User talk:BrownieBrown

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Doug Weller talk 20:11, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Iryna Harpy (talk) 01:37, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

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Discussion: deletion of "Squat dance"
Hello, BrownieBrown. I'm just letting you know that I've begun a discussion of your Squat dance article with a view to deleting it. You will find said discussion here. I wish to extend this opportunity to you to state your policy and/or guideline argument for retaining the article. Either way, thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Iryna Harpy (talk) 06:36, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Unsourced material
Hi, I happened across some of your work on the flower article at the flower section and noticed that...
 * The first paragraph seems to be entirely unsourced.
 * The sources for the second paragraph aren't the most reliable.
 * Two of those three sources are now dead links, one permanently so. (The other was fortunately archived at web.archive.org.)

With that in mind I would recommend finding reliable sources to back up all additions. It is arguable that WP:You don't need to cite that the sky is blue (though there are caveats such as in the essay WP:You do need to cite that the sky is blue, or regarding cultural background in WP:The Pope is Catholic), but all substantive content should ideally have citation footnotes. That first paragraph about flower-giving in the pre-historical period through the Middle Ages should definitely have citations, and I might note that I couldn't figure out what a "yellow Araun" is – it looks like a typo, and I wish I had a source to see what it is. Note also that any Wikipedian who adds material has responsibility for providing citations (in the Verifiability policy), though instead of the unsourced material being removed I would prefer you go back and add sources.

Furthermore, blogs and websites of businesses are generally considered questionable sources (in the verifiability policy) since they don't have meaningful editorial oversight and in the case of commercial websites have an interest in promotion. Anything self-published (in the reliable sources guideline) is advised against, as there's really nothing preventing complete fabrications. For example, blogs, small business or personal websites, Youtube videos, forum posts etc. are self-published sources. The verifiability policy suggests instead relying on academic peer-reviewed publications, university-level textbooks and books from reputable publishing houses, magazines, and mainstream newspapers.

Lastly, it's often a good idea to archive source links using https://web.archive.org/ to guard against the website going down or being changed. You can also run an automatic archiver using the "Fix dead links" link in any page's revision history.

Anyway, I thank you for your work, and am glad to see you're still around. Feel free to leave me messages or alert me (e.g. by linking my username or using the ping template) if you have further questions. --Anon423 (talk) 10:55, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Parallel cocks for deletion
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September 2021
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Welcome to Wikipedia. Editors are expected to treat each other with respect and civility. On this encyclopedia project, editors assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not appear to do at User talk:HistoryofIran. Here is Wikipedia's welcome page, and it is hoped that you will assume the good faith of other editors and continue to help us improve Wikipedia! Thank you very much! Doug Weller talk 20:11, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

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Nomination of Squat dance for deletion
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