User talk:Jclaxp

Thank you!!
Ahhh thank you for your kind note/barnstar, I really appreciate it!! I honestly never thought I'd get as involved as I am, but it's taken the place of less "productive" hobbies, so that's how I rationalize it to myself haha. I'm definitely still stumbling my way through plenty of guidelines, norms, procedures, and whatnot myself, but if you need help with anything or have any questions, I'd be glad to help out! WhinyTheYounger (talk) 22:04, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Your Teahouse question
Hello, I'm a host at the Teahouse, and I wanted to apologise that nobody answered your question before our system archived it here. Working on the 'no man left behind' approach, I offered to come here and answer it for you. So, you asked:
 * "My goal here is to improve so any specific or general advice would be appreciated. As I'm a fairly new wikipedian I decided that instead of making some changes to the Larry Nassar and related articles I would make a suggestion in the talk pages. This seemed like the best course of action as I hoped somebody could guide me on how best to include this new content. I've only ever really stuck to editing existing content and I've never added content or made moderate changes to articles before. Is this the right thing to do or am I just lacking in confidence? On the talk pages Talk:Larry Nassar, Talk:Athlete A, Talk:USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal I've made multiple suggestions which reference one another and I was unsure how to avoid duplicating the comments. I couldn't find any guidance on cross-referencing talk page discussion. Is there a better way to do this?"

It's an interesting question, and I think you did the right thing. We always say "go and ask on the talk page(s)" - and you did just that. But maybe you were also a little timid in your first suggestion at Talk:Larry Nasser, as you gave what looked like a good source, so adding it into a potentially controversial article like this seems quite justifiable. Had someone removed it, you could then have held a discussion about it per WP:BRD, which is about our 'Bold, Revert; Discuss' cycle. Whenever I'm unsure if I should make a change, I either just do it and hope it's accepted, or I state on the talk page what I propose to do, leave it 7 days and, if no one comes back to me, I go ahead and do it.

I also think you did just the right thing by asking at Talk:Athlete A whether the articles should be merged. Like the respondent there, I also would not think this to be a good move, but it's a valid question to ask. Articles do have 'See also' sections which allow you to link to related pages, if they're not specifically 'wikilinked' with the main body of the article. This seems a good route to go down. Finally, though probably not appropriate here, I should also mention that we do have a formal 'merge discussion' process where you can flag up two articles that you feel should be merged together. See Merging for more details on this.

I hope this has answered your question and, once again, sorry for the long delay in replying. (I'll also add a 'welcome ' message above this one with a shed load of useful links to get you on your way. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 15:56, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Audley's Moat


Hello, Jclaxp. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Audley's Moat".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 20:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thankyou @Liz! Jclaxp   talk  12:52, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Decimal separator - Usage Worldwide - Countries without sources help
Hi,

In the article section I've linked there is a list of countries based on if they use a comma or decimal point as the decimal separator. There is also a map without any sources that I have tagged for discussion. The text however has a couple of sources which are useful. I'm unsure how to tackle sorting this section out. It would be good to have an up-to-date list that is verified from a good source (I was hoping to get that from the image but alas). Additionally, there should be the year for when the information was sourced displayed I believe.

How would I go about solving this? Should it all be deleted or only verified countries included?

Thanks Jclaxp  talk  13:20, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * This sort of content probably should have references, and the best place to discuss if the sections should be blanked or just tagged for improvement would be a discussion at Talk:Decimal separator; there is too much in this question for me to necessarily answer in any suitable way, but discussion at the talk page will allow other users interested in the topic to weigh in and come to a consensus on how to improve the page. If you want more help, change the help me-helped back into a help me, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 20:26, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Audley's Moat


Hello, Jclaxp. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Audley's Moat".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 17:23, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

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