User talk:Benwebboz
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Original research
[edit]Regarding this edit, "Some local knowledge" constitutes original research, which is not permitted. As I told you on my talk page,[1] the census data that you provided identifies the area only as Ashgrove, not as St Johns Wood. It fails verification and therefore can't be used in the article. When adding references, where possible we use online sources if available and format references in a certain manner. The parameter that you deleted (|pop_footnotes=) is provided in {{Infobox Australian place}} specifically for the purposes of adding references. Rather than delete it, you should have placed the reference in that field. The template that you deleted ({{Census 2006 AUS}}) was created so as to enable easy referencing and that should have been used, instead of using a raw link, and produces the following output when properly completed:
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "3230608 (Census Collection District)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 June 2012. Map
There are other templates that can be used for referencing purposes, such as {{cite web}}, {{cite news}}, {{cite book}}, {{cite journal}}, {{cite press release}}, etc. St Johns Wood, Queensland suffers badly from a lack of inline sources and this needs to be worked on. --AussieLegend (talk) 15:35, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey there! Everyone here is editing WikiPedia to be a better place. Some members make bad edits (sometimes they don't mean it). When others notice it, they give feedback to make the editor know what he did wrong. If you're sure that you're making great edits, just tell me and I will try to talk with the other editors. I will look in your contributions and I will give you some feedback.
Salma Vian (talk) 09:05, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Some feedback
[edit]Okay, I saw your contributions so here's the feedback. Please don't take them personal. I'm not trying to make you feel down. I'm just trying to help you :D . But I will try to be nice as possible :D
1) The Image: St Johns Wood Ashgrove Qld 1947 Looking across 80 SJA to back of Buckingham St houses. Nov 1947.jpeg. The Image doesn't have copyright status and a source. To upload an image without any problem, you have to take the picture by yourself. If you didn't take it by yourself, you need to talk to the owner of the copyright. But if you took it from a website, just write the link to the website with a small note about the website's terms of use of its content. If the owner of the picture didn't agree to to share it on WikiPedia, it have to be deleted. But it's okay, you're not the only member who upload an image and got deleted :D
2)The article:St Johns Wood, Queensland . When writing an article, try not to place external links within the body of an article. We do not include links to golf clubs, scouting groups or other community organisations in articles because we are creating an encyclopedia, not a directory. See See WP:EL for more information about the use of external links. Just edit it a bit and it will be alright.
3) This edit:
- Read AussieLegend message.
The members who gave you some of this feedback didn't mean to be rode. They just wanted to help you. I also take feedback, but I just understand that they who gave it to me wanted to help me. Feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you ever needed any help.
--Salma Vian (talk) 09:33, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
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Referencing
[edit]Well done on completing full citations for the St Johns Wood, Queensland article. It can be tedious work but it gives the article much more credence. You may want to have a look at the B class criteria to give you an idea of what should be done to improve it further as well as find some supporting references for the Rainbow subdivision. - Shiftchange (talk) 00:34, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
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You're most welcome Ben. I've never played with Wikipedia before I'm still learning my way around the coding thing (I've no idea about the talk pages).
With regard to the references - 69 I don't think is mine but the other 2 are. I'm not sure what's happened but I'll have a look sometime this week to see if I can fix them all. I also just read you don't want external links in the article so I'll get rid of the GT link (sorry).
I'm not currently living in St. John's Wood but I did grow up there and my parents are still in the area. If you have any specific questions about the hill development I can most probably find the answers but for the general history prior to the mid 1980s I don't really know much. I understand you're already in touch with Leanne who is very knowledgeable in the area.
If I can help with anything else please let me know.
Well done on your page! All the best, Sarah
Sjlacey (talk) 23:16, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Ben, In addition to the Scouts there was also a Girl Guides hut on the corner of Royal Pd & Buckingham Street (the Funnell's block). The Girl Guides were there a long time. Unfortunately all I can offer is an old uniform and some badges but if I recall correctly (I can't be sure) it was one of the older Guides groups in Brisbane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjlacey (talk • contribs) 23:41, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Ben. Sorry I didn't get to it on the weekend. As I said I've never played with Wiki before so if you're happy and the references are working that's all fine. I'll be working Thursday but I'm sure you and Leanne will do a great job. Cheers, Sarah. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.197.29 (talk) 00:12, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
Great work on St Johns Wood
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| Congratulations on the extensive work you have done on St Johns Wood, Queensland and related articles! Kerry (talk) 03:36, 29 December 2014 (UTC) |
Thanks very much Kerry Raymond This is much appreciated by the St Johns Wood History Group. I have passed on your new work on St Johns Wood House and I am sure they will be keen to assist with improving the article. The President of the Ashgrove Historical Society has also been notified of the other houses in Ashgrove that you have created articles for. Thanks for your efforts here! Benwebboz (talk) 09:02, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for those historic photos. Is there any chance you can get a present day photo for the infobox? Kerry (talk) 03:45, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
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Type in infobox Australian place
[edit]Unfortunately you cannot put unbounded locality or other things you find in the Queenland place names database. As per the documentation, your choices are limited to things like lga, town, suburb (which includes QLD bounded localities) and "other" for everything else. So St Johns Wood was correct as "other". I suspect if you say anything it doesn't expect, it probably ignores it and treats it as "other" so I don't think you broke it, but you did waste your time. Kerry (talk) 07:19, 19 January 2020 (UTC)