User talk:Orie0416

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John Barton
Thank you for trying to improve the article about John Barton (theologian). However, I've reversed your changes for now, and I need to explain why. In no particular order:
 * You removed all the links to articles such as Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture - much of Wikipedia's strength comes from the fact that it can link (using  i.e. double brackets) to other articles.
 * You removed all the references for the facts that were stated in the article beforehand
 * Your new version did not have any references. References are important, for reasons explained in the links above.
 * You removed all the categories at the bottom of the article, which are used to sort articles into related groups.

Other minor points, which by themselves would have been fixable, include listing all his works without a proper sub-heading (created with two equals signs on either side e.g. ==Sub-heading== ) and numbering everything manually (number lists are best generated automatically using # marks e.g. That way, if people need to add to or reorder the lists, they don't have to renumber every single line.
 * 1) Entry 1
 * 2) Entry 2

Please do carry on working on an improved version of the article, perhaps in the sandbox version you've created, and let me know if I can help you further. Regards, BencherliteTalk 11:00, 24 October 2011 (UTC)


 * No, please don't do it again as if the problems go away by themselves if you repeat what you've done! Please read what I've written above which explains the problems. BencherliteTalk 11:27, 24 October 2011 (UTC)