User talk:Crowthsl

proposal
I am going to revise the article about the Tharwa Bridge at the end of the last paragraph I am going to ass more info about maintenance work but more updated information. Im going to add "Again in 2018 the bridge closed for annual maintenance work, this closed the bridge for three consecutive days. The bridge was closed from Wednesday 18 July until Friday 20 July 2018 between the hours of 9 am and 3.30 pm, weather permitting. The maintenance included tightening the bridge’s decking and trusses, as weather conditions over the last year may have caused them to contract or expand."

proposal feedback
Thanks for sharing your proposal. I'm concerned that you might waste too much time trying to find sources or dressing up an article that should probably just be deleted.

I agree with your earlier analysis: the Takumi Miyoshi and Cullishigay articles are duds. The problem is that neither of those subjects are really noteworthy. Unless Takumi Miyoshi starts batting .300 or we all start measuring cake ingredients in cullishigays, they'll remain too obscure for much to be written about them. And without good sources, those pages really shouldn't even exist.

So, that leaves us with Tharwa Bridge, which is actually a great candidate, since the latest info there seems nearly a decade old and a quick Google search yields some good, recent hits. How about adding a bit of recent info at the end of the article?

Please let me know what you think, and just ask if you need any help or clarification. -KS (DeerJerky (talk) 13:04, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Revised proposal feedback
Smart idea to shift to this other article. Two thoughts about the info you proposed adding. First, that sounds a lot like an excerpt from a press release or public announcement. Be sure to summarize and paraphrase adequately so you're not plagiarizing the source. Second, assuming it was a press release, think about the original context/audience/purpose: to tell Australians about the bridge repairs in 2018. In 2020, what info from that source might Wikipedia readers (around the world) want to know? -KS (DeerJerky (talk) 20:29, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Reflection
I added "Again in 2018 the bridge closed for annual maintenance work, this closed the bridge for three consecutive days. The bridge was closed from Wednesday 18 July until Friday 20 July 2018 between the hours of 9 am and 3.30 pm, weather permitting. The maintenance included tightening the bridge’s decking and trusses, as weather conditions over the last year may have caused them to contract or expand" to the end of the article, I also changed where it said "with work ongoing it will be completed in September 2011" to "with work ongoing and was completed in September 2011" I found this assignment difficult because I don't want to put any false information on Wikipedia so it was hard to know what to put and if it was what people wanted to hear. It was also hard to understand the format of editing a Wikipedia article. This assignment taught me that literally anyone can edit a Wikipedia article.