User talk:Sacramento Masonic Temple

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help on sources used?
Hi, I noticed you developed Sacramento Masonic Temple article extensively, but I wonder if you could help identify what are your sources, to be used in footnote references at least once per paragraph and as often as necessary otherwise. Can you possibly please help? I will "watchlist" here but please write a note at my Talk page if I seem to have missed any response from you here. -- do ncr  am  23:30, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Feedback to User Doncram
Hey there... Thanks for the helpful links and advice.

The source for the information added to the Sacramento Masonic Temple article is the actual document filed with the National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service - United States Department of the Interior):

NPS Form 10-900-a (20 pages) - National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - Filed on 04/03/2001

I don't think this document is available online but I could have it added to our Sacramento Masonic Temple website, if this is something you would advise.

Please let us know. Thank you!

Sacramento Masonic Temple (talk) 01:13, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Doncram wrote:
 * Hi, I noticed you developed Sacramento Masonic Temple article extensively, but I wonder if you could help identify what are your sources, to be used in footnote references at least once per paragraph and as often as necessary otherwise. Can you possibly please help? I will "watchlist" here but please write a note at my Talk page if I seem to have missed any response from you here. --doncram 23:30, 31 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for replying! In fact the NRHP registration document is available on-line, and I just added it as a source to the article.  However it is not the source for everything there, because the article has a somewhat promotional tone in places and brags about current facilities while the NRHP document is more restrained.  For example, it is not the source for "Since 1918, the Masonic Temple has hosted countless events from Weddings to Family Celebrations, Meetings & Conferences to Product Launches, and has gained a reputation for its commitment to excellence, outstanding service and uncompromising quality." !!  Actually the promotional tone should be toned down, for this to be kept as an encyclopedia article.  About where the NRHP document was in fact the direct source, could you possibly indicate that by inserting  at the end of each paragraph or sentence sourced from it?  That names and re-uses the reference which I put in.  I didn't compare the contents of the NRHP document to the contents of the article yet.
 * Please note, it would be okay to cite some other material, even to cite promotional material of the facility itself, as a source. What is written should not be promotional in tone though.  It is also okay to link, in an "External links" section, to any official website of the facility. -- do  ncr  am  21:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)