User talk:LambsFarm

Lambs Farm
Just FYI, it is important that articles contain at least some third-party references to support the data. The third-party references are important for establishing the notability of the subject. Otherwise, someone might come along and delete the page, or clutter it with "maintenance required" banners.

I'm sure everything you added is correct, but to avoid future hassles, it would be better to integrate new information with the existing text (which has some third-party references). Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "straight from Lambs Farm brochure". Is it copied word for word? If so, there are some copyright/licensing issues you should be aware of, even if you are associated with Lambs Farm.

I've been to Lambs Farm several times, and I know how important the organization is. If you have questions, feel free to ask. (You can edit this talk page, like it was an article.) I do want to see the article expanded, but I also want to make sure that everything is compliant with site standards. If anything in the current version of the article is wrong, I'll fix things as quickly as possible (though as far as I can tell, there weren't any contradictions between the two versions). Zagal e jo^^^ 00:18, 16 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I understand what you are saying. I have now gone in and added language that is necessary and I changed some numbers that were not correct.  The overall problem I see is that this article refers to Lambs Farm as first a family attraction and second a nonprofit org for people with developmental disabilities.  However, it is the other way around and is incorrect to speak of Lambs Farm as it is currently being represented. LambsFarm (talk) 16:25, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Fair enough; I tried to swap things around in the opening paragraph to emphasize the vocational/residential services. I do think "in the 1960s" was a deliberate phrasing, due to the fact that the organization was growing and developing for several years. (Though the article did already specify that the pet shop was started in 1961.)
 * Now, to clarify: it is OK to use Lambs Farms' own publications as references for some of the information. I don't want to imply that they should be avoided entirely. But it is good practice to incorporate independent references whenever possible. Zagal e jo^^^ 00:47, 17 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you, it looks much better! LambsFarm (talk) 13:41, 17 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Lambs, please consider creating a User page as an individual, where you can state, on that new User page, your personal interests, which will of course include this article. You can even state Lambs Farm employment there, if that is the case, and invite scrutiny of other editors regarding the neutrality of your edits (to avoid later misunderstanding). This creation of an account and user page will let others know about you, remove the red label from your name when you edit (which marks you for extra attention, as a likely non-independent, single article editor), and (importantly) open the possibility that you can look in on other articles that you might be interested in (like Cuneo Museum, Elawa Farms, Lake Bluff, Illinois, etc.?).


 * You can often create a User page by copying one from another User, which can range widely in complexity. In this link you will find guidelines, here. (Click on "here", it is a constructed link.) Then, see here and here and here and here for examples that give you a range of User page complexities. (I will post further, better examples if you are interested.)

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,, I am going to put up an under construction sign, label this temp as a BLP article to bring up news search links, then paste in more recent articles into a Further reading section if they can be found. See note that I added to the two older Tribune articles, which I have already asked Zag to review for propriety. Cheers. Le Prof 50.179.252.14 (talk) 17:15, 30 April 2016 (UTC)