User talk:FentonEditor

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Happy editing! –Kammill ⟨talk⟩ 18:06, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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April 2021

Hello FentonEditor, You restored unsourced material I had challenged to Fenton High School (Michigan). You did provide a citation but I found nothing on the page you referenced to support the material you restored. The Wikipedia policy on verifiability requires editors who restore challenged content to provide inline citations supporting it. Because your citation was insufficient I've again removed the History section. If you think I'm wrong or missed something in your source please let me know. Gab4gab (talk) 16:28, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that Gab4gab, Im relatively new to this kind of stuff I just finished reading the Wikipedia policy and I will get to finding a source to fix the mistake. FentonEditor (talk) 16:33, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, after editing for several years I still get surprised by policy and manual of style details. Gab4gab (talk) 17:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering if you could kind of teach me. For example maybe tagging me or something to help you, I don't know, I would love to help you and/or learn more. I am good a settling disputes and arguments with being peaceful FentonEditor (talk) 15:55, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very willing to attempt to answer any questions you have. My usual editing involves reviewing recent changes. Particularly school and university articles. I look for verifiability, Manual of Style issues, and copyright violations. School articles attract vandalism so I often question innocent looking edits. While you're learning the policies it wouldn't be helpful for me to shovel a list of changed articles your way. Give me some more idea of what you'd be interested in doing here on Wikipedia and I'll try to offer some suggestions. Meanwhile I searched for articles that mention Fenton High School. You could add some names to the notable alumni list. It's sometimes difficult to locate a reliable source that can be cited to confirm they attended the school. Graduation isn't necessary. Here are the names I found: Ira W. Jayne, Jim Boggia and Charles Crawford Davis. Gab4gab (talk) 17:20, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to be against people that just Control-C things like Page Patrol would youthink that is where i could start. and i will work on the Fenton High Schools page ASAP. FentonEditor (talk) 17:43, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is a great need for more help at Page Patrol. I think they will want you to get some more experience applying your knowledge of reliable sources, notability and deletion procedures. Participating at Articles for deletion (AFD) is open to all editors. AFD is one process to delete articles and is an opportunity to apply notability guidelines and evaluate the reliability and significance of sources. Discussions there will sometimes test your ability to remain calm in the face of editors who either refuse to discuss issues or insist they don't need to follow any guidelines because it's a Wikipedia policy that no rule is absolute. Gab4gab (talk) 16:07, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]