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Hallo Paul das Pony[edit]

hallo im marvelsecetsource fühle mich frei, mit mir zu sprechen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thesecretsource2 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 6 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Danke, Thesecretsource2! I shall keep your name close by as I've just been offered some assistance but want to be sure it turns out well, so I may soon be in touch. By best to you. PaulThePony (talk) 03:50, 7 November 2018 (UTC)Paul[reply]


Lassen Sie mich wissen, wenn Sie Hilfe brauchen, die ich jeden Tag bekomme. Thesecretsource2 (talk) 21:33, 7 November 2018 (UTC)thesecretsource2[reply]

I will, Thesecretsource2. : ) PaulThePony (talk) 22:42, 7 November 2018 (UTC)Paul[reply]

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Did you get the help you needed at the Teahouse?[edit]

No one responded here and I'm not sure whether I know the answers. There is one answer I can give you. It is recommended that Wikilinks be included in the infobox. That's one of the exceptions to the rule about overlinking. People reading are likely to look at the infobox and the Wikilinks are easy to find there.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:56, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Vchimpanzee. I appreciate that info. PaulThePony (talk) 00:46, 27 December 2018 (UTC)Paul[reply]

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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Train of Knowledge🚆📚 Choo Choo🚂 Chugga Chugga🚉 07:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've placed a question on the Draft talk page for my submitted sandbox draft. Perhaps it would be more appropriate here. At this page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:PaulThePony#Copyright_problem%3A_Draft%3AAn_Indigenous_Peoples%27_History_of_the_United_States, I received this notice from you, Train of Knowledge🚆📚. In the notice you stated: "This article appears to contain work copied from https://progressive.org/dispatches/writer-indigenous-history-looks-america-s-future-sees-past/, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies."

This is perplexing as I have read the web page's contents twice and see nothing there that is in my draft, let alone copied and pasted. Would you be able to highlight the precise passage that has been determined to be improperly brought into my draft? That would be helpful. If it is the case that I didn't do anything improper, re: that web page, how do I then get my article re-reviewed for publication? With thanks. I truly appreciate you doing this kind of careful review. --PaulThePony (talk) 20:33, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Train of Knowledge: your post above is incorrect. Please be more careful when making edits like this. MPS1992 (talk) 22:35, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

With sincere thanks, MPS1992. Most appreciated. --PaulThePony (talk) 00:10, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, the draft still reads as rather promotional, and it may well end up being rejected for this reason. MPS1992 (talk) 00:46, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MPS1992. That concern is appreciated. I've taken steps to remedy that appearance issue. I welcome you letting me know if you find the edits insufficient in this regard. Thank you. --PaulThePony (talk) 16:36, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I would suggest looking carefully at some of the entries in Wikipedia:Good articles/Language and literature#Nonfiction. I would argue that you don't need Awards, Media, or Interviews sections, but that some of the facts and references from these sections could be re-used -- in a different format -- in other sections. MPS1992 (talk) 18:04, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, MPS1992! I'll attend to that and will look carefully at examples found in the resource you linked me to. --PaulThePony (talk) 00:06, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Orphaned page[edit]

I linked the newly created page, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, from Native Americans in the United States, under Further Reading.--PaulThePony (talk) 04:50, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in process of adding book cover image to infobox[edit]

To editors: I am working out a problem with adding the image. It should be resolved on 1/9/2020. Thank you for your patience. --PaulThePony (talk) 07:07, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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March 2020[edit]

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Thank you, TJRC. Much appreciated. I have a follow-up to that. It has happpened several times that when I click Publish I get to the form requesting edit details and to tick whether the change is major or minor, as you note. Several times when I have clicked Publish it enters the change without the chance to document that information first. I think this most commonly occurs after checking the changes in Preview and then going back to the Publish page. Is there a way to go into that edit history and insert the reasoning, whether it's minor, etc.? --PaulThePony (talk) 19:27, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
On the web, there should be an edit summary area just above the Publish / show preview / Show changes buttons. That's where yo add your edit summary and/or tick/untick the "This is a minor edit" selector.
If you hit "Publish" it will indeed publish. It does not present you with a confirmation dialog. You can get that yourself by using Preview.
If you're talking about a platform other than web (e.g. mobile), I have little experience there. I hate typing on my phone or kindle, so rarely edit Wikipedia from the mobile platform. TJRC (talk) 19:37, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Kuru. Thank you for bringing my attention to this. I agree about the necessity of avoiding and removing circular references. I wrongly thought that someone had lifted what was on another site and pasted it wholesale into the John Stoltenberg person page. I got tricked this time! haha I'll find another source for the information you have drawn my attention to. PaulThePony (talk) 05:14, 8 May 2022 (UTC) P.S. I'm having trouble finding the passage you are referencing. The website I got material from I no longer see in the list of citation sources. I could use your help locating this. Thank you. PaulThePony (talk) 05:35, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
On the John Stoltenberg article, the reference in question is the "jewage" source you added here, which notes "Article source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stoltenberg". A similar problem came up a few weeks ago here with the "en-academic" mirror. Both of these are "straight-up" mirrors that provide attribution back to here; they just lift the material directly out of Wikipedia and do not attempt to alter or disguise it. You should be able to find an exact match to our article if you flip back through the history - I think that's what you're asking. Kuru (talk) 13:17, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Kuru. I see now where you removed that link in the View History. Thank you so much. Re, https://www.jewage.org/wiki/en/Article:John_Stoltenberg_-_Biography. --PaulThePony (talk) 23:34, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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