User talk:Whitburnwanderer

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Happy editing!  Unexpected lydian ♯4 talk‽  19:20, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Whitburn, Tyne and Wear
Hi there! Thank you for taking an interest in editing Wikipedia, and in particular for your edits to Whitburn, Tyne and Wear! I did not know about St Vincent's Catholic Church, nor about the additional marine life which can be found on the coastline, so thank you for adding that info. If you're interested in contributing to other articles about the North East, I'd suggest looking at WikiProject North East England.

I thought I'd drop you a line because you may have seen that I have reverted some of your edits on the Whitburn article and modified others.

When facts, statistics, or other content is added to an article, it should be backed up by a reliable, published source, which can be a website, book, newspaper, etc. You may see that I have backed up the additional information you added about St Vincent's Church with this source. Similarly, for the additional information about dolphins and seals, I have cited two news articles about when those animals have been sighted. Unfortunately, some of the other information that was added to the article was not backed up by reliable sources and I could not find a reliable source to insert. If you are aware of reliable sources to back up this information, please go ahead and add them! You can learn more about how to cite sources here.

If you have any questions please do reply here, drop me a message on my talk page, or you can ask at the teahouse. When leaving a comment, remember to sign your name by typing four tildes (~). Happy editing!  Unexpected lydian ♯4 talk‽  20:26, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for the message, I’m new to Wikipedia and so I wasn’t sure how to add citations. I’m still learning as I go! :) Can I ask why you reverted to the ‘commuter town’ content? I’m from Whitburn myself and I don’t like the connotation of it being called a town, it’s very much still a village with a lot of agriculture remaining, which is important to many people from the village. I don’t know of any sources to back that, so can we remove it, please? I removed the combined population of Whitburn and Marsden as I felt it was misleading, and also because Marsden has its own Wiki page, given that it is a separate area in itself, with its own diverse history. I found the census information online. I’m curious to know why George Farrow was removed? His family still live in the village and he is buried in the cemetery.

Thanks again for your help, it will help me become a better contributor to Wikipedia! 😀 Whitburnwanderer (talk) 11:41, 2 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi @Whitburnwanderer, thanks for your response! Just regarding adding citations, this guide looks better than the one I previously shared (if you use visual editor): Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor/1. The "commuter town" content is backed up by ref [27], although the source says "commuter settlement". Later in the article, this statement is repeated, so I have changed "commuter town" to "commuter settlement", which is more accurate. The population data currently in the article is taken from Nomis, which is a service provided by the Office for National Statistics and therefore probably the most reliable source we have. The 2011 census data recorded population data for the Whitburn and Marsden ward, and doesn't differentiate between the two settlements unfortunately. If the figures you found are from a similarly reliable source, do feel free to add it back in with a citation! :) And as for George Farrow - again this was not backed up by a reliable source so removed it. I checked the George Farrow wiki page and unfortunately there are no in-line citations to back up the fact that he was born in Whitburn. If you can find a source to back it up, again do let me know! I'm more than happy to help out if you have any more questions  Unexpected lydian ♯4 talk‽  18:29, 2 July 2022 (UTC)