User talk:Jnorthrop

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Nice start with your first article. Much better content and layout than 99% of them I see. I did remove the external link as it seemed commercial to me. I also tagged the article with a template stating that the article needed internal links to other entries added. Enjoy editing Wikipedia! --GraemeL (talk) 16:46, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for the advice! I've added internal links where I could and added some external links that I believe would add additional information, examples and helpful information for someone investigating the franchise validation process (without just cutting and pasting the corporate tag line this time :)).

More articles will be forthcoming!

Jnorthrop 20:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I noticed. I'm afraid I chopped them back to a single external link. Links to commercial sites are really only appropriate for inclusion in areticles specifically about the company they represent.


 * I also notice you added a couple of internal links and removed the wikify tag. I initially thought that that was a bit premature, but looking through the article, I couldn't really see anything else that could usefully be wikiliked.


 * You might like to add a "See also" section with links to other franchising related articles. --GraemeL (talk) 20:59, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Got it! Thanks again Jnorthrop 22:27, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Franchising
Greetings! You just made this edit to the Franchising article. Thanks for including a reference with your edit, but the reference needs to expanded a bit. In what publication of the Franchise Business Review are those statistics from? What was the name of the article? What volume and issue number? What pages? Is there a link to an HTML or PDF version of this publication? All of these things would help that reference be more of a reference and less of an external link. Let me know if you can locate the specific source. Otherwise we'll have to consider the information unsourced and remove it or add a tag on it. Thanks! Rkitko 01:29, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Jnorthrop 13:11, 10 August 2006 (UTC) I have a direct link to the study but it is a PDF and I wasn't sure that was an appropriate source to link to. The direct link is http://www.franchisebusinessreview.com/resources/reports/FBR-IndustryReport.pdf. I will gladly replace this with this link however I would prefer a link to http://www.franchisebusinessreview.com/Resources/Reports/Industry-Overview.aspx since we typically require registration to view the report. I didn't want to originally put that second link since a direct link to a registration page felt too commercial.

I orginally wrote the entry in response to the call for "more sources" in the notes to the page so please let me know anything I can/should be doing to make this a more valid reference. Thanks!