User talk:Trentfinlay

Welcome![edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia, Trentfinlay! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions check out Wikipedia:Questions, or feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or type {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. Again, welcome! I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 05:01, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to userspace[edit]

Hey, I moved the article to User:Trentfinlay/Live Wire Radio so you could work on it. I don't necessarily think that the article was promotional in the way that a lot of people tend to throw the term about, but it did have some issues that needed addressing.

First off, the article needs more/better sourcing. Only two of the sources was usable, the one from Oregon Live and the Stumptown blog, although the blog is sort of iffy. Blog sources are almost never usable as a reliable source to show notability, but the company is clearly notable and the blog seems to be official. As long as blog isn't an official sponsor of the show, it can be used. The problems with the other sources are as follows:

[1] This is a very, very brief entry about the show and ultimately kind of reads more as a publicity ad than an actual article. It would be one of those sources considered to be somewhat primary in tone (WP:PRIMARY) since it reads more like an ad, as Oregon is trying to drum up tourism and it'd be in the state's best interests to reflect well on something that benefits them. I'd use it as maybe, maybe a trivial source but it couldn't do more than that. I'd avoid using this one.
[2] This is pretty much a blog by Wikipedia's standards. It's by a staff member, so it has that going for it, but ultimately this is the sort of thing that would be generally considered to be an unusable blog source. You'd have to really work hard to prove that it could be usable but even then odds are most of the editors would consider it unusable.
[3] This looks to be a primary source of sorts. The article isn't about LWR, but rather about someone who sat down with the show to talk. This would be considered a reposting of content that LWR made, so it'd be technically a primary source.

That's the main issue with the sources. The article does need some editing for tone and flow, but the main problem would be the sources. You should also move the sources up into the article as inline citations. You can do that by placing the cursor next to the line the source will verify, then clicking "cite" in the menu tab just about the text book and following the prompts. A proper citation will have <ref></ref> tags, among other things and will use a box at the bottom such as {{reflist}}. I'll make an edit to the page to show you what it looks like.

I'd probably go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio for help on finding sources and learning the tips and tricks of editing. It's sort of a steep learning curve here, but hopefully you'll stick around. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:26, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I posted on the Radio WP asking for people to help assist you! Hopefully you'll get a nice round of volunteers to help out with the article! Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:34, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Entry Nominated for Deletion[edit]

Hello - a page to which you contribute has been nominated for deletion. BlueSalix (talk) 00:10, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possible conflict of interest[edit]

Hello, Trentfinlay. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Live Wire Radio, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. You appear to post online entries on the show's official website. Levdr1lp / talk 05:51, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]