User talk:NoPet

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NoPet, good luck, and have fun. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 22:35, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

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Hello, NoPet, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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Hi, thanks for message, that's what my talk page is for! The previous version was unrelenting spam, had no independent sources, and looked as if it was copied from somewhere. There is nothing to stop you recreating it. I see you have had some advice in your sandbox, the bad news is that you are going to get some more.
 * You need wikilinks, eg Palestinian George W. Bush
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 * Although you are not required to have on-line references, you should consider using web references as long as they meet our reliable sources guidelines


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Please let me know if you have any questions. Jimfbleak - talk to me?  18:05, 27 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick reply! You've brought up some good advice, and I'll do what I can to follow it. It seems you've seen my draft already, and know that I'm mainly using scholarly articles. I've tried to make sure they're neutral before including them. I hope these sources will be okay. If something does not appear right however, feel free to let me know! The last thing I want to do is create bias or spread misinformation. Thanks again! NoPet (talk) 23:59, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Notability
I saw your posted/removed message in my talk page history. It's absolutely the right place to ask, don't worry about asking me questions. I notice you have also asked your mentor the same question. On the plus side, you have multiple academic sources, but membership and funding is vague to say the least. We don't know whether there are 6 members or 6,000, whether its budget is $6 or $6,000,000. Anything that firms up that section would help, and it might actually merit being placed higher in the article, although I appreciate getiing the information might not be easy, although there are hints like this and a specific figure here. I see that JCW also gets a mention on a UN page, which might be worth mentioning.


 * Thanks for the response! Membership and Funding is a section I’m still working on, but I should be able to find info on it. As for the position, I think I’m going to keep it where it is for now. If other users add additional information, they can change the position if it fits better. Assuming everything else is okay, I’ll stick with what I have for the rest, and review it a few times. Page should be together sometime later tonight. Thanks again for your help! NoPet (talk) 15:38, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Thesis
Note again that I won't necessarily see messages like that above unless you start it with my user name, User:Jimfbleak and sign it with four tildes ~ when you post it. That will send me an alert.

A master's thesis probably falls into the "better than nothing" category. It certainly wouldn't do in a WP:FA or WP:GA, but it would probably be acceptable here. However, be aware that it might be challenged if it's used to support anything contentious (surely couldn't happen in this part of the world!). See Identifying reliable sources.

Note that the notability guidelines have just been tightened up. That's mainly aimed aimed at commercial companies trying to spam here, but it also includes other organisations, such as the JCW. Your article should be OK, given its mainly academic sources, but I don't know if your colleagues may fall foul of this. There is discussion on the talk page of that notability page if you or others want to understand the reasoning Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  07:00, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! I wasn't aware that this had changed recently, so this is good to know! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:22, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the update Jimfbleak! I've added the thesis since it does have some good information. I've tried to use other articles when possible though. I'll leave it up to the editors to decide whether or not it will remain.NoPet (talk) 01:04, 4 April 2018 (UTC)