User talk:MerleHanson

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Bare URLs
Hello, MerleHanson! Thanks for helping out on the article Peter Moore (town crier). I just wanted to let you know that it's not recommended to use bare URLs when citing sources. I have formatted the references for you, but remember to format your references correctly in the future. This prevents link rot. Again, thanks for helping out! Bulldog edit my talk page da contribs review me 14:19, 17 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, make sure that you do not copy and paste information from websites. I have paraphrased some of the material, but please remember to paraphrase material from your sources when contributing to Wikipedia in the future. Happy editing! Bulldog edit my talk page da contribs review me 20:49, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Covent Garden
Hi Merle. Thanks for trying to improve the Covent Garden article. Your recent revert was, however, unhelpful. You did a blanket revert in order to restore content about a pub that you had inserted earlier. While doing that revert you undid a variety of edits which keep the article in line with Wikipedia guidelines. London, for example, does not need to be linked per WP:OVERLINK, as it is a major location. Captions that are not sentences, but noun phrases, should not have full stop, per Manual of Style/Captions. The material on the Punch & Judy pub is inaccurate and trivial, and the pub itself is one of 60 pubs in the area. The pub itself is included in the article in the sentence: "The central building re-opened as a shopping centre in 1980, with cafes, pubs, small shops and a craft market called the Apple Market." The pub was opened at that time - even though the pub leasers claim that the pub was built in 1787. It did not operate as a pub until the market was restructured as a shopping centre. What they might be referring to is the building itself - but that is a mistake, as the market building was constructed in 1830 - before that date the market was a collection of wooden buildings and market stalls. The information regarding not throwing glasses at performers is inappropriate for a Wikipedia article, and that information is not found in the source you quote. When constructing the pub section of the article consideration was given to which pubs to mention, and thought was given to the Punch & Judy - however, due to its lack of notability, it was felt that there was nothing significant to say, other than that it exists. Wikipedia is not intended to be a directory of pubs in any given area - other websites do that quite well. You may wish to put your comment on one of those websites - you may try Beer In The Evening. I will undo your edit, and restore the article to how it was. If you still feel that some mention of the Punch & Judy pub is appropriate, I'd be willing to discuss it further with you on the article talkpage.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  11:44, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Copyright notice
Hello MerleHanson, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Four Broncos Memorial Trophy have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


 * You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
 * Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:19, 16 May 2017 (UTC)