User talk:Calamity Hill

Feel free to talk - I'll check it every day :)

One big problem
for new stubs is they can be orphans very easily - I have linked 2 items for you in the stub you have started, worth now going to the articles linked to see if there is any relevance in linking back... if you get my drift. Being a new user - no need to spill your life story at the scotland project - just find some people who can help you without fuss, btw - there are some people in Australia who, once you get to know them - they caqn be helpful as well. cheers sats 07:59, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you :) Calamity Hill (talk) 08:06, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * np - well worth looking at similar articles of tomes that are related to the book and the late 1600's to see their format and what they are using for refs... also, there is never shame about imitating similar srticles for ideas or ways of doing things... sats 08:14, 22 July 2013 (UTC)


 * well worth to check the boswell article (where the book is a red link...) and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour article... sats 08:20, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you - it's slowly becoming clear how it works! Thanks again! Calamity Hill (talk) 08:22, 22 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I have a soft warm fuzzy feeling at the moment to anyone who was born in edinburgh (Boswell that is), I was there for a week a few weeks ago... sats 08:27, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

t's been 2 years since I was last there - but lived in Scotland for 45 years before parachuting into Australia. It's actually cold enough in Brisbane tonight to remind me of Edinburgh (In the summer lol). Calamity Hill (talk) 08:33, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Your article has been moved to AfC space
Hi! I would like to inform you that the Articles for Creation submission which was previously located here: User:Calamity Hill/An Account of Corsica: The Journal of a Tour to that Island has been moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/An Account of Corsica: The Journal of a Tour to that Island, this move was made automatically and doesn't affect your article. Your draft is waiting for a review by an experienced editor, if you have any questions please ask on our Help Desk! Have a nice day. ArticlesForCreationBot (talk) 11:23, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Congrats Calamity Hill,You created your Teahouse profile!
Nice to see you at the Teahouse! if you have any question feel free to drop me a line on my talk page! Carliitaeliza  TALK  15:07, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

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 * dinnae fas yrslf about that one - parts of this place is all about death by committee - criteria and policies that wouldn't stand the test of time.... Do you have a copy of aforesaid... The book? sats 02:25, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Please read the guidelines (particularly Notability (books)) being used by me and every other reviewer before resubmitting. This subject may well meet guidelines but you've not made that clear..  You are going to need more than a reference to the book itself and a fan site to demonstrate notability here.  Reviewers, myself included, do not need a copy of the book to review the article, it is your responsibility as submitter to provide sufficient evidence of notability, not reviewers to go search it out in the book itself or elsewhere.--RadioFan (talk) 02:55, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I am sure there is a clear process and procedure where a new user is required to go through. I am not sure that I have contravened every part of the procedure, probably most.  I am confident of the article created, as it is a mix of a number issues relevent to the 1760's.  My apologies if I have created a glitch in the correct procedures.  The motivation to move out of the book notability conversation will become evident in the article itself. sats 03:04, 23 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Wow, agree with Sats. This is an important book which should meet Criteria#5.  It would also be a great addition at Wikisource if that should take your fancy. See s:Author:James Boswell. If you are interested and need some help getting started, drop me a line. Moondyne (talk) 04:28, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

mail
sats 04:09, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

blind freddy
sheesh - every bugger got their toes cut off in the 1760's - the brits, france, genoa all got their damage from corsica and boswell had his fingers in the till. sheesh - the book was an important issue re the brits crisis even if it is not m entioned there. sats 04:36, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Once you decide to take the aticle through AfC then the reviewers are going to apply the criteria for asseing notability and I don't think you can blame them for that. Creating it as a stub outside AfC ensures you get the article up in mainspace but of course it still needs to be appropriately sourced. Best wishes ''' Flat Out   let's discuss it   05:03, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you to all. Appreciated. Calamity Hill (talk) 05:13, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

An Account of Corsica
Hi, I've played around with the article a little bit - please feel free to change any of it! If you could fill out the content section a bit more, it would be great. By the way, do you have a ref for the sentence I've marked as 'citation needed'?

Speaking of refs, are you trying to add them by using the 'edit' tab or the 'edit source' section? To be honest, I cannot get to grips with Visual Editor (which is where you're taken if you use the 'edit' tab), so you might want to try 'edit source' and that will also let you see the mark up already used for refs in the article.

Hope you enjoyed the football match!! SagaciousPhil  -  Chat  17:01, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I think I found the missing ref, so have scored through that part of my note above.  SagaciousPhil   -  Chat  20:06, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Apologies Phil - been inundated with work - only now (fri afternoon) can I settle down to this again. My problem with references was really one of fear. When I entered something I knew had to be referenced I normally click on the little ref's thing at the bottom to enter a reference - but because there were already seven references or so - and mine was about to come before them - I panicked thinking 'Maybe I'll knock all the other references out of sync'? If you see what I mean? Thanks for all your help BTW, it's really coming along! Calamity Hill (talk) 06:54, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem! Don't worry about knocking out the refs - everything can always easily be fixed - the numbering/positioning of the refs in the ref list is done automatically; using the preview button is handy (when using 'edit source'). But really, don't worry, things are easily sorted (repeating myself again!!). I see Moondyne has also added about the declaration this morning - isn't it great to have everyone working together on this.
 * If we can get the 'content' section sorted a little bit more today, I'll do a DYK nom this evening (in about 10 hours, it's morning here). I'm not sure what to try for a 'hook' - maybe something fairly straightforward like DYK....the journal An Account of Corsica was so successful, James Boswell was widely known as Corsica Boswell?
 * If you have any questions, I'll try to help, so don't be afraid to ask ....   SagaciousPhil   -  Chat  08:25, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for An Account of Corsica
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 4 August 2013 (UTC)


 * A good start - well done! Some more now? - cheers... sats 00:01, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

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