User talk:Farmerdave3

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Hello, I'm ToBeFree. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:27, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Whatever--delete it if you want I don't care Farmerdave3 (talk) 17:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

December 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Gunsmoke, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. ButlerBlog (talk) 17:07, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm certain some of what was added can be properly cited by secondary sources, but you need to have those when you add it (don't rely on someone else to find sources for what you're adding). ButlerBlog (talk) 17:08, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Susan Keith moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Susan Keith, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Thanks. TheBritinator (talk) 22:22, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

What exactly is the issue or what needs to be cited? Farmerdave3 (talk) 00:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

The only sources you cited were an article that has a small section about her and a Gettysburg image. No evidence of notability. TheBritinator (talk) 00:36, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

There is no personal connection to this page other than being a fan. Aa doe sources cited, I have seen other pages with similar or less connected sources (if they even work anymore). At this point, I don't really care what you do with page so you can keep it in draft or delete it. It must be fun being the Wikipedia police!!!! Farmerdave3 (talk) 00:47, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

I didn't say anything about you having a personal connection. See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. If you want to delete the draft you can request that yourself. Good luck. TheBritinator (talk) 00:51, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't care what you do with page. It can sit untouched our you can delette it or do whatever. You guys are a joke. Farmerdave3 (talk) 00:53, 9 January 2025 (UTC)