User talk:TracyTDooley

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William Stokoe
Thanks for you contribution to William Stokoe. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to be a constructive addition to the article, and has been removed. As Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, We don't usually use Wikipedia articles about academics to list their entire publishing history; this is not considered encyclopedic information that aids a viewer in understanding the topic; in this case, the topic being sign-language linguist Stokoe. Also, it's pretty unusual to add that much information (58kb) in one go, especially as a new user. I'd recommend taking it in bite-size pieces. If you disagree with the removal of this content, you can raise a new section on the Talk page at Talk:William Stokoe, and lay out why you think that material would be an improvement to the article. Wikipedia operates by consensus, and if other editors agree with your edit, then it may be restored after a period of discussion about it. Thanks, and once again: welcome to Wikipedia! Mathglot (talk) 11:29, 24 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Just a follow-up, as I noticed that on your user page, you wrote this:
 * I would abandon that approach for now, until you get some advice from more experienced editors, as I think it will end up being a waste of your time. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 11:33, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I would abandon that approach for now, until you get some advice from more experienced editors, as I think it will end up being a waste of your time. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 11:33, 24 October 2020 (UTC)