User talk:Chriswdickson

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March 2012
Please do not add or change content without verifying it by citing reliable sources, as you did to John Sinclair Morrison. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Muhandes (talk) 21:11, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

John Sinclair Morrison Article
I do not understand why Muhandes thinks that I have not cited a reliable source or that the source was somehow improper. I quoted from Varsity in November 1968, which is a reliable source. I have reviewed the Wikipedia guidelines carefully. I am not of course going to keep replacing what has been deleted - but I included what I did in good faith and should therefore be grateful for an explanation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriswdickson (talk • contribs) 6 March 2012‎
 * I apologize, but I just did not understand the source. You did the right thing, started discussion and explained your point. You may want to take into account that other editors may not be as familiar with the subject matter, so being clearer on both the text (what does "Girton" mean?) and the sources (what is "Varsity"?) may help. I'll add the information back in a clearer manner. If you have access to the source, you might want to add the page number and the exact title of the article. --Muhandes (talk) 10:32, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That being said and done, why do we need to discuss his daughter in an article about him? This is quite unusual, unless it is part of the discussion of the person (e.g. in 1968 he moved to X and did Y. His daughter, than at Girton, was voted etc.) I'll leave it be for now. --Muhandes (talk) 10:39, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Very helpful, Muhandes. Thank you. As you have kindly added, "Girton" is "Girton College". "Varsity" is the University Newspaper. I shall check the page number next time I'm at the CU Library. The reason for including his daughter is that she is a classicist too (and an authoress) - it is interesting that his talents have passed to the next generation. She is also involved in the Trireme Trust (perhaps that should be added too). Chriswdickson (talk) 11:05, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * There are definitely some biographical articles with sections and paragraphs about the person's family, especially where this sheds some light on the person. It seems a little detached from the article right now, probably because it's not a very developed article. If you have a reliable source that she is involved with the trust, adding this fact will help connect her to the article somewhat. --Muhandes (talk) 17:36, 8 March 2012 (UTC)