User talk:Horizontalist

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Dumping material
When you add unattributed material it represents WP:OR.

When I created this article some years back, I made sure of WP:RS and links.

I strongly suggest, you start again, If you want help, great, we can get somewhere. If you do a dump again, you will find less help. Trust you are able to get to understand the processes of how wikipedia works. JarrahTree 13:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

If you and/or graeme want to meet up in real life, we could fix most of the issues on the spot, up to you both...

Effectively your 'dump', is not how wikipedia works. You should have kept it on your computer. If you want to put it here directly, thereis a need to specifically have the text in wikipedia markup, with reliable sources/citations - and considerable effort in getting links to mentioned subjects/topics/things. As it stands, just dumping there like that would have had the article in Draft space, something that is subject to reviewers limitations - if reverse engineer other articles about similar people like the common friend of the past Frank Broeze and many other Australian maritime historians most articles tend to be shorter than the material in the 'dump'.

But as always, up to you - main space wikipedia is not a good place for 'in process' work as such. There are a lot of very positive possibilities if we can work together. It was good to do the original article 'on the spot' all those years ago with Graeme, I hope that the expansion can be worked on somehow. JarrahTree 13:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Ta for this…. Yes am out of my ‘Tree’ with this sort of thing…. Did it as a favour for Graeme given I though what was there  had  little about his stellar career ….Have sent a note to Graeme asking if he would like to contact you direct…
 * All the best
 * Backing away now.
 * Horizontalist Horizontalist (talk) 01:37, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Nah dont back away - and for whatever reason graeme might not want to catch up,

there are good learnings (how I freak when I see that...) from this - please stay with it, there are really some very good things to come from this - and if you are the slightest interested, well worth the experience! Specially if you are going to keep editing - please stay with it... JarrahTree 02:54, 18 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Ta for this JT…. will keep at it…. Ta for the support… H. Horizontalist (talk) 07:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey - I was keen to see that graeme had an article all those years ago, and also that frank had so - both careers can be expanded in the articles, bit by bit - and therein lies the staying with it - it is a case of simply not giving up on it, or any trip ups, there is always the improving the content and details of all the maritime people, and organisations... JarrahTree 07:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

when you add to a BLP
Please make sure you add a wp:RS every time... JarrahTree 10:59, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Ta JT… am learning… will keep adding bit by bit…. thsi has been a good opportunity to learn…thank you... FYI…  (in  confidence) the ‘Dump’  as you put it was derived from what GJH sent  me when I asked  if he wanted  his Wikipedia entry to  properly reflect his achievements and if so to send me what he felt was appropriate …. though  we are not close I feel it is due to him.. and will persevere and  learn along teh way.
 * H Horizontalist (talk) 14:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)


 * adding anything in a blp needs a reliable source - if you need help, ask... also better to lessen the details about who and what we know - this is the ultimate goldfish bowl JarrahTree 14:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

good on you
where possible check for possible extra links as well, otherwise today's addition is good! JarrahTree 06:20, 26 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes slowly getting there JT… so pleased! H Horizontalist (talk) 06:22, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Please make an effort to see if there are links in the large paras of text - if necessary check against Frank's article, and other maritime historians - JarrahTree 06:36, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Please go into edit mode and see what has happened - the edits/changes - well worth looking at to see what goes on... thanks JarrahTree 12:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ta JT…. am basing the style of the  Henderson entry on  the entries for  Geoff Bolton, Jenny Gregory, Frank Broeze and Anna Haebich..keeping it short and tight.. a little more to come. H Horizontalist (talk) 10:48, 2 April 2024 (UTC)