User talk:JenniferMGA/sandbox

Suggested Article Edits

Lead Section

Might need to put the dates/years next to all the name changes that the Telegraph has undergone. I think doing this will help when explaining the history of the paper later in the article. JenniferMGA (talk) 02:10, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

History Section

In an attempt to add sources to the statements written in the first paragraph, I couldn't find confirmation that Myron Barlett was a pharmacist so I omitted that information from my sandbox edit. I also found it odd that the wiki article was almost word for word what one source I found said so I found several sources and reworded the sentence using citations to facts I was able to confirm. In trying to fact-check the statement "Barlett didn't begin publishing a daily until 1831" I saw that exact sentence in an online encyclopedia article so I thought it would be best to omit that as well until I can find the microfilms of the newspaper article myself and prove when they switch from weekly to daily publishing. JenniferMGA (talk) 02:10, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Questions to Professor Lucas

@Grlucas: I have some questions about editing this article. Is it okay for me to delete/remove the parts about Myron Barlett being a pharmacist since I couldn't find proof of that anywhere? Also, are we allowed to cite other online encyclopedias? At the moment, it seems like a good chunk of information already on this wiki page submitted from other users is from another online encyclopedia. I'm operating under the assumption that I need to find primary or secondary sources to back the information in the wiki article. I'm afraid of removing too much information already there since most of it I'm having trouble fact-checking. I figured I would continue omitting what I can't confirm and add on what I found in my own research to be concrete. Am I okay to continue on this path? JenniferMGA (talk) 02:10, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

@JenniferMGA: Yes, you may of course remove any unsourced material. I would avoid citing other encyclopedias, as they are reference works. Find better sources. Do not be afraid, but try to (1) remove a little at a time, and (2) add as well as remove. This will show you're not a vandal. Keep going! —Grlucas (talk) 17:35, 5 February 2020 (UTC)