Talk:Benjamin Franklin Eaves

I have added multiple sources and tried to show that Dr. Eaves does meet the requirements to have a page. Any advise would help. Thank you. Draketown, Georgia (talk) 21:52, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for putting in the effort. You're in the midst of a learning curve, as I can see. Now some bad news: a lot of your sourcing is to FindAGrave, which Wikipedia doesn't consider a reliable source... and, frankly, much of the stuff that you're sourcing to it probably shouldn't be in the article. Generally speaking, the names of children should be enough, we don't need spouses (unless, perhaps, the spouse is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article, death dates.) --Nat Gertler (talk) 01:35, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Links to other wikipedia articles

I have added many links to Wikipedia articles. Other wonderful people have also helped me. Thanks to all! I am learning fast!

Draketown, Georgia (talk) 01:34, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Haralson County History

I am desperately trying to create some history for our community. I am a teacher in our local school system. Our children in this community cannot find out anything about their history because it is just not out there. When they have to do projects and research, there is nothing to find. My goal is to get some of this history in a reliable source for the generations to come. As a common practice, wiki is not usually accepted in projects and papers. However, the sources that are linked are accepted, and it is a good jumping off point. I need help to keep these resources out here. I teach math and science, and have not written research type papers in years. I know these pioneers of our community are not in the same league as presidents, senators, and inventors, but our community's history is important and doesn't need to disappear. Any advice and help is appreciated.

Draketown, Georgia (talk) 21:14, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Given if as you say the history is not out there, Wikipedia may not be the best place for your laudable ambition to be realised. Have you considered self publishing a booklet of reminiscences and recollections which would not need the level of sourcing required by Wikipedia? Best wishes. SovalValtos (talk) 23:20, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

One could even set up a Haralson County Wiki somewhere, which would let you not only build things outside of Wikipedia's restrictions and guidelines, but would also let your students (as well as like-minded Haralson Countians) expand that material. --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:03, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

When I say "not out there" I mean not on the internet. It is in the public libraries, and locked in the vault in newspapers. Which therein lies the problem. The resources are not available for the kids. Your suggestion about creating a wiki is VERY interesting, and I will be looking into it immediately. That is a great idea. Another thought I had today, since I am new to this wikipedia, I would be interested in your input. What if we moved this into the Draketown, Georgia article and merged it? Maybe as a heading of pioneers and subheadings of different people. I have a lot of research that I have done on different important founders of our community. Draketown, Georgia (talk) 00:38, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia has a comparison of wiki hosting services, which could be useful for finding a good place to host the Wiki. It looks like you're already doing the work on the Draketown article, so the people who regularly edit that are likely to be better people to respond to that; inclusion in that article would probably suggest going a bit less in depth than you go here. It is probably more sustainable there (you've got a couple of passing mentions of Eaves in the press, it looks like, but that's not enough to meet our notability guidelines.) --Nat Gertler (talk) 02:04, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Orphan article?

This article has been linked to other articles, and vice versa. Draketown, Georgia (talk) 01:53, 24 December 2015 (UTC)