User talk:Sherlockh22

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Proposed deletion of SS Hopestar


The article SS Hopestar has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Article is nothing but quotes from newspapers. No substance.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on |the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Bgwhite (talk) 06:33, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of SS Hopestar for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article SS Hopestar is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/SS Hopestar until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Bgwhite (talk) 07:02, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Don't worry, there's not a chance in hell that it will be deleted. I've bashed the article into shape. I appreciate that you are new to Wikipedia. I'll add a welcome notice to the top of this talk page with my next edit. Please take the time to read the linked pages as they will help you understand Wikipedia better. If you are interested in ships, you may wish to join the ships WikiProject. Mjroots (talk) 17:15, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Recent edit to SS Hopestar
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that you made a change to an article, SS Hopestar, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Materialscientist (talk) 10:04, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi Sherlockh22! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
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-- 11:13, Thursday, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

Bit of a rough start, eh?
As I predicted, the SS Hopestar has survived the AfD process. If you need any help, give me a shout. Apart from those pages linked in the Welcome notice I posted above, you might find WP:REFBEGIN useful. There is a lot to learn, but you'll get there. Mjroots (talk) 17:41, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you. You probably dont know the stress this has caused me but you have released all of that stress. Thank you Thank You Thanx Sherlockh22 (talk) 18:05, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I do know, not every article I've created has survived an AfD discussion. I know the pain of losing an article to the deletionists. Still, onwards and upwards, eh? Mjroots (talk) 19:11, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

You probably know this but I say it anyway. Most people will be like me. One article to write. To try and learn all the stuff necessary to publish that article is, quite simply, not worth the effort. Without people like you, who have taken the time to learn how it works, I doubt anything would get published. My conclusion is that Wikipedia should be paying you.

I will continue to (try) and get other material onto the Hopestar site but without you it wouldnt exist so once again thanx.Sherlockh22 (talk) 06:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Crew list, SS Hopestar
Wikipedia generally does not name victims of tragedies unless they are either notable enough to have an article, or it is relevant to do so. The crew of SS Hopestar would appear not to fall into either category. However, if there is an online source naming the crew, it would be permissible to add an "External links" section to the article and link to the crew list from there. I get the feeling that you lost a relative in the sinking, am I correct? If so, please be aware of WP:NOTMEMORIAL, but that doesn't mean we can't have an article about the ship. Mjroots (talk) 11:57, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

You are right about the relative. F Humble. Humble in name and humble in origin. I have uploaded the images. Lets wait and see. External links seems the way forward. Thanx. In reciprocation, Next time I am in Tyne and Wear Archives I will ask about Chimney Mill.

License tagging for File:Register of Deceased Seamen January 1949 Hopestar 2.jpg
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The fact that i uploaded 2 images titled Hopestar 1 and hopestar 2 with both images coming from the same source and only one of them gets accepted shows just how difficult this process is. Obviously I have made a mistake but I don't know where?

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Orphaned non-free image File:Register of Deceased Seamen January 1949 Hopestar 1.jpg
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Speedy deletion nomination of Shaws lane chapel
Hello Sherlockh22,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Shaws lane chapel for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

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Your recent edits
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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 02:10, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

At least you are more polite and informative than "The other Guy"Sherlockh22 (talk) 02:18, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Shaws Lane Chapel Berwick upon Tweed
Hi, I made some major changes to Shaws Lane Chapel Berwick upon Tweed. The whole article was formatted incorrectly in terms of the sections, I fixed all that. For future reference, you don't put an entire section header (like "History") in all caps, only the first letter. To make it show up correctly as a section you put two = signs in front of & behind the word, like this ==History== (I used the nowiki code there so you can see how it looks without it actually showing up on your Talk page). All your references were also done incorrectly, they're still not ideal as they're bare URLs but they're placed right now. I also created a proper reference list. You should take a look at WP:REFBEGIN and follow thru to learn how to handle this correctly. Hope this helps. JamesG5 (talk) 06:51, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi James, many thanks.Sherlockh22 (talk) 09:36, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Saw your comment about something going wrong with the history section, I fixed it. You left a space at the beginning of the line, that causes the text to autformat in to one of those boxes. JamesG5 (talk) 05:08, 29 August 2017 (UTC)