User talk:Tom modugno

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Hi!
Hey Tom, thanks for putting in an edit on Ellwood Oil Field. I've followed your Goleta History blog for years because I'm an Isla Vista history enthusiast, and I know that it's well-researched. Wikipedia is fussy about citing self-published sources, although they're not prohibited - but it also discourages linking to one's own work - so you'll get some pushback if you link to your articles. But since you've already done the research in good-quality sources on your own, it would work fine to write up the research in Wikipedia with citations to the sources you've used.

Another option, if you're interested, would be to mark your work with a Creative Commons license that allows reuse and republication. That's what I've done on the Isla Vista LocalWiki, so somebody was able to easily convert an article I wrote there into a Wikipedia article: Hodgkins and Skubic House, since they were welcome to copy my phrasing. But a Creative Commons license always the right choice - for example, I wouldn't mind if somebody took my work on the IV LocalWiki and republished it in a book without checking with me or paying me, since it's just something I've done for fun, but you may not like that idea for your own writing, and that's totally fine.

In general I'm happy to help with Wikipedia stuff - let me know if you have questions. Dreamyshade (talk) 19:10, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Minor update: I looked at your edit and your post more closely, and I realized that it does make sense to cite your blog, because you collected information from primary sources and arranged and explained it in a helpful way. Your work is already cited at Bombardment of Ellwood. So I fixed up Ellwood Oil Field to include your contribution, and I cut some of the unnecessary details about the myth. Dreamyshade (talk) 05:36, 12 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you so much! This Wiki stuff is all new to me. I appreciate your help. 47.146.71.91 (talk) 19:36, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Honestly it is sad to debunk the myth because it is such a great story, and a lot of people grew up hearing it. I will try to keep it alive but as a debunked myth. You may also want to get down there for one last look, because the last of the pier remnants are being removed as we speak. 47.146.71.91 (talk) 19:44, 12 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I find the myth situation really interesting! I feel like the myth reflects an aspect of that time and place, sort of homegrown propaganda unflattering to a foreign enemy, playing on stereotypes about Japanese people. Reminds me a little bit of when I wrote about the Hmong families who lived in IV in the 70s and early 80s - I tried to provide a clear debunking of a nasty rumor about them, which some people who remember that era still pass around. It's a helpful part of local history work, revisiting the stories we tell about ourselves. Dreamyshade (talk) 03:35, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Also, you might be amused by this: S&H Green Stamps. Dreamyshade (talk) 08:42, 14 December 2022 (UTC)


 * haha, very cool. Did you do that? thanks.
 * I have to say I am impressed with Wikipedia being so stringent with their fact checking! I never really took it too seriously before because I knew anyone can edit it. Good to know. 172.102.117.198 (talk) 16:53, 14 December 2022 (UTC)