User talk:MPachulski

Hello, and thanks for the welcome! I actually do have a question for you- one of the main reasons I created this account was to expand the page for William Henry Coleman. I purchased his former residence last year, and took an interest in his life's story after coming across several cases he worked on as a lawyer while researching cases for the historical society I work with. I have sources confirming his involvement in several high-profile cases during his lifetime (most notably, he was the defending attorney for James Westwood of the Westwood Murder infamy in McKees Rocks.) The problem is, they are behind a paywall. The only site I've found that has the original news stories available is Newspapers.com, which you have to pay for an account to access. Do you have any suggestions for getting around this roadblock? Also, if this post is improperly formatted, I apologize in advance, still very new to this!

MPachulski (talk) 05:35, 27 February 2017 (UTC)MPachulski


 * Hi MPachulski. Whilst being paywalled is no reason for a source not to be used on Wikipedia, it can be a bit of apain when you come to actually include it. Your best avenue for assistance would be the Resource Exchange project - it's highly likely that someone there will have the necessary access, and will be able to help you get hold of the article(s) in question. Best of luck! Yunshui 雲 Special:Contributions/Yunshuisub style="font-size:90%">水 09:32, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, ! I will be sure to read through this before I make my changes.

MPachulski (talk) 18:08, 27 February 2017 (UTC)MPachulski


 * You may also want to check out Chronicling America at the Library of Congress, which has newspaper articles through 1924.


 * As an aside, it is helpful to provide the link to articles that you are mentioning, like William Henry Coleman. You just need to put brackets around the article name.–CaroleHenson (talk) 02:49, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Seeking adoption!
I'm looking for an experienced author/editor, ideally with a background in historical research, to mentor me in effectively contributing to WikiPedia!
 * (Template deactivateD from talk page due to inactivity) Nick Moyes (talk) 11:58, 28 January 2018 (UTC)


 * As mentioned on my talk page, I am happy to help out. One thing that is a little confusing to me is that the Welcome message with links to guidelines, help info, etc. was deleted. It's your talk page, so you can certainly remove this if you like. It seems, though, that my job as a mentor becomes more difficult if these links are not used as tools, reference, etc.


 * Perhaps I'm missing something, though.–CaroleHenson (talk) 02:53, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, didn't mean to delete the actual links, just the welcome message above it. Do you know of a way to put it back, or should I just find another new user and copy the code from their talk page?

MPachulski (talk) 16:28, 11 March 2017 (UTC)


 * The Welcome message comes with the list of links - but this one isn't as big.–CaroleHenson (talk) 16:37, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user
Hello. This is a courtesy note to inform you that I have removed the "adopt me" template from your User page. You have not been active on Wikipedia for some time (mAR 2017). Its presence misleads others into thinking that you are still seeking to be adopted and to be guided by another editor under the Adopt-a-user scheme. I appreciate you were interacting with, but I note she has also not been active for some months. Obviously, you are completely free to reinsert it if you return to active editing and want to seek adoption again. (Just 'undo' my edit in the history of your user page to put it back). For simple questions about editing, just ask any of us at The Teahouse. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 12:00, 28 January 2018 (UTC)