Talk:Sam Tsemberis
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Some advice
[edit]@Mschevrolet: In response to the following post at the Afd Page:
- As the "drive-by" newcomer, I apologize. I have actually been a wikipedia editor for over a decade, but it has been a long time and I am out of practice. I have been meaning to add the Washington Post article link and to convert the remaining sources into Wikipedia's suggested formats, but have not had time to do so. Than you for adding the article link. If you can refer me to tools that will help me efficiently convert the references I added into wikipedia links that would be terrific. Ms Chevrolet
First of all, article formatting issues have never been crucial for article survival. It is a major misunderstanding of the vast majority of people who complain how difficult to edit wikipedia to make their edit stick. IT IS NOT. There are plenty of "wikignomes" who can eventually help you out.
The really critical issue is providing all statements article with references to independent reliable sources, preferably in the form of footnotes, for easy attribution. Footnotes can be formatted as simply as: <ref>[http://www.somewhere..........]</ref> (somebody will slap me with a wet trout for this advice :-) The footnotes as you've already written may be fixed later.
Now, what this article requires is more various biographical data on Tsemberis. Of course, "Housing" is a major thing, but it has its own article: Pathways to Housing, and all detailed information must go there. Whereas the article Sam Tsemberis must have a section which contains a summary of Pathways to Housing. This guideline is referred to as "wikipedia:Summary style".
Therefore here are the major things to do:
- Add more other info, not directly related to "Pathways"
- Add more info about Tsemberis coming from independent sources, i.e., not coming from Tsemberis and his affiliates (press-releases and such, even if published by WashPost, do not count)
- Trim the section "Pathway Housing First" of secondary detail (it will hurt at first :-). If this section has info absent in article Pathways to Housing, move it there. (in particular, about the rebranding) . Staszek Lem (talk) 00:27, 19 May 2015 (UTC)