User talk:Granitic

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October 2015[edit]

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to David Cesarani. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 07:04, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Justin Tomlinson, you may be blocked from editing. Binksternet (talk) 07:08, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, as you did at League of Saint George, you may be blocked from editing. Binksternet (talk) 07:11, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

November 2015[edit]

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy by inserting unsourced or poorly sourced defamatory or otherwise controversial content into an article or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Searchlight (magazine). Doug Weller (talk) 08:42, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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I have drafted an article about the British 1950s singer, Yana and submitted it for review. Someone unknown to me has now helped by editing it to put it into the correct format on the page (thanks for that), but how do I change the name of the article to "Yana" (stage name) rather than "Pamela Guard" (her real name)?

Granitic (talk) 05:49, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Helped Renaming an article is performed by moving it. In this case to e.g. Draft:Yana (singer). Let me know if you want me to do it for you. Sam Sailor ^Talk! 10:34, 27 December 2015 (UTC) (please mention me on reply)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pamela guard (December 27)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by SwisterTwister was:

This submission's references do not adequately evidence the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

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Happy New Year, Granitic![edit]

(Charles R. Knight, 1922)

Granitic, I wish you and those dear to you
golden days of love and joy in a

Happy New Year 2016!

Best regards,
Sam Sailor ^Talk! 23:04, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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(Unknown artist, Norway, 1916)

Thank you. Wishing you a good 2016 Granitic (talk) 03:50, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Yana (singer) has been accepted[edit]

Yana (singer), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Ya sh ! 16:26, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Astor Club (February 3)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by LaMona was:

You need a lead section. I added one sentence, but the lead should be a short summation of the article. The remainder of the article rambles a bit - it would be good to create sections, i.e. one for musicians, maybe one for reputation, etc. It also reads like an article in a gossip magazine... it would be good to edit for a more formal, encyclopedic tone.

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LaMona (talk) 21:31, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Granitic, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! LaMona (talk) 21:31, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Astor Club (February 23)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Onel5969 was:

Okay, I hated to decline this, because you've got an article here, it just needs some work. First, the tone. I love it, but it's not appropriate for an encyclopedia article. This is a great magazine piece, but encyclopedia articles are much drier than what you've written. You write very colorfully, encyclopedia articles are black and white: "Just the facts". Second, formatting the citations. Please see WP:CIT on how to properly format citations (message me on my talk page if you're having problems understanding it, it can be confusing). Third, if you make an assertion, it needs to be backed up by a citation (e.g. "The Astor was considered to be, if not the most opulent nightclub in London ..." ). Feel free to let me know after you make the changes and I'll have another look.

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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:18, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Astor Club has been accepted[edit]

Astor Club, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:08, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits to Amanda Solloway[edit]

Hello, I have reverted your edits to Amanda Solloway since the article read more like a tabloid scandal piece than an encyclopedia article. You also used unreliable sources to cite some details and added some information that seemed like original research. Please familiarise yourself with our policy concerning biographies of living people before editing the article again. Thank you, This is Paul (talk) 17:59, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your efforts in expanding the article are appreciated, but at the same time it's important to stay neutral. Several of your edits were sourced from the Daily Mail, the use of which is a definite no no on Wikipedia, especially when dealing with a controversial topic such as her husband's business affairs. Much of the rest was bordering on the trivial, a case in point being: "Amanda Solloway's maiden name was Solloway, according to her official Parliamentary biography, but newspapers refer to her husband's surname as also being Solloway...During the election campaign, she claimed 10 years' residence in or around Derby, though her present party literature online increases that to 20 years." I hasten to add that you didn't cite anything giving the ten year claim. Also, the stuff about her voting with the government on the changes to Employment and Support Allowance is not a specific thing to her since all but a few of the Parliamentary Conservative Party voted for them. What would have been worth noting is if she had either spoken up in defence of the changes, or against them. This is Paul (talk) 13:25, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Yan chernyak (May 13)[edit]

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KJP1 (talk) 06:52, 13 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing WIkipedia[edit]

Hi Granitic,

Thanks for updating the name of Conservative Friends of Israel on Stephen Crabb's page. However, it is never appropriate to cite Wikipedia as a source (see Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable_source). I've updated the article to isntead use the source used by the other Wikipedia article.

It's generally fine to copy references across from other articles, and this is usually the best alternative to citing Wikipedia - provided you've checked out that the source does indeed say what you're using it to reference. It's generally a bad idea just to copy a source without checking it, as this can amplify errors or introduce misunderstandings. TSP (talk) 10:59, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Astor[edit]

Your article on the Astor Club is wonderful - so much period detail and quite brilliantly researched. I've recently rewritten Les Ambassadeurs Club and am in a late night 60s mood! No Swan So Fine (talk) 23:45, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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