User talk:SylvieRushton

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SylvieRushton, good luck, and have fun. Pam  D  07:23, 15 October 2023 (UTC)  Pam  D  07:23, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks Pam. Learning lots! SylvieRushton (talk) 11:02, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Editing
Thanks for adding more sources to Lee Schofield (conservationist). I see he's the only topic on which you have edited. If you are connected to him, as friend, family, colleague etc, you should read Wikipedia's rules on Conflict of interest.

I spent some time yesterday cleaning up the article, nonstandard section headings etc, and moving refs to be after punctuation. I see you've made a lot more edits without noticing and learning from my changes. Please now go back and move the refs to come after the punctuation.

Everything in a Wikipedia article, especially one on a living person, must be sourced. I don't see your sources for his date and place of birth: please clarify where these are. Thanks, and Happy Editing. Pam D  07:32, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for fixing most of the punctuation, I've caught a few more.
 * I see you linked to Doubleday as the publisher, instead of Doubleday (publisher). Here's a standard message I've given to lots of editors:
 * There is an easy way to avoid linking to disambiguation pages: if you go to "Preferences", "Gadgets", and look under "Appearance" you'll see "Display links to disambiguation pages in orange" towards the bottom of the section. Select that tickbox, and whenever you Preview a page you'll be able to see whether you've accidentally linked to a disambiguation page.
 * It's useful.
 * Another point: please note that Wikipedia only uses "straight" quotes/apostrophes, not curly or slanted ones. I've fixed a few, but please watch out in future. Thanks.
 * I notice that the photo you uploaded has been deleted. I looked at it yesterday and noticed that it said "own work" but it has been observed to be the photo on Schofield's website. So there are various possibilities:
 * You took the photo yourself, so are probably someone closely associated with him
 * You didn't understand what "own work" means here: it doesn't mean "I copied this pic I found on the internet"
 * Please be careful in your editing. If you are close enough to him, or to the photographer, to either take a photo yourself and upload it or get someone else to do so, then please do so to improve the article. Thanks.
 * There's a lot to learn about editing Wikipedia but it is an interesting journey! Pam  D  10:04, 15 October 2023 (UTC)