User talk:TrevorGlynLocke

Biographies
My plan to is to write biographies for two notable persons from Leicester - Carol Leeming and Jude Richardson. Both meet criteria for notability.TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 09:45, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If you were starting to learn engineering, would you make your first project to build a car from scratch? If you took up a musical instrument, would you arrange a public recital as the first thing you did? No, you would practise on less demanding projects while you learnt the craft.
 * I would very strongly advise you that you will save yourself a great deal of frustration and disappointment if you forget about creating a new article for several months, while you gradually learn about how Wikipedia works (and most particularly about Verifiability, reliable sources, and Neutral point of view) by making improvements to some of our six million existing articles. Theroadislong (talk) 10:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Take the time to read WP:BACKWARD and WP:BLP. Citing sources correctly is essential, I really can't stress this enough. WP:TUTORIAL has guidance on how. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:31, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome!

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 * Many thanks. I am learning as quickly as possible about the regulations which must be used. I hope to have a serious draft very soon. TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 09:17, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Confirming I have read the above TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 22:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

If you insist...
...in leaping into acticle creation, see WP:YFA and WP:42 for guidance on how to create and then submit a draft, and quality of references. Also Help:Referencing for beginners. http://www.transculturalwriting.com/Grassroutes/content/Carol_Leeming.htm may be a useful ref, but not the interview part. What you currently have in your Sandbox is useless. David notMD (talk) 11:38, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * And see WP:GNG and WP:MUSIC for what Wikipedia defines as notable. David notMD (talk) 14:32, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Version 1 of my draft entry for Carol Leeming has now been postyed in my sandbox. TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 07:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. I now have enough material to compose a detailed article and will upload it to my sandbox as soon as I can. TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 09:12, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: User:TrevorGlynLocke/sandbox has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:TrevorGlynLocke/sandbox. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 07:53, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you. TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 10:31, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Out of curiosity, which are the 3-5 WP:GNG-best sources you have? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:35, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Best sources I have are published works and reliable seconary sources. I will remove the reference to Instagram. TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 09:15, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

I have explored and read the suggested references.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Carol Leeming (May 1)
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Theroadislong (talk) 08:24, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Carol Leeming has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Carol Leeming. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 08:50, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Carol Leeming has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Carol Leeming. Thanks! -- NotC hariza rd 🗨 09:31, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Carol Leeming has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Carol Leeming. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 01:53, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Carol Leeming has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Carol Leeming. Thanks! Robert McClenon (talk) 17:13, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There was an article on Carol Leeming which was boldly cut down to a redirect in 2018, which contained the unsourced statement that Leeming is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Is that a well-known and significant honor, as described in biographical criterion 1?  If so, please provide a reliable source for that statement, and rework this draft.  Robert McClenon (talk) 17:13, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks Robert TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 07:52, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Carol Leeming has a new comment
 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Carol Leeming. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 17:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Help me!
help me Please help me with... moving forward with my draft biography of Carol Leeming which I have placed in my sandbox.TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 12:23, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It would be better if you edited the draft here Draft:Carol Leeming rather than in your sandbox. Theroadislong (talk) 12:28, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I am looking at this now. TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 12:42, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Starting again
I have begun to draft a new entry; cutting down where I think there could be problems and making sure everything is referenced where it needs to be with suitable links. I have looked at similar biographies that have already been published, noting style and how criteria has been applied on things like person of note. When finished, should I then publish the revised edition in my sandbox? Or take another way of sharing it, or what? TrevorGlynLocke (talk) 10:59, 26 June 2024 (UTC)