User talk:Mary rose taylor

July 2015

Hello, I'm Ebyabe. An edit that you recently made to Margaret Mitchell House & Museum seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! ‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Attract and Repel ‖ 18:10, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Margaret Mitchell House & Museum. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been reverted or removed.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor then please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page. Alternatively you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
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Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive, until the dispute is resolved through consensus. Continuing to edit disruptively could result in loss of editing privileges. Thank you. ‖ Ebyabe ^talk - State of the Union ‖ 18:15, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Also, this material reads as though it were copied from another website. This is a big no-no on Wikipedia. Please discuss your edits or you may be blocked. Thank you and have a nice day. --‖ Ebyabe ^[[User

talk:Ebyabe|talk]] - Opposites Attract ‖ 18:16, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

A person is not a reliable source. A newspaper or magazine article would be better, for example. Please read WP:RS for more on how to properly attribute information you wish to add to Wikipedia. Also please read WP:COI. Thank you and have a nice day. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - General Health ‖ 19:15, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Please consider discussing the changes you wish to make at Talk:Margaret_Mitchell_House_&_Museum. You will be more likely to have the information you add retained if you will talk about it. Thank you. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Opposites Attract ‖ 19:17, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Notice of Conflict of interest noticeboard discussion

This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you. ‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Welfare State ‖ 20:08, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

You are welcome to google me. I am who I claim to be. Until this entry, I could find no way to communicate with you. I went to your talk page but was unable to find a way to respond to your initial email. Thank you. §Mary Rose TaylorMary rose taylor (talk) 20:15, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Just because you say "I know it's true", this is not a verifiable source, and therefore is not a reliable source. Also, per WP:COI, you should not be directly editing this page, but should suggest changes at the article talkpage instead, using reliable sources not your own knowledge/research. Joseph2302 (talk) 20:42, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Mary Rose (hope that's right), no need to use email to discuss with other editors. You can talk with us right here on your talk page. I hope you see that everybody is trying to gently but firmly explain that WP:VERIFY is one of the core Wikipedia policies. It is so important that it underpins one of the five pillars of Wikipedia. — Brianhe (talk) 21:13, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with...

I was unaware of Wikipedia's rules until you informed me. Of course you must delete what I attempted to add to the history of the MMH & M. I never realized that my first hand account did not fall within your guidelines. §The sources for all this information are in my own archives, the archives at the Atlanta History Center and Google. According to researchers who have combed the files at the Atlanta History Center, the MMH archives have never been processed. Brianhe offered to talk with me but I can't figure out how to respond to him. I am 70 years old and lack the computer savvy that all of you surely have. Many thanks for your interventions. I am happy to know that Wikipedia's editors are so diligent. maryMary rose taylor (talk) 21:50, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello. I admit Wikipedia has a bit of a steep learning curve at first, but nothing you can't handle. You appear to already be able to talk to editors. You just talked to me here! User:Brianhe seemed to indicate they wanted to hold the conversation on your talk page, so they are probably watching it. I have linked to them so they get a notification as well. I will also put a welcome template so you have access to the useful links in there. I personally agree it is rather silly to expect people to follow the rules and not inform them what they are. Editing Wikipedia is not so much a matter of computer savvy, but of learning to navigate the culture. Just imagine you have landed in a very strange country, ask questions and you will be fine. Brianhe seems to have the situation in hand, but if you have any other questions, my talk page is always open. Just press the "new section" tab at the top and write your question in the big box with a short title in the small box and press save. You can also ask questions here and I will keep an eye on this page. Best of luck! Happy Squirrel (talk) 22:34, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

I'm listening... are the archives published and/or open for public review? It is more verifiable by other editors if they are scanned and available for online reading but this is not required in order to cite documents. I suspect the more significant issues here will be WP:OR and WP:PRIMARYSOURCES. If you can describe what exists and what it says, and what you want to add to whichever article, we can go from there. — Brianhe (talk) 00:23, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Mary rose taylor, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits has not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

If you are stuck and looking for help, please see the guide for citing sources or come to the new contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Here are a few other good links for newcomers:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or . Again, welcome.  Happy Squirrel (talk) 22:35, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

MMH archives

Happy Squirrel and Brian, thank you both for your notes. Brian, do I continue communicating with you in this section? The MMH archives have never been processed or scanned. As far as I know they are open to the public. Thank you, Mary Rose§Mary rose taylor (talk) 02:42, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

OK, so how does the archive work? Are the records indexed? Is there some way to identify a specific source used to back up a specific factual statement in the article? Can you refer to specific box/file numbers, for instance? And are the archives open so someone else could come in and look at the same file for purposes of verification? Brianhe (talk) 03:46, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi, standing by for your reply so we can make some progress on this! -- Brianhe (talk) 17:18, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Brian, my apologies for the delay. I work full time. Would you be availalbe on Saturday or Sunday? Thanks, Mary Rose§Mary rose taylor (talk) 20:52, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

I'll be on a wikibreak for about a week starting tomorrow. But no hurry, we can coordinate through this page or maybe another editor will step in when I am away. Brianhe (talk) 03:47, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello, I could cover for Brian if it's agreeable to both of you. Mary Rose, most communication on Wikipedia is asynchronous because of time zones, work schedules... So just post your reply whenever you have time (there is no rush) and then Brian, or I, or someone else will reply as soon as they see it and have time to reply. Happy Squirrel (talk) 16:10, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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