User talk:Curious405

Welcome
I see that you've been on the site for a long time, so I thought I'd offer you a belated welcome. Thanks for your hard work on Peter Cetera‎! -- Laser brain  (talk)  18:48, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Just trying to figure out how to edit a Wikipedia page using a subject I have an interest in, and am particularly interested in adding citations to verify information presented. Am trying to figure out how to format my citations. Not sure I know what I'm doing right now. Have never received or responded to a message here before. Curious405 (talk) 19:40, 29 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Looking good thus far. The good thing about the "cite" templates is that they help produce consistent and predictable results. Please feel free to ask me if there's anything you can't figure out. The only thing I would suggest when replying to messages is that you can indent your reply using a colon (as I did here) and that helps thread the discussion. Happy editing. -- Laser brain  (talk)  21:17, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Hello Laser brain, I JUST NOW discovered the Visual Editor and how to invoke it. One reason I was on so long is because I was editing the source and manually formatting my citations. I hope this will make things easier for me in the future. Curious405 (talk) 19:32, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

February 2016
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Chicago (band). When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Musdan77 (talk) 01:40, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Hello Musdan77. It was my intention to remove the maintenance template from Chicago (band). Mainly I wanted to see if anyone, such as yourself, would respond. The maintenance template was placed on the page eight years ago. There are over 40 citations now on the page. I checked the Chicago talk page about the issue of citations. There was only one comment about it, from the same time the banner was put on. I assume the person who made that comment is the same person who invoked the banner on the page. Checking that editor's contributions, it appears the editor who placed the maintenance banner on the page hasn't been actively editing since 2014. So, at what point would the page be considered to have enough citations, and who would review that? I am not very experienced at editing on Wikipedia, but I have some experience writing journal publications.Curious405 (talk) 02:40, 4 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi Curious, I would suggest reading WP:Verifiability. But, more specifically, in the "Group history" section on the Chicago article, I count at least 20 paragraphs without any sources (not good at all). Then there's the "Personnel" section, which is completely unsourced. So, I would say it's not even close to having enough. —Musdan77 (talk) 05:09, 4 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you Musdan77. This helps me figure out where I might be able to contribute to the article. Would you mind copying your response to the Talk:Chicago (band), under the heading "Citations & References?" It might help other contributors as well. Curious405 (talk) 13:14, 4 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Done. —Musdan77 (talk) 19:07, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

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Peter Cetera
I don't want to undo all your work, but the citations are definitely not needed in the lead and in fact introduce a lot of visual clutter. Sometimes well-meaning users request citations in the lead because they aren't familiar with our style guide. It's fine to remove the request and just explain to them that citations are not generally needed in the lead (unless it's a particularly controversial or disputed statement that attracts edit warring). -- Laser brain  (talk)  14:31, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your input, Laser brain. If you are so inclined, please undo as much of my work as is needed to make the Peter Cetera article a better Wikipedia article. I have tried to make the lead an overall view of Cetera's career while addressing Wikipedia's "notability" requirement. I think most, if not all, of the information in the lead is covered and cited in the body of the article. Maybe the article can benefit from a more experienced editor with fresh eyes at this point?
 * Maybe, and I'd be happy to look at it in more detail. I'm about to leave town for a few days but I'll put it on my to-do list. I've been sort of casually watching your progress on it and I'm always very impressed and appreciative of your work. I'm a long-time Chicago and Cetera fan. -- Laser brain  (talk)  21:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your positive comments! I just reread MOS:LEADCITE and am going to let the citations stay as is, since another editor seemed to deem that particular information "challengeable." Also, was wondering if we should move this discussion to the Peter Cetera talk page?Curious405 (talk) 17:02, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

April 2019
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war&#32; according to the reverts you have made on The Next Time I Fall; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
 * 2) Do not edit war even if you believe you are right.

I have sent you a note about a page you started
Template broke! Here is what I said:

For List of Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame Inductees, Make sure to add more to the "Comment" section of the table.

AmericanAir88(talk) 20:34, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comment, AmericanAir88. Currently I have no more information to add to the "Comment" section of the table. If I come across any relevant, documentable information about a person's induction I will certainly add it, as I hope will other interested editors. Curious405 (talk) 14:11, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for accepting my article on Malinowski, Cabrils. Curious405 (talk) 23:31, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

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