User talk:Retired Botanist Olsen

Fingal Light House
I recently (this morning) posted some content regarding my maternal great grandfather (William Arnold) on the thread about Fingal Head lighthouse. He was the first light house keeper there and the information quoted therein initially was from my late maternal grandmother, Jesse Sim.. An unknown person removed the detailed story I wrote. I don't know why this was done as I simply wished to add some more historical facts to the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Retired Botanist Olsen (talk • contribs)
 * did leave a message at User talk:49.182.73.6, which is the account that made the edit. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:54, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I take it this is you. I am about to go to bed, so I'll be back later and give you the short version now: content here generally needs a "reliable source", as defined by this unbelievably long and hard-to-read document. What it boils down to is, something ought to be cited: in this situation I think that would look like a publication from a historical society, a book, something from a museum, or an old newspaper article (the latter of which I might be able to help with, since I have access to some large databases). It sounds like a pain in the arse (which it often is) but it's not that hard once you get the hang about it -- and if you have any questions I'd be glad to help. jp×g 08:01, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

I think the main issue with the messages is that they were left on the article itself, rather than the talk page of the article. Every article has a talk page which is the perfect place for making suggestions and asking for advice. I have moved those comments to the talk pages of the articles, and someone may respond there. Meanwhile JPxG has offered to help you here. Regards &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:24, 22 October 2021 (UTC)