User talk:Galndixie

If you put something, anything, on your user page then your user name will change into a blue link rather than being the red one that it is now. The blue link, as opposed to a red link suggests to others, or at least to me, that you are not the dead end that red links on wikipedia suggest and that perhaps you are even a serious editor who intends to stay around. The "talk" tab at the top left of this page will change color too after my posting, because now there is something there. Consider it, Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 16:29, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

August 2018
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), such as at Talk:United Daughters of the Confederacy, please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either: This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.
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Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:07, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Please don't forget to sign your posts, as your recent post at United Daughters of the Confederacy by using four of these ~. Also. please consider putting something on your user page so that you turn into a blue link.  Carptrash (talk) 18:03, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Please fix your signature; as used, it contains no links and so is in violation of WP:SIGLINK. You also need only one timestamp. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 20:14, 10 September 2018 (UTC)


 * RedRose: I did both of those things when I put it on, and I went back and did it again just now and it still isn't showing up, not sure how to fix this.  I am very new at this, so any help you can give would be appreciated.  galndixie 03:45, 11 September 2018 (UTC)--galndixie 03:45, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Try going to Special:Preferences and making sure that the "Treat the above as wiki markup" tick box in the signature section is not checked. Cordless Larry (talk) 03:58, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Larry. That has been checked since I started, and it signed everything else (or at least I think it did!), but I've unchecked it now, should I go back to the post and re-sign it?
 * galndixie (talk) 04:29, 11 September 2018 (UTC)--galndixie (talk) 04:29, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * The signature is now OK, but you do not need to sign twice. Use four tildes,, no more and no less. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 19:20, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Please read wp:minor, many (if not most) of the edits (and yes this applies to replies) are not minor.Slatersteven (talk) 14:33, 21 September 2018 (UTC) Thank you, Slatersteven, I did not know this, and I appreciate you pointing it out. --galndixie (talk) 15:25, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

September 2018
Please do not add or change content, as you did at United Daughters of the Confederacy, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. ''That your edit was promotional can be argued as well. '' Drmies (talk) 17:04, 29 September 2018 (UTC) I did put sources, 4 of them, and the source numbers came up on the paragraph as 15, 16, 17, and 18. The edit was not 'promotional', it is simply stating facts about the organization. --galndixie (talk) 17:12, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Editing with a possible conflict of interest
Hello, Galndixie. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. We ask that you:


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In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Also please note that editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you.--SamHolt6 (talk) 17:15, 29 September 2018 (UTC) I'm really not sure I understand what you're meaning here by 'conflict of interest'. It would seem to me that, judging by the way the page has been changed in the last few years, those editors have the conflict of interest, as they refuse to post and continually remove anything positive about the group, and are therefore biased against the group, which to me is a much bigger conflict of interest. I thought wiki was about being informative and factual, in a non-biased and truthful way. I am not seeing that here.--galndixie (talk) 17:23, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
 * the notice I generated above is my inquiry as to whether or not you have conflict of interest in regards to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which I believe I left unnamed in my previous message to you. You have contributed more or less exclusively to the UDC article, and so clarifying any potential conflicts of interest (assuming one exists) would be productive. A direct answer would be appreciated. As far as your comment on the article's content, I can state (as an editor who actively monitors just over 6200 articles) with confidence that articles concerning contentious topics often leave at least one party dissatisfied. Given historical trends and the way knowledge is complied, certain viewpoints will always be held over others. However, it is important to note that, as an encyclopedia, Wikipedia reflects what reliable sources say. It does not deal in so subjective a thing as truth or accuracy; rather, it reflects what is verifiable. Wikipedia is also built around the idea of consensus, even if some reasonably well sourced viewpoints are excluded by said consensus. If you believe sources are not reliable or biased, you may start a thread at the Reliable sources noticeboard or the NPOV noticeboard to have them discounted or limited in their usage. Best.--SamHolt6 (talk) 00:54, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Sam, I'm only doing one thing because I'm not experienced enough with wiki yet to be trying to work multiple sites. --galndixie (talk) 14:29, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
 * perfectly understandable, given that we all start out somewhere. It is also common for academics or experts to only edit in their area of interest. That being said, I need a definitive statement as to whether or not you have any sort of connection to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.--SamHolt6 (talk) 15:42, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

I work with our local history museum and I've always been interested in Civil War History. I was hoping to get help learning this process, and this seemed to be a often-worked page, so I thought I'd try it and folks would help me along. --galndixie (talk) 05:32, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

I just tried making an article, it's my first, so I need help. When I clicked to publish it from the sandbox, a box came up at the bottom that said 'warning this article should probably be moved to the draft page' and then it asked for a 'name without a prefix' and gave a box to click to move to the draft page. What do I put in that box, and what prefix are they talking about? --galndixie (talk) 05:29, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: James Jones White (January 6)
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 SITH   (talk)   21:59, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: James Jones White (February 27)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Theroadislong was:

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Theroadislong (talk) 17:31, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Draft:James Jones White concern
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Your draft article, Draft:James Jones White


Hello, Galndixie. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "James Jones White".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! Bkissin (talk) 21:17, 4 February 2020 (UTC)