User talk:Stephen Allcroft


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July 2010
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Your contributed article, ALbion Aberdonian
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Albion Nimbus
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Welcome back
Glad to see you haven't left us after all. You had me worried, not editing for four weeks like that! I think you could be very beneficial to the project, especially given your track record in Buses Magazine. My name is Stephen Gow. I wrote the Titan article that was credited to you by mistake. I've been active on Wikipedia for quite a while now, so hopefully I can be of some help to you.

And that's really what I'm here about. The articles you've contributed so far are pretty good by many people's standards, but I think there's room for quite a bit of improvement. Given how little guidance you seem to have received so far, that's understandable. One thing I've noticed that isn't a great idea is sections like this one. Drawing conclusions based on what's been stated by sources is a form of original research, which Wikipedia doesn't like. If a reliable source (printed or online) has said it directly, then it's OK to use it to justify the conclusion, but you need to cite the sources directly in the text (as you did on Thomas Harrington Ltd, which you did a good job with).

Then there's references. You've made a good start by including them in the articles, so well done on that. But it's generally felt that it's better to use the sources within the article's text to verify each individual point, rather than as a general reference. The problem with the general references is that a reader doesn't know which bits are backed up by each source, and which ones aren't backed up. You should probably read Citing sources and Verifiability, which are quite important and give some good advice.

Sorry for writing loads; I hope all this isn't too off-putting. Good luck with the Leyland-MCW Olympic by the way. That won't be an easy one to write... Alzarian16 (talk) 20:48, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Seddon Atkinson
Hi. You will see I have done some copy-editing within your recent edits. I ran out of lunchtime, which is why there are un-checked links and one section is not checked at all (yet). I have left some comments in-line for you. Perhaps you can double-check the links I have added.

A couple of further observations:
 * The new text is completely unreferenced, so we have to take on trust what you have written (and WP doesn't work like that!)
 * There is enough text about Atkinsons now, for the related sections to be moved to a separate article Atkinson Vehicles Ltd, which is currently a redirect. The residual article will be a bit stubby to start with, but hopefully will attract further contributors.
 * Would benefit from pictures in the new sections to illustrate the different vehicles mentioned. (Not sure how many are available at Commons.. I did try to find some Atkinsons at GDSF, but these pics are still on my camera.

EdJogg (talk) 13:43, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of William Black, Baron Black


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Proposed deletion of William Black, Baron Black


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Please see
Hi stephen, Please see my reply and referral at User talk:Peter Horn Peter Horn User talk 16:37, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, Stephen Allcroft!


Happy New Year! Stephen Allcroft, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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