User talk:TaxAct2018

Alfred Marshall
Hello, my apologies if my reversion of your edit at Alfred Marshall was in error. The incorrect formatting made it appear like a destructive edit, though I think I may have acted too quickly. Are all investopedia links considered spam (I don't know the site). Thanks. Jessicapierce (talk) 20:01, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I was editing an article where the investopedia link felt really out of place. I used Special:Linksearch to just look to see if it is a pattern. Here are things I've been deleting 1). References in the summary section 2) External links 3)References to cite the homepage 4)References that cite a page that isn't directly related. For example, there was a page about the World Bank in Honduras and the sentence talks about changes in poverty rate and the citation is for a page that explains what the World Bank is generally. Not really ready to call the domain spammy but I'm not shy about switching citation for a university resource, something more related, of Citation needed. How should I be formatting that? It wasn't clear on the help page. TaxAct2018 (talk) 20:09, 6 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Please comment at Reliable_sources/Noticeboard Andy Dingley (talk) 20:11, 6 February 2018 (UTC)


 * That makes sense - the link seems irrelevant at least, in that World Bank case, if not inappropriate.


 * "Citation needed" should look like this: (no ref tags). You might also consider using.


 * Also, entering even a very basic edit summary will probably help you avoid a lot more inquiries like this. :) Jessicapierce (talk) 20:32, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok I will use those better tags. Is there an institutional distinction between irrelevant and inappropriate? If so, where could I read more about it? TaxAct2018 (talk) 20:35, 6 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Oh, I just meant that some sources might be considered never appropriate to use here (such as obvious spam), and some are not appropriate because they're not relevant to a particular statement/article. Jessicapierce (talk) 20:42, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: LayerOne
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Speedy deletion declined: South Gate High School
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Speedy deletion declined: Jason Whitehorn
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Speedy deletion declined: Wayne Dalglish
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Welcome to the world of WP:CSD. It can be confusing but not impossible to understand. Be sure you have twinkle working and turn on your CSD log. If in doubt, use AfD or MfD. Don't be offended if someone then CSD's the nominated page - that just confirms your suspicions. Legacypac (talk) 21:44, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

February 2018
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 * Thanks for keeping me honest. :) I removed the reference because there was already a perfectly good reference and press releases aren't really a great source so I removed it. Here's the guideline I'm using for press releases not being a good source Identifying_and_using_independent_sources Does that make sense? I'm still new here. I'm going through and cleaning up references because I felt like it was something without much of a risk of screwing things up. TaxAct2018 (talk) 22:30, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Press releases
Hi there, I notice you've been removing press releases uses as sources. You're probably right that these are not great sources in the majority of cases. However, I'd ask you again to perhaps add the "better source needed" template in some cases, instead of just removing a not-so-great citation. I tend to think that some citation is better than no citation in most cases. Also, sometimes a press release is totally fine. Here, for example, the press release was being used to prove that HOC had been a topic covered by the Montel Williams Show. I didn't even bother looking at the press release, but I would bet it's pretty filled with fluff and certainly not an impartial source. However, it serves the purpose intended. I wouldn't use that press release as a citation for, like, any concrete statement about HOC's history, but using it to prove the connection with the Montel Williams Show seems completely fine to me.

Also, please do be careful with your edits. I'm not checking up on you - I only found your Hats Off for Cancer edit because you broke formatting in a way I routinely scan for (and the edit removed some other good content in the process too). No big deal, another editor will often catch errors quickly, but sometimes these things do slip under the radar and affect the readability of an article for a long time. The "preview" button is your friend. :) Best, Jessicapierce (talk) 23:49, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the feedback. I'll make sure to preview first. I'll also put in better citation in places where objectivity isn't going to be important. Thanks! TaxAct2018 (talk) 23:52, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Jessicapierce (talk) 00:02, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Removing References
Hi TaxAct2018. Please be careful when editing articles. Your recent removal of references on some pages tripped some of our anti-vandalism alarms. If you are making significant changes to articles it's very important that you explain what you are doing and why. You don't need to write a book, but let people know your thinking behind the edit. Welcome to the project and happy editing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:57, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Is there anything else I should be including in my edit comment? In some cases, I will be adding a better source tag instead of just removing the citation as long as being an independent source isn't as important. TaxAct2018 (talk) 00:00, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Just be sure you include an edit summary with a brief explanation of what your doing and why. Also if there is any possibility your edit might be controversial I suggest discussing it on the article talk page first. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:02, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * If I wasn't triggering anti-vandalism alarms, is it your experience that the type of edits I'm doing would be seen as controversial? TaxAct2018 (talk) 00:06, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * If you are removing cited references w/o an explanation it is likely going to at least draw some attention and closer scrutiny to what you are doing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:08, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Formatting
Ok, now I am checking up on you a little... :) I noticed that in The Da Vinci Code WebQuests you're still using incorrect formatting on "citation needed" tags. I've fixed it, but please do this correctly in the future to save other people the time (and to make it show up correctly on "citation needed" lists, which will let people find it to fill in said missing citation).

Also, in that case, again, the press release seems like a totally appropriate source to me, as it's in the context of describing a promotional item itself. ThAe case could be made that that's actually the BEST source for that info. It was a dead link, though, so I let your "citation needed" remain. Jessicapierce (talk) 23:59, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Can you let me know what my mistake was? There were two brackets after the closing reference tag but I thought I did it correctly. I'm copying and pasting from a text file with the following tag: . Here's the diff before and after my edit


 * Your phrasing is correct, but "citation needed" doesn't go within ref tags . Using the ref tags essentially tells the page to display "citation needed" as a footnote, rather than just in the article's text, as it should. Jessicapierce (talk) 00:37, 9 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Ok so I remove the ref tag and just include citation needed. Ok thanks! TaxAct2018 (talk) 17:59, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

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 * I apologize if this edit constitutes vandalism. My understanding was that links to social media profiles from a wikipedia page is no appropriate. These external links don't add to supporting the article and seem superfluous. Please disabuse me of any misunderstanding I might have there. TaxAct2018 (talk) 00:30, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * My mistake, it looked bad, but the social media links are superflous. I've removed all broken links and clear social media links. I think the youtube link is probably relevant, as is the 3rd party site one. &#x2230; Bellezzasolo &#x2721;   Discuss  00:40, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Past account
What past account did you use? Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 06:05, 9 February 2018 (UTC)


 * I was using User:justaZBguy to kind of learn the ropes of Wikipedia. I created that account for work purposes. This account is for my personal computer. Is that ok? TaxAct2018 (talk) 18:02, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

February 2018
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 * TaxAct2018 was supposed to be a reference to the tax legislation that recently passed in the US. I can see the confusion though because there is software named TaxAct. I'm planning on changing it to TaxAbomination2018 to clear that up but when I went to create the account, my IP has been blocked. Yikes! TaxAct2018 (talk) 17:55, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * That works! :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   17:56, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:17, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * ...and how would they know what IP you are talking about so they could run this test? You haven't revealed it so that anyone could evaluate your statement concerning the proxy usage. :)

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