User talk:Richard Kickem

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September 2018
Hello, I'm Zackmann08. Thank you for your recent contributions to United States gubernatorial elections, 1958. I noticed that when you added the image to the infobox, you added it as a thumbnail. In the future, please do not use thumbnails when adding images to an infobox (see WP:INFOBOXIMAGE). What does this mean? Well in the infobox, when you specify the image you wish to use, instead of doing it like this:

SomeImage.jpg

Instead just supply the name of the image. So in this case you can simply do:

SomeImage.jpg.

There will then be a separate parameter for the image caption such as Some image caption. Please note that this is a generic form message I am leaving on your page because you recently added a thumbnail to an infobox. The specific parameters for the image and caption may be different for the infobox you are using! Please consult the Template page for the infobox being used to see better documentation. Thanks! Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 21:36, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: United States gubernatorial elections, 1956 has been accepted
 United States gubernatorial elections, 1956, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer. Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! Robert McClenon (talk) 10:17, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
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Speech
Thanks for adding the speech, but I had to revert it, - it's already in the article, scroll to the bottom and look at the little box on the right, Wikisource. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:00, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:United States gubernatorial elections, 1954 has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:United States gubernatorial elections, 1954. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 17:54, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Reference Error
There is a reference error in the draft. Please fix it, and then I can accept the draft as an article. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:03, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: United States gubernatorial elections, 1955 has been accepted
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Ways to improve United States gubernatorial elections, 1955
Thanks for creating United States gubernatorial elections, 1955.

A New Page Patroller Willsome429 just tagged the page as having some issues to fix, and wrote this note for you:

"Please add another independent source - one source does not give notability"

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Improving your the United States' RCV map
Thanks of creating an original map, based on how many US states who has currently (and historically) adopting and using RCV. But, I think you missing one thing on the first line description, that for the states that are using RCV for statewide, are since 2020, is also using RCV for the presidential level or nationwide too. Chad The Goatman (talk) 20:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

July 2021
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Good 4 U. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted. Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. MPFitz1968 (talk) 21:40, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
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Persistent violations of NOR and SYNTH
Regarding the hard policy of WP:No original research, I see you regularly ignore it by posting your own analysis of election results. You cite election results from one election but you add your own larger analysis. One example among many is this addition of yours analyzing many years of election results through the present, but based only on a 1940 election map.

You have violated WP:SYNTH by adding together two sources to imply a connection not explicitly stated. For instance, you cited Britannica's "Era of Good Feelings" to put together a synthesis in the article 1820 United States presidential election in Massachusetts, despite the Britannica source never mentioning Massachusetts.

You have also replaced the valid analysis by a published author with your own analysis based on a Google docs spreadsheet. What's up with that? Binksternet (talk) 15:53, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

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