User talk:BadgerStateHistorian1967

Welcome[edit]

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BadgerStateHistorian1967, good luck, and have fun. – Laser brain (talk) 12:24, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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December 2014[edit]

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Plymouth, Wisconsin may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

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[Plymouth, Wisconsin|Plymouth]] gave the region much cultural continuity with [[New England]].<ref>(History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, Volume 1(History of Sheboygan County,

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Hattiesburg, Mississippi[edit]

Hi. Your last edit at the above article is a big improvement. Thanks. However, in order to serve our core policy of verifiability, we have a standard way of referencing. It uses templates and is actually very easy once you catch on to where the tools are. I will leave you instructions immediately following this message. One thing that is needed when referencing a book is the ISBN number or an equivalent. Thanks for your efforts to add historical accuracy to Wikipedia. Happy editing! John from Idegon (talk) 01:22, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Adding references can be easy[edit]

Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:

While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
Then click on "Templates".
Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.

Before clicking on Save page, check that a References header ==References== is near the end of the article.
And check that {{Reflist}} is directly underneath that header.

7. Click on Save page. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.
Hope this helps, --John from Idegon (talk) 01:22, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Battle of Bloody Marsh[edit]

Hello BadgerStateHistorian1967. I have reverted your two recent edits to the above referenced article. Your interest in this article and your desire to contribute are greatly appreciated. However, there is a request that users engage in discussion at Talk before editing the casualty numbers. Please respect that request. We would like to hear your arguments for the higher numbers, and ask that you consider other arguments for the lower (existing) numbers. Please join us, in trying to improve this Wikipedia article. Gulbenk (talk) 19:03, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reference Errors on 12 March[edit]

Hello, I'm ReferenceBot. I have automatically detected that an edit performed by you may have introduced errors in referencing. It is as follows:

On the History of Jacksonville, Florida page, your edit caused a broken reference name (help). (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, ReferenceBot (talk) 00:18, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Urbana, Illinois[edit]

A book subtitled "A Geologist's Memoir" published by a vanity publisher is not a reliable source for historical facts.

Also, please do not edit while logged out, use your account to edit Wikipedia. BMK (talk) 23:47, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bloody Marsh accuracy[edit]

I've left a comment in the article's talk page. I hope you will see that there are multiple sources that gave a completely different view of the battle and are diverse and realiable. Wikipedia's policies on Verifiability and other principles note that, regarding to neutrality: "Even when information is cited to reliable sources, you must present it with a neutral point of view (NPOV). All articles must adhere to NPOV, fairly representing all majority and significant-minority viewpoints published by reliable sources, in rough proportion to the prominence of each view". I hope you are open to discuss. Weymar Horren (talk) 05:28, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 2015[edit]

You have been blocked from editing for a period of one week for sock puppetry. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Bbb23 (talk) 00:55, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]