User talk:Jessthebrewer

May 2023
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Lois Hall, 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. Materialscientist (talk) 04:19, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, and Materialscientist. I like the pictures you added Jessthebrewer and appreciate the effort to bring in more detail. But as Materialscientis said, we need sources. Perhaps there are some newspaper mentions to be gained that show points to be made? We also need to try to keep to a scholarly/encyclopedic style so we don't use first names for most of the mentions of individuals. But it is nice to see new contributions, and we here in Wikipedia do have a priority in our culture of treating newcomers with kindness and patience. I have heard many times that the abruptness of Wikipedia can sometimes make people feel unwelcomed. At our best, I think it is us just trying for the best-sourced statements we can find. Here are a few newspaper mentions that may be helpful: (and there's a new 'via=' section in citations not present when the article was updated a while back that can be added … Smkolins (talk) 16:07, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * (just noticed this has a bit of a bio, including that they went to Long Beach about 1935 and attributes interest in art to her teacher named in the article and already interested in the Baha'i Faith.)

More usable sources:
 * which interestingly shows Robert B. Powers was the witness of the wedding/"performed the ceremony" and Sadie Ellis (Adrienne Ellis Reeves mother)! Smkolins (talk) 22:45, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Smkolins (talk) 22:45, 3 May 2023 (UTC)


 * In case it isn't clear, Findagrave has been judged an unreliable source. Smkolins (talk) 01:23, 4 May 2023 (UTC)