User talk:Caitlinpapa

Question re: Jim C Hines & SFWA authors
Hi Caitlinpapa. I saw your recent edit of Jim C. Hines and I have a question about it. You note that JCH donated his archives to NIU's library, and you cite their website. But I don't see anything on their site about the gift, and when I search their site I don't find anything in their catalog about it. I see that you've also added similar information for other authors. I don't doubt that the information is correct, but is there anywhere (preferably but not necessarily online) that will mention those gifts?

Also: when you add tags to a page, you may also have to add another tag before the reference actually shows up. If it doesn't already exist, you may need to add a References section to the bottom of the page, like this:

== References ==

I've added this to Jim Hines's page, but I've not checked in on the others you edited. If the references section already exists, you don't need to do this. If you have any questions about all this, you can comment on my talk page. Thanks for contributing! Kenllama/ (talk) 02:20, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Kenllama. Jim C. Hines just donated his archive on November 14, 2008. The Curator of Rare Books is in the process of updating the NIU website. An announcement was made on her weblog on November 17: http://niurarebooks.blogspot.com/


 * Thanks for the help!


 * Hi again -- thanks for the quick reply! I've modified the citation on JCH's page so that it actually goes to the curator's blog. The text of the article still points to NIU's archives website, but the citation goes to the source of the information (which is, of course, what citations are for!) I'd recommend using a format like this for the other pages too. Here's the code I used:


 * In 2008, he donated his archive to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection in the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.


 * If you're new to the business of citing in the wiki, you might want to check out the Citation templates page, which shows some nice easy ways of formatting citations. that whole business above is a citation template.


 * btw, do you have any idea what sorts of things are in the donated materials? are they early-draft manuscripts and that sort of thing?
 * Joys! - Kenllama/ (talk) 16:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Nomination of Lars Pearson for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Lars Pearson, which you created or to which you contributed, should be deleted. While contributions are welcome, an article may be deleted if it is inconsistent with Wikipedia policies and guidelines for inclusion, explained in the deletion policy.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Lars Pearson until a concensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

You may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 20:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Lars Pearson article
I have added some references to the Lars Pearson, just in case you want to work on the article some more. There is some good info in the references. -   Hydroxonium (talk) 05:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)