User talk:Jlabine

December 2012
Hello, I'm Binksternet. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Anthony Hopkins seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 00:19, 20 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello Binksternet, my edit to the Anthony Hopkins page was necessary to remove recognition of his association with Alcoholics Anonymous on his wikipedia page. The line originally read "has attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings..." since AA is an anonymous organization they request the press not identify anyone that attends their meetings by full name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlabine (talk • contribs)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Acknowledgements of Attendance at Anonymous Meetings


A tag has been placed on Category:Acknowledgements of Attendance at Anonymous Meetings, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. —&#91;  Alan M 1  (talk) &#93;— 06:49, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

You apparently created the above-referenced Category in an attempt to communicate with Binksternet. That is not the correct way to do so. Simply go to his talk page at User talk:Binksternet and click on the "New Section" or "+" tab at the top to create a new section and add your comment. —&#91;  Alan M 1  (talk) &#93;— 06:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Jlabine, you wrote that AA does not wish that any of its members be named and so Wikipedia should not name Anthony Hopkins. However, Wikipedia does not follow AA guidelines; Wikipedia follows its own guidelines. If WP:reliable sources such as a feature story in the Guardian say that Hopkins was a member, then we can say so, too. Frankly, the cat is already out of the bag, so to speak. Wikipedia is not adding any harm. Binksternet (talk) 07:40, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I should be interested to see the wording of AA policy. AA is not a secret organisation. I cannot see any objection to person X stating "I attend AA meetings" (as applies in the case of Anthony Hopkins). What is most definitely not to be done is to disclose names of third parties who go to such meetings. &mdash; RHaworth (talk · contribs) 10:44, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed about Hopkins. Disagree regarding disclosing names of others. If multiple reliable sources state the case then we can put it into a biography of a living person. Binksternet (talk) 14:41, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Gilbert LaBine
Hi again. I did some work on the article Gilbert LaBine (relation?), noticing a few things you might want to make note of for the future. This stuff is covered in detail at The Wikipedia Manual of Style. Hope this helps. Cheers! —&#91;  Alan M 1  (talk) &#93;— 18:33, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia does not use the special "curved" quotes (“”’). Instead, use the simple ' and " that are on most modern keyboards.
 * For some reason, some of your cites only had one closing brace (instead of two), which is why they didn't work correctly.
 * When citing a source multiple times, you only need the full citation on the first one. Subsequent citations can refer back to the first one by name, even if a different page needs to be cited, as follows:
 * First cite, page 13:  
 * Additional cite, pages 16, 18–20:  
 * If citing a single page inside the template (instead of using ), use the page parameter (not pages).
 * Create a ==References== header with the Reflist template below it to collect all the references in the article – you don't need to manually type them (that's what the template is for). This section should be followed only by an External links section, Persondata, and categories.
 * Create section headers using the ==, ===, ==== markup so they can be referenced (by  articlename ) and used to automatically create the table of contents.