User talk:Palbert01

21 August 2006
Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia, as you did in TOSlink, Coaxial cable, and many other pages. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links as long as the content abides by our policies and guidelines. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.

Please stop adding commercial links to Wikipedia, as you did in F connector. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks.

Wikipedia References
Hi. Please read these article about references, see WP:CITE and "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual". Please do more than just drop a URL between. Thanks in advance. • Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 04:38, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Cities are NOT school articles
Cities are not school articles, thus school information doesn't go in the "History" section of city articles, instead it belongs in "Education" section. See WikiProject Cities/US Guideline (USCITY) for list of section names and order of section for city articles. Please fix your city edits, see Special:Contributions/Palbert01. • Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 23:50, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * The additions are NOT "school articles". The additions were all for the city's school(s) that have been closed (unified) for 40+ years. City history commonly includes history of the town's schools no longer in operation. As I understand the "Education" section, it is used for "Current Education", not historical education. Not one of the additions made is a current school.


 * Ok, but the way you wrote it wasn't obvious that school(s) were closed. The use of "was" could mean their mascot was changed.  In the History section, the fact that school(s) closed is the important detail, NOT the mascot name, and you didn't even state the school(s) closed.  If the text only talks about mascots, then it belongs in the Education section, because the school mascot is not the city mascot, though people might consider them the same, but they are not.  The USCITY guideline doesn't say the Education section only includes current schools.  RECOMMEND: move text to new Education section, then clarify and expand. In some way, say the school closed and consolidated into USD ### which students currently attend.  If the year of closing is known, then state it too.  If you don't know the USD, then state it generically that the school merged into a Unified School District, then someone can add the USD number later.  Adding this extra information is more useful to readers than just stating a mascot name.  The Education section should be added in the same location as shown in the USCITY guideline.  Thanks.  •  Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 19:27, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

Reference errors on 5 January
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Adding reference at Oxford, Kansas
Thanks for your addition of a reference at Oxford, Kansas. I noticed you did it manually, which is fine. In case you weren't aware of it, ProveIt is a useful tool for adding and editing references. You can enable it at your Preferences under "Gadgets" (I recommend the classic version). With ProveIt, adding and editing references should be much easier and less tedious. Regards– Gilliam (talk) 01:47, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

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Nomination of Monroe, Kansas for deletion
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Nomination of Orbitello, Kansas for deletion
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Dale Dodrill
Hi Palbert01. I'm not sure what your objections are to my edits or why you keep reverting them, but mine are within policy. First of all, referring to him as "Dale Dodrill" under "Early life", violates WP:NAMES, which states "the subject's full name, if known, should be given in the lead sentence [...] After the initial mention of any name, the person should generally be referred to by surname only." As for your other edits, they almost completely split the article up into fragmented, one-sentence paragraphs, which is a violation of MOS:BODY ("The number of single-sentence paragraphs should be minimized, since they can inhibit the flow of the text [...] Short paragraphs and single sentences generally do not warrant their own subheading") and WP:PARAGRAPH ("Paragraphs should be short enough to be readable, but long enough to develop an idea. [...] One-sentence paragraphs are unusually emphatic, and should be used sparingly. Articles should rarely, if ever, consist solely of such paragraphs."). You may also benefit from reviewing Narrative flow, which, although just an essay and not a policy, reflects traditional features of Featured and Good articles and cites several important policy precedents to back up its arguments.

As for your edit summary: "The original text is well within the wikipedia definitions. (Not true, see above). Paragraphs are to be short and express an idea (based on what Wikipedia policy, can you cite it? This would seem to directly contradict what I cited above). Your revisions actually create longer paragraphs and combine topics (yes, that is the point, it aids flow). While my writing may not be YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCE, that is not a wikiepedia criteria (Not true, see above, also no need to shout). See pages for Terry Bradshaw and Roger Staubach which are much longer and more detailed than Dale Dodrill for reference (Other stuff is just that - other stuff. Wikipedia is a work in progress, perhaps there are errors on those pages that have yet to be corrected or completely different contexts)." Unless you can provide me with actual policy-based arguments for your edits, they will be reverted, but in the interest of assuming good faith and not edit warring, I will await your reply. Canadian  Paul  17:47, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Canadian  Paul , My objection is that you have rewritten the article based on your personal preferences and not due to wikipedia guidelines. I previously noted that in all caps that you got hung up on as yelling rather than as emphasis.

The paragraph guideline states “Paragraphs should be short enough to be readable, but long enough to develop an idea. Overly long paragraphs should be split up, as long as the cousin paragraphs keep the idea in focus.” My paragraphs developed an idea or point. Your edits combined all paragraphs and points into a single paragraph per subheading. For example, you combined his marriage and business into a single paragraph. These are two separate topics that have been combined based on your preference...not wikepedia’s guideline...of having one paragraph per subheading. This is a common theme for your edits to the page.

Ultimately, your edits have lost the flow of the article. It may as well be a list of bullet points with no detail. This type of over zealous editing based on personal preference is why people stop contributing content and funds to wikipedia. Congrats!


 * Assuming good faith, I will respond to everything that is not a personal attack in your reply, but I will do so at the article's talk page, where this discussion is more appropriate. Canadian   Paul  20:38, 11 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Posted on the article's talk page. Please reply there. Canadian   Paul  20:45, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

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Nomination of Hourglass, Kansas for deletion
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Proposed deletion of Marney, Kansas


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Nomination of Vallonia, Kansas for deletion
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Nomination of Easdale, Kansas for deletion
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Nomination of Hog Back, Kansas for deletion
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Nomination of Martin, Kansas for deletion
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Nomination of Mendota, Kansas for deletion
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Nomination of Palatine, Kansas for deletion
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