Sneakbaron123
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editHello, Sneakbaron123, and Welcome to Wikipedia!
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Some falafel for you!
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Falafel is so underrated, so here you go. Dunco33 (talk) 22:50, 1 December 2021 (UTC) |
Notes
editHello. A few things:
Please place new comments at the bottom of talk pages, per WP:BOTTOMPOST. I've moved your recent comments there. It's also good to check time stamps on signatures to comments, as responses to older comments are more likely to be overlooked or ignored.
Please review Help:Minor edit. Added content is almost never considered a minor edit on Wikipedia. The checkbox is mainly used for typos, the reversion of vandalism, or similar. When in doubt, don't check it.
As for the content itself, I would suggest added more H:WIKILINKs, and use those links as a way to avoid rephrasing complex content that is already explained elsewhere on the project. I think this will also help reduce some WP:NPOV issues that can come up from relying on niche sources. (Cryptocurrency has several problems with reliable sources, mostly related to conflicts of interest.) By relying too much on a small number of sources, articles on crypto can become unbalanced and hard to understand to disinterested readers, as well as readers who are new to the topic.
Related to this: try to focus on bare facts and avoid editorializing. Any subjective opinions (such as what is needed for a particular project to succeed) will need to be attributed. If the person sharing those opinions is not themselves notable, it should be possible to explain to readers why that opinion is encyclopedically significant. The best way to show the significance of an opinion is with a secondary or independent source which discusses the opinion in some way. If context isn't available, the opinion likely doesn't belong, but the opinion doesn't automatically belong even with context. Our goal is to explain the concept, not to promote the concept.
I hope that's helpful. Thanks. Grayfell (talk) 21:50, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the tips Grayfell. I will definitely fill in the summary field consistently, and will refer to those links shared. Cheers!
Sneakbaron123 (talk) 10:57, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
- Moved your comment to the bottom of the page as per per WP:BOTTOMPOST. Since Grayfell is not linked in the above message they won't actually receive your message. You are right to thank them, they have made enormous contributions to the article you were working on. --Bcritical (talk) 23:38, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
- Sneakbaron123 I suggest you thank Grayfell by clicking on the "talk" after Grayfell's name which will take you straight to Grayfell's talk page. Fransplace... Let's talk 10:28, 13 January 2022 (UTC)