User talk:Oshinkozee/Archive 1

{{helpme}} New contributor here - added Norman Farberow in January. Please inform me of the protocol in having the three boxes of information removed at the top - since its posting, I found and cited references for all facts stated in the article, addressed quality issues in order to meet Wikipedia's standards, and read and implemented the guidelines for writing encyclopedia style. Please make any suggestions - thanks. Oshinkozee (talk) 00:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Your question

Hi. With regard to the templates at the top of the page, any editor is allowed to remove them, simply by going to "Edit Page" on the article and deleting the template code. (Note that speedy deletion notices may not be removed by the article's creator, and that AFD templates may not be removed by anyone without the debate being resolved.) If you believe they are no longer justified, you may remove them. However, if another editor puts them back, you should not simply revert the replacement (see WP:3RR), but rather begin a discussion on the article's talk page, or that of the replacing user, regarding whether the templates should remain. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me here. Happy editing! Quantumobserver (talk) 02:10, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

I think that instead of removing these notices, that they should be addressed, as the current revision of the article does have some issues and those notices are genuine concerns about the state of the article. But there is no rule on this and the notices can be removed with no further action taken about the state of the article. But I would prefer someone else explain what is wrong with the article as my explanation was not the best. Jerry teps (talk) 02:29, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Norman Farberow

The headings are far too long, remove the references on the headings, you should add an infobox, and it is written like an essay. Try looking at articles such as Kevin Rudd, not the text, but the actual flow of the text. So basically the article should look like;

Intro/Summary (a short summary of the subject) Contents (automatic) Biography (pretty much a timeline of the subjects life)

Early Life

Mid Life

Later Life

etc

Misc (other related information) See also (put related topics here) References

Also instead of repeating the same reference, just put a name parameter in the tag, so in the <ref> tag, put <ref name="reference1">{{cite|big book of references}}</ref> and to call the reference again, put <ref name="the name of the reference you want"/>.

If you need more help or do not understand what I am saying, please feel free to contact me on my talk page. Jerry teps (talk) 02:08, 24 February 2009 (UTC)