User talk:D. Hollis Traeger

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 * Thank you very much, Star. I understand the edits you made. Would you be open to restoring the hyperlink from the reference to The Senate Project to https://www.thesenateproject.org/ I first got involved in the edits here as someone who supports the work of The Kennedy Institute and was asked to remove earlier malevolent/inaccurate content--my friends and I just wanted the page to be honest and accurate. Thanks very much! Hollis 2601:197:580:1410:DC09:B636:DFE4:FAC2 (talk) 18:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi DHT:
 * Thanks for your help in updating it. The issue with some of what you added is that it will never be maintainable. That they hold classes across all time zones is wonderful, but they could be at 10 or 9:30 or... I'd also advise being careful in copying the leadership bios from press releases given the ability of Wikipedia content to be reused, which I'm not sure the Institute would release for general use.
 * External links are not permitted within the body of the article. If it's a notable topic, there could be an encyclopedia article about it, which could be wiklinked. If my reading about it is correct, it's a program of the Institute, which could be discussed within the article making use of sourcing that talk about the series and its speakers similarly to how Breyer et al are discussed. You could also include it as an External Link in the footer if you think it's helpful to the reader-same true for the Hatch project.
 * Additionally, I suggest logging in so you can keep track of your edits in your history.
 * Happy to help, let me know if you need anything more. Star   Mississippi  19:05, 10 December 2022 (UTC)