User talk:Tedwillett

Hi All - I added a citation but was not able to remove "citation needed" - this is in the background section of the Rachel Maddow Show Wiki Tedwillett (talk) 07:13, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi MelanieN - can you look at the couple of things I have posted? It looks like "Cyberbot II" had some issues with my edits but I'm not sure what it says. Tedwillett (talk) 01:30, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi, Ted, thanks for the ping. I see you have been busy! Which posts or which areas are you concerned about? Most of your contributions (which can be viewed here; the button is in the "tools" list to the left of this page) see[m] to be intact as you did them. I'll take a look at your Rest House draft and advise. And I see you expressed a concern about COI, why is that? --MelanieN (talk) 14:03, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks MelanieN - so if my contributions stay intact I shouldn't worry about them - got it! Tedwillett (talk) 15:20, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The Rest was the house where I grew up. I lived there from the year I was born (1974) until I moved to Maryland in 1995. My family still owns the house so I have the line on that. The other 'facts' I have learned through the oral tradition of Smithsonian walking tours, stories my parents told at office parties we threw at the house for the World Bank, and my wife googling of the house. So I thought you might have some insight given your close San Diego ties (I live in LA now - so we love trips to SD!) Tedwillett (talk) 15:20, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * How cool that you grew up in this historic house! However, you need to be careful about the information you add; it has to be something you got from a reliable source. Ironically, first-hand material like your family's oral traditions or even your own experiences growing up are not supposed to be used for Wikipedia, because it can't be verified. Wikipedia does not like that kind of primary source and much prefers secondary sources like news articles, books, etc. (the kind of thing your wife is searching for). The Historical Society page you have used is a fine resource. Any other public record such as the city's proclamation listing it as historic would be excellent. News stories about charity events at the house, Smithsonian information about walking tours, anything along those lines would be fine. The source does not have to be available online; it's OK if all you have is a clipping or program or something similar. Google, Google News, and Google books are good places to look for sources. If you can find three or more such sources, you may have enough for your draft to become an article. But do be cautious about using information that you can't cite to some publicly available source. It's not absolutely forbidden, but it should be used sparingly. --MelanieN (talk) 15:01, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
 * P.S. I've watchlisted this page, so you won't have to keep pinging me. --MelanieN (talk) 14:05, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I saw your talk page and all your redirects back to other people's talk pages so I wanted to respect your space! I hope I did that right. Tedwillett (talk) 15:20, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Here's another question - I have an author friend whose wiki page Laura J. Burns is woefully out of date. She's my friend so can I update her page if I cite it properly? Tedwillett (talk) 15:20, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, you can edit her page as long as your edits are neutral and cited. --MelanieN (talk) 15:01, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Hey there The Voidwalker I want to add photos to a bunch of pages. I saw your page and thought you might be able to help. Are there guidelines to doing this? I tried to add a photo of Paula Faris to her article (I was watching Keith Olbermann on The View and was trying to find out who all the co-hosts were and thought that photos would help since I am not a regular The View watcher. Tedwillett (talk) 05:01, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Recent edits to Paula Faris
Hello. I noticed that you recently made a contribution to the Paula Faris article that seemed to be a test. Your test worked! However, test edits on live articles disrupt Wikipedia and may confuse readers. If you want more practice editing, the sandbox is the best place to do so. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Dcirovic (talk) 14:28, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
 * User:Dcirovic thanks for the response. I didn't think of it as a test but rather the start of "imagizing" wikipedia. Everything is better with pictures - thanks Tedwillett (talk) 04:11, 27 March 2016 (UTC)