User talk:Mrcgih

Victor Herbert
Hello! I see that you proposed some changes on the Victor Herbert page. They appear plausible, but I have reversed your changes, for now, until you can present your sources. Please use the article's Talk page (Talk:Victor Herbert) to explain which sources you are using to suggest each change. If you have a reliable published source for a change, we can then review it and make it. Please see WP:BRD. All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:55, 12 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding the sources. Please also specify the page numbers from the Reed book (in 2 places) and the Schmid article. It might also be worthwhile adding a footnote, after the christening sentence, stating that the census was wrong about his name and citing a published source that so concludes. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:12, 12 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the additions. Is the information about the census error noted in the Reed book? If so, which pages?  And on which page is the information that he had a "half-brother, Frederic Percy (1853–1856)"?  You don't need to repeat the citations for your articles in the "Sources" section.  That section is only for books.  The articles are fully cited in-line in the text.  The Reed book, however, has been added to the Sources section, and therefore the inline cites to that book should be "short form citations" and only say "Reed, pp. ____".  All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:05, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for all your help (this is the first time I have worked with Wikipedia edits and I am glad to see the rigor behind the entries!). I have made those changes you requested and also added in Herbert's other half-brother. I am curious to know what is the source for Carl Schmid being from Langenargen? Best wishes, Mrcgih (talk) 15:39, 15 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Before you edited the paragraph, it was referenced as follows: Purdy, p. 72 and Waters, p. 6, so the information comes from one of those two book sources.  I don't know which, because I did not add this material.  Do you have those books?  If so, perhaps you could let me know.  In any case, I'll repeat the sources again at the end of that sentence to clarify.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:21, 15 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for all the family information. Please see our WP:Manual of Style.  Note that the Victor Herbert article uses American style date formats, spelling, etc. Our Manual of Style says that, basically, UK subjects get UK dates and grammar, while American articles get American dates, grammar, etc.  Formatting should be consistent within each WP article.  Also, if you name a city in, say, Germany, please wikilink it.  For example Stuttgart. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:44, 15 July 2019 (UTC)