made one change I saved it to see how it worked but then I was just left with a heading. Do I give up completely? My intention had been to enter biogs for a number of worthwhile (but some, in world terms, not that well known) artists.

Please help me with...

Balquhidder2013 (talk) 11:31, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
 * All of your contributions can be seen by clicking on "contributions" at the top of the page. There you will see Draft:Feargus Hetherington, and if you click on "history" once you go there (at the top of the page), you will see every revision to that page, any of which you can revert to to access any version that has ever existed – just click on any date to see the version, edit and save. You will also see that it was moved there as the draft namespace is the usual place for AFC submissions. The "sandbox" title is just a way to name a subpage, which can have any title. it doesn't need to be "sandbox" and you can create many of them, just by using your username backslash and some title, like the name of something you want to work on. e.g., User talk:Balquhidder2013/Foo. But I will clear your sandbox for reuse by deleting it. As for the underlying issue, all article topics need to be on notable subjects, as shown by citing to reliable sources that are secondary in nature and entirely unconnected to the topic. They must be written with verifiable content, in a neutral manner and contain no original research. Sandboxes are for working up content to eventually make a suitable article. It's hard to say in the abstract, but "not well known" artists, may not have sufficient sources in existence to sustain articles (though notability is not the same as fame). Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:52, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Referencing
Regarding your Draft:Feargus Hetherington You don't seem to understand what references are supposed to do? For example the sentence "Hetherington is an associate teacher of violin, viola and chamber music at the University of St Andrews" should be followed by a reference that supports that statement, the reference you have supplied Doesn't mention Hetherington. You should also read WP:REFB for help in formatting the references. Theroadislong (talk) 19:37, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok I think I'm about to give up helping on your draft article. Theroadislong (talk) 19:38, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * You continue to repeatedly revert all my correctly formatted references... you are on your own. Theroadislong (talk) 15:44, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

What am I supposed to do? This is the second time I've been 'kicked out' so to speak. See

- Ok I think I'm about to give up helping on your draft article. Theroadislong (talk) 19:38, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

- You continue to repeatedly revert all my correctly formatted references... you are on your own. Theroadislong (talk) 15:44, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

The reason for reversion on my part the second time around was that I thought I had eventually found the way forward as indicated with the quote in my first message. I didn't realise he had corrected them as there were symbols like { and |and various words }. When I eventually found on a citations page what appeared to be a solution I started at the beginning to rectify the references. I had only got to number 6 when I received the second of the two messages above.

First of all I need to know if I have found the way forward, e.g. the first 5 or 6 references. Are they correct?

Thank you Balquhidder2013 (talk) 18:17, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Referencing
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Minor edits
I guess you haven't read Wikipedia's definition of a minor edit? --David Biddulph (talk) 18:29, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

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Close paraphrasing in Draft:Feargus Hetherington
Hello. Don't panic. I just came across something that will need immediate attention, before the AfC review takes place, and it is a problem that can be fixed. So please don't panic.

The problem is that significant parts of this article have been pasted directly from the subject's own web-site at http://feargushetherington.com/biography. That is not allowed; it is a copyright violation (the web site is clearly marked "© 2015 Feargus Hetherington"). These sections will need to be significantly changed so they do not closely paraphrase that source (or any other source). The words need to be your own, unless it is a cited quotation. Some examples are below, but please check through the whole article to be sure you have not copied sections.

Matched phrases n bold (the worst offenders)

 * hetherington rose magnificently to the considerable technical challenges of these pieces and in the central improvisatory nigun he conjured a strong and persuasive tone from his fine modern violin
 * (29 words, 196 characters)


 * austria and canada has participated in the starling delay symposium on violin studies at the juilliard school given by musicians including itzhak perlman and monica huggett in recent years
 * reaching new audiences has participated in the starling delay symposium on violin studies at the juilliard school given by musicians including itzhak perlman and monica huggett feargus performs on
 * (23 words, 153 characters)


 * violin by neil kristã³f ãrtz made in 2007 after stradivari c 1715 and has been featured in the strad magazine july 2014 discussing the instrument references edit instrumental and vocal
 * violin by neil kristóf értz made in 2007 after stradivari c 1715 and has been featured in the strad magazine july 2014 discussing the instrument feargus has in the past
 * (20 words, 116 characters)


 * in scotland is a violinist and chamber musician orchestral leader soloist and teacher he also arranges music and presents musical workshops and seminars he studied at the royal conservatoire
 * developed a wide ranging career as chamber musician orchestral leader soloist and teacher he also arranges music and presents musical workshops and seminars feargus studied at the royal conservatoire
 * (17 words, 121 characters)


 * and presents musical workshops and seminars he studied at the royal conservatoire of scotland and the cleveland institute of music usa and has studied and worked with violinists including jerre
 * and is also an accomplished violist feargus studied at the royal conservatoire of scotland and the cleveland institute of music usa and has worked with some of today's great performers
 * (16 words, 95 characters)


 * choral works concertos edit as a soloist has performed concertos by bach mozart beethoven bruch brahms sibelius tchaikovsky and elgar and in march 2013 he played the elgar violin
 * the scottish concert orchestra as a soloist has performed concertos by bach mozart beethoven bruch brahms sibelius tchaikovsky and elgar and in 2013 and 2014 he played the elgar
 * (15 words, 99 characters)


 * new york city his recitals in 2014 on with benjamin powell of the brahms viola sonatas were met with critical acclaim for the thoughtful and intelligent interpretation virtuosic technique
 * poland and new york city his recitals in with benjamin powell of the brahms viola sonatas were met with critical acclaim praising the thoughtful and intelligent interpretation virtuosic technique
 * (13 words, 79 characters)


 * the new edinburgh orchestra and in may 2014 glasgow sinfonia his recent performance of the bruch violin concerto in g minor with the heisenberg ensemble was described by the
 * violin concerto with both the new edinburgh orchestra glasgow sinfonia his recent performance of the bruch violin concerto in g minor heisenberg ensemble gillian craig was described as a
 * (13 words, 79 characters)

... There were many, many more. You can produce the list for yourself at http://tools.wmflabs.org/dupdet/compare.php?url1=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDraft%3AFeargus_Hetherington&url2=http%3A%2F%2Ffeargushetherington.com%2Fbiography&minwords=2&minchars=13

--Gronk Oz (talk) 15:34, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

January 2016
Hi there! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 15:05, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Problems
You thanked me for my edits and then promptly reverted them all! The lede section should only summarise the rest of the article not have unreferenced content and puffery of it's own and ALL content needs to be referenced or removed. You also continue to edit without using edit summaries so it's not at all clear what you are trying to achieve. Theroadislong (talk) 19:42, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Feargus Hetherington has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Feargus Hetherington. Thanks! Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 03:58, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Feargus Hetherington has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Feargus Hetherington. Thanks! Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 00:59, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Feargus Hetherington has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Feargus Hetherington. Thanks! Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 01:01, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Feargus Hetherington has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Feargus Hetherington. Thanks! Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 01:20, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

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Have you been to the teahouse yet?
Hi again, Balquhider2013! Check out the Teahouse, it could be useful to you. Happy editing!Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 15:19, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Gareth Williams (Irish composer)
Greetings! Perhaps you thought you had seen the last of me. Well, here I am. I've done some work on Gareth Williams' site. I've gone as far as I can at the moment with verification. I wondered if it merited the removal of the nasty verification tag now? Many thanks Balquhidder2013 (talk) 09:36, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Joseph Swensen (February 9)
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Joseph Swensen (February 23)
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