User talk:BrennanAB

Wedderburn
Hello, your first edit was a good try, but we need a reference for it (readily available online) and perhaps about 40 words would be sufficient. Wikipedia is not a personal blog, but an encyclopedia. Feel free to have another go, ask for advice (hit talk after my signature). At least you didnt copy/paste from anywhere! Cheers (Crusoe8181 (talk) 08:20, 5 March 2011 (UTC)).
 * To the contrary, Crusoe8181, source references do not need to be online - if only they all were! If BrennanAB has a print reference that would be fantastic.Bleakcomb (talk) 04:07, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Crusoe8181 for your somewhat patronising encouragement. There are no online references that I'm aware of in respect of my addition to the Wedderburn page, perhaps due to the recent opening of the museum. I'm a little at a loss to understand why some online reference would lend greater weight than direct personal experience...

Perhaps 40 words would not be sufficient. Perhaps 200odd is about right. Its not as though the page on Wedderburn is groaning under the weight of information.

Cheers to you too (although what we might be cheering about will most likely remain a mystery) BrennanABBrennanAB (talk) 02:05, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I took the time to be be helpful after your first edit was deleted without explanation, if I felt you needed patronising I wouldn't have bothered; direct personal experience doesn't count here per WP:OR (Crusoe8181 (talk) 04:52, 6 March 2011 (UTC)).

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 * BrennanAB, one more piece of advice, please remain civil in all interactions with other editors. Note that simply re-adding your contribution without having addressed the issues is not constructive. You will probably find them either reverted or significantly trimmed. Specifics regarding Wedderburn content is best discussed at the article talk page. Bleakcomb (talk) 04:07, 6 March 2011 (UTC)