User talk:Jcbstudent

November 2015
Hello, I'm Donner60. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Shpack Landfill, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 04:43, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

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 * I did not create the page. I only came across your edit while reviewing recent (which is to say almost current) changes. It seems you have put much additional work into it and others have also made some edits. I encourage you to review again Help:Referencing for beginners, Help:Footnotes and perhaps even Avoiding common mistakes because it seems you are still having some problems with footnote and reference formats. Since I am not familiar with the references, or even the article as a whole, unless I come across a problem that seems to need immediate correction, I will leave it to you and the others who have worked on the article to finish the work on it. If you have a more specific question, especially about the citations, let me know and I will try to give an answer as best as I can as promptly as I can. Donner60 (talk) 01:37, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your efforts to add further information to Shpack Landfill. I'm loathe to discourage you, but adding huge swathes of material without any referencing is rather problematic. Were it not such a large addition I would probably search for references and add them myself, but there is simply too much there. Also, a good proportion of the material added is off-topic, concerning Metals & Controls, and would be more suited to an article about the organization itself. Keri (talk) 12:37, 28 November 2015 (UTC)


 * I have been out of town and offline. I will look at your question in more detail as soon as I can. Ideally, we can solve your referencing problem or get you to understand it better so that you can contribute without being discouraged by formatting problems. I note that User:Keri has also made some remarks about referencing and the proper articles in which to add materials. As I think I pointed out before, editors will question and probably revert the addition of large amounts of material without reliable, verifiable references, especially if the topic is current or controversial. Donner60 (talk) 22:35, 30 November 2015 (UTC)