User talk:Brian3030

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Brian3030, good luck, and have fun. --Student7 (talk) 15:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Student7 (talk) 15:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kennedy Middle School

If you hadn't pointed this out to me personally, I would Afd it!

It needs a reason to exist, something special about it. Needs in-line footnotes for credibility about the statements that are made, but probably not worth the effort. Sorry! Elementary schools are not automatically sufficiently notable for their own article. Also, Middle School articles are extremely prone to vandalism, another good reason for not defining them in the first place, if it can be at all avoided. Student7 (talk) 15:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to try to do my best and make it good looking at least :) Thanks Brian3030 (talk) 15:46, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just realized that you didn't create it, so have Afd-ed it. Sorry. There are plenty of articles that need your expertise. But I can't think of any locally, right offhand. Try User:FieldMarine for ideas about local stuff. He may have some ideas. We need you as an editor! Student7 (talk) 16:01, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks for your input. I have been around for a while lurking, just decided to create an account. I have made several improvements to Rockledge, FL article over the past year.

February 2012

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Rockledge

Looked okay to me. I would have left Lyman Barnes. Even retirees, who have contributed nothing, are in most articles. (But not scholars. I leave those in schools only, not places). Rockledge is on my watchlist, so I will continue to review it. I am deliberately way behind in edit watching so it could be a week or more before I see a contribution. Keep up the good work! Rockledge was kind of puny before. Starting to look more robust.

Also, you have inserted pictures. I am very weak in that area, so that will help a lot.

If you haven't yet done so, you need to cite references, where needed. That will help your entries immeasurably. Student7 (talk) 21:58, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since you are so good with an axe, how about trying List of Haitians. Save me a lot of time!

For the record (as an aside), a person needs to be known outside the place where listed as "notable." While Barnes meets this particular test, "the mayor of Rockledge" would not. As one gets higher up in places (nations, for example), this gets harder with non-military, non-government officials. How well is some singer/artist known? Student7 (talk) 20:22, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Military articles

I often try Project articles (from the banner page). Some Projects are better attended than others. Most haven't been kept up very well and are way behind on up-to-date information (that is, most Project articles are an improvement over the suggested Project outline! In theory, that shouldn't happen). This is "a" link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Content_guide from Military History. I haven't assessed the quality. (and good luck with that! :).

Long ago, I found some Minnesota articles were well above what I had been finding for other states and I used to try to copy some of theirs. This is not true across the board for Minnesota. Too many articles with varying quality. But this looked robust at first glance: Minnesota National Guard.

My third suggestion is to check with Field Marine, if you haven't. He might have some suggestions, though I don't know if he has actually edited military articles or not.

Have fun! Student7 (talk) 18:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Student7, asked me to respond here to a question you left on his page about unit articles. If you check out 3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division (United States) that should help or else you can take a look at User:Ed!'s user page. If you click on the green round icons you'll see a lot of Units. I hope this helps. 71.163.243.232 (talk) 02:31, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Haitians

Wow! I hadn't seen that page about Florida. I have to admit (sigh) that something like this is in order. We do have to verify each one being born in Haiti (or a lot less likely, moving there).

BTW, I think that "historical figures" has to go. These are either "military" or "government" or something. "Historical figures" is just too vague.

And another BTW, all people in a "national" list have to be notable outside of the nation! Just because they have an article is insufficient. This is fairly easy for athletes who are playing elsewhere; relatively easy for politicians. Difficult for musicians and artists (I never heard of any of them! And that includes the US, as well :). People don't belong there merely because they are Duvalier's mother-in-law, or whatever.

I monitor another state which just lumps them in alphabetically. Small state. I have to admit, where they were born or lived within the state makes a real difference to the reader. And we need the "connection to." Just learned something from you. We could/should probably use this format elsewhere, as well. All sorts of cities trying to claim musicians! :) Thanks. Student7 (talk) 20:13, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I will work on reformatting everything into tables. I agree on "Historical figures". Brian3030 (talk) 20:26, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lynn Conway

Don't deadname someone that was not notable under that name again. It goes against MOS:GENDERID. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 01:17, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree and they were notable under that name. Please do your own research 2600:1700:1A38:815F:F586:7F36:4538:2B9D (talk) 10:01, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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