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...but this is ''not'' a newcomer. HyperAccelerated arrived here two and half years ago fully-armed like Athena. This isn't their first trip to the rodeo. [[User:Yappy2bhere|Yappy2bhere]] ([[User talk:Yappy2bhere|talk]]) 19:19, 22 June 2024 (UTC) |
...but this is ''not'' a newcomer. HyperAccelerated arrived here two and half years ago fully-armed like Athena. This isn't their first trip to the rodeo. [[User:Yappy2bhere|Yappy2bhere]] ([[User talk:Yappy2bhere|talk]]) 19:19, 22 June 2024 (UTC) |
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Almost forgot, are you satisfied with your own edit or were you asking that the entire comment be removed? [[User:Yappy2bhere|Yappy2bhere]] ([[User talk:Yappy2bhere|talk]]) 19:25, 22 June 2024 (UTC) |
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Question from ArthurTheGardener (15:46, 26 May 2024)
Hi Aaron, Today I came across an "invisible comment" for the first time (on a page devoted to the mulberry plant). I can't work out why it's invisible - or what purpose it serves.Can you please clarify? --ArthurTheGardener (talk) 15:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- In VisualEditor, you add one by selecting the option under "Insert". In source mode (which I vastly prefer, but you do you!), you add it like
<!--this is a comment-->
.
These are usually for warning editors to not to make a certain change. On the Morus (plant) page's citations, an empty|author=
parameter is used to stop the citation templates from erroring, and a comment is inserted to inform the editors that this is not an error. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:36, 27 May 2024 (UTC)- I see; thanks for satisfying my curiosity! ArthurTheGardener (talk) 19:23, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from ArthurTheGardener (18:58, 30 May 2024)
Hi Aaron, me again, I'm afraid. I've created a draft article Draft:Dogs of War and I realize that I need a disambiguation hatnote, but there are so many other uses of that phrase, and I don't know how to include them all. Could you help, please? ArthurTheGardener (talk) 18:58, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- You can use {{other uses}} with the first parameter set to The Dogs of War. Template:Hatnote templates has a list of every hatnote template out there. Aaron Liu (talk) 21:18, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- That's great; thank you. ArthurTheGardener (talk) 09:26, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from Holom07 (14:03, 3 June 2024)
hello --Holom07 (talk) 14:03, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, how could I help you? Aaron Liu (talk) 14:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
Question from ArthurTheGardener (06:42, 8 June 2024)
Hello Aaron, I've had one of my additions to the Joanne Harris page queried with several "failed verification" tags. I was trying to paraphrase the source, rather than quote it directly and risk plagiarism, but obviously I'm not getting the balance right. I'd really appreciate some advice on this if you have a moment to spare. ArthurTheGardener (talk) 06:42, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- The generally rule is basically that if the original source said it best and most concisely, quote it. Though also avoid quoting too much on the source. Looking at the individual tags:
- It's difficult to source "widely well-received". To source it, you need a reliable source that actually says she's "widely well-received", or something like that. An easy fix to this is to just change it to "was praised".
- I'd recommend replacing to originality part with something like "According to The Guardian, she has attracted 'admirers of Harris's astringent, highly original and often subtly fantastic mainstream novels.'"
- I'd recommend replacing "portrayal of 'impending doom'" to "'foreshadowing impending doom'". I also don't see where you got the thing about darkness within communities from. If the source says something like that, I'd recommend adding a quote of the relevant content through the
|quote=
parameter of the citation templates.
- Also, Belbury is correct that you shouldn't use sources connected to the publisher for reception, as these aren't independent. Aaron Liu (talk) 16:10, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you: that’s really helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to look at it. ArthurTheGardener (talk) 18:18, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
The unprincipled WP:COI tactics got my goat...
...but this is not a newcomer. HyperAccelerated arrived here two and half years ago fully-armed like Athena. This isn't their first trip to the rodeo. Yappy2bhere (talk) 19:19, 22 June 2024 (UTC) Almost forgot, are you satisfied with your own edit or were you asking that the entire comment be removed? Yappy2bhere (talk) 19:25, 22 June 2024 (UTC)