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[edit]Hi, in all your recent edits where you wrote "Febuary", could you correct its spelling into February? Thanks. --Xymph (talk) 18:55, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Please fix links
[edit]While you are fixing Febuary->February could you also fix the pages below where you link to Manchester Literary and Philosophical (red link) rather than Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
You will need to move the closing brackets from after "Philosophical" to after "Society". Thanks in advance - Ttwaring (talk) 19:41, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- Also you have added the sentence "At 64 he was elected to Honorary membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 18 April 1843" to both Jöns Jacob Berzelius and Robert Bunsen. Berzelius was born in August 1779, so he would have been 63. Bunsen was born in March 1811, and it seems unlikely he was elected in 1843. Please check the records and fix these. Thanks in advance! - Ttwaring (talk) 20:28, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for pointing out these 2 errors, now corrected MLP Updater (talk) 07:33, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for point out this error, all ]] now corrected MLP Updater (talk) 07:32, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- That's good. However, the spelling mistake mentioned above still needs fixing as well. --Xymph (talk) 07:35, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- I have corrected the only mis-spelling in the text I could find. However I will need to go back to make the change in the reference. MLP Updater (talk) 08:02, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- All earlier edits that added the reference "From its institution on Febuary 28th 1781" have the misspelling, see the bullet list above. --Xymph (talk) 08:51, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- I believe I have corrected all the mis-spelling, thanks for drawing my attention to it MLP Updater (talk) 09:56, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Almost - I fixed the last three. --Xymph (talk) 10:32, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thank You MLP Updater (talk) 17:50, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Almost - I fixed the last three. --Xymph (talk) 10:32, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- I believe I have corrected all the mis-spelling, thanks for drawing my attention to it MLP Updater (talk) 09:56, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- All earlier edits that added the reference "From its institution on Febuary 28th 1781" have the misspelling, see the bullet list above. --Xymph (talk) 08:51, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- I have corrected the only mis-spelling in the text I could find. However I will need to go back to make the change in the reference. MLP Updater (talk) 08:02, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- That's good. However, the spelling mistake mentioned above still needs fixing as well. --Xymph (talk) 07:35, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
June 2025
[edit]Hi, MLP Updater, and welcome to Wikipedia - I will post below with some links to guidance and resources. I am wondering if you work for or represent the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society? Tacyarg (talk) 21:55, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- Hi
- No I dont work for the lit and phil, I'm an ordinary member who is recovering from an operation so dont get out much atm, I thought I would use my slack time to update the wiki pages MLP Updater (talk) 22:07, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- That's great, thanks for replying. Hope you feel better soon and enjoy your editing in the meantime. Tacyarg (talk) 23:04, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
- I have (I hope) made a profile that explains who I am and my interests. I may get better but will never get "Well", however I thank you for the good wishes MLP Updater (talk) 09:24, 1 July 2025 (UTC)
- That's great, thanks for replying. Hope you feel better soon and enjoy your editing in the meantime. Tacyarg (talk) 23:04, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
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Hello, I'm Schazjmd. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, British Dyestuffs Corporation, but you didn't provide a reliable source. On Wikipedia, it's important that article content be verifiable. If you'd like to resubmit your change with a citation, your edit is archived in the page history. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. You've added content without sources to a number of articles. A few times, you've added sources that don't support the information that you add. Please be sure to cite your sources, and be sure that the sources support the information that you add. Schazjmd (talk) 17:42, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- Hi
- thank you for the help, I'm new to this and sort of learning as I go along.
- 1 I do not understand citation yet, but I can provide a reference (is that the same thing?) that can be verified for the membership of the lit and Phil in British Dyestuff Corperation and for the incorporation of the companies. How do I re-submit with references?
- 2 You say I've "added content without sources to a number of articles". I am sure you are correct and if you indicate where, then I will endevor to add a reference.
- 3 In addition you indicate "A few times, you've added sources that don't support the information that you add" I can only contest that I am correct, if you point me in the direction where I may have made this error. I have used my best efforts to ensure each entry is correct and that the references I give support what I have written. Of course we all can make mistakes.
- George MLP Updater (talk) 19:14, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- Here is an example of the source not supporting the content:In this edit, you added:
The discovery of Mauveine led to the development of a dyestuff industry in Northern England, principally Manchester. A number of people set up manufacturing plant including Ivan Levinstein, Arthur George Green, Charles Dreyfus and J Dale who were all members of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society
, but the source you cited is the "Complete List of the Members & Officers of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society". That list supports that those people were members of that society; it does not support that they all set up manufacturing plants, or that the discovery of mauveine led to the dyestuff industry or that the industry was primarily in Manchester.I wrote "a few times", but on closer review, that is the only revert I made for that reason, so I misspoke. Most of the reverts were because there was no source cited (no reference). I reverted a few for lack of significance. For example, how does it help the reader understand morphogenesis by mentioning that someone read a paper on it to a society meeting in 1919?In this edit, you addedIt was produced in a factory established in North Manchester in 1864 by Ivan Levinstein.
You did not include a source. And although I didn't mention it in the edit summary for my revert, is that the only factory that produced that dye? If not, it's not significant enought to mention, and if it was the only factory that produced that dye, you need a source that supports that it was the only one.I hope those give you an idea of the issues that I noticed. Schazjmd (talk) 19:46, 9 July 2025 (UTC)- Hi
- Thank you.
- I accept that my ref only supports membership, I can supply references for the formation of Claus, Levinsteine, Roberts & Dale and Clayton Analine. I can provide no evidence for Mauveine leading to Dyestuff manufacturing in Manchester, nor that Manchester was the main centre of production (although I BELIEVE it was). I will rethink and re-write.
- My mention of the paper on morphogenisis does not help with the understanding of the topic. But it does show that there was interest in the topic 30 years before AMT.
- Manchester (aka Bismarck) Brown was produced in other factories, I will try to think of a way of making it more relevant, with references, and if I can not then I wont make the addition.
- I would like to start a page for Herbert Levinstein but dont know how The help pages dont really give me enough help, is there a simple way of using the template to make the page like that of his father?
- George MLP Updater (talk) 20:13, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- I suggest that you gain more experience editing and learning how Wikipedia works before you attempt a new article. But to get started, the most important step is to gather reliable sources. Those sources both support that there should be an article and provide the verifiable information for the article. You should also read through Help:Your first article. Schazjmd (talk) 20:19, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- Hi
- I have amended the page for DYE, please review it and see if I have understood your comments. If I have I will think about trying to update the other pages where you feel I have not understood the Wikipedia protocol
- Thank you
- George MLP Updater (talk) 21:34, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- I can't check those sources so I'm trusting that they're available to the public somewhere and that they support the content. However, I removed the paragraph about them belonging to the society, it has no relevance to the article. Schazjmd (talk) 21:39, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- Hi
- thank you for the lesson
- George MLP Updater (talk) 22:31, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- You're welcome. I'll be happy to answer any other questions that come up as you edit, and the Teahouse is also a good place to ask questions. Schazjmd (talk) 22:38, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- I can't check those sources so I'm trusting that they're available to the public somewhere and that they support the content. However, I removed the paragraph about them belonging to the society, it has no relevance to the article. Schazjmd (talk) 21:39, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- I suggest that you gain more experience editing and learning how Wikipedia works before you attempt a new article. But to get started, the most important step is to gather reliable sources. Those sources both support that there should be an article and provide the verifiable information for the article. You should also read through Help:Your first article. Schazjmd (talk) 20:19, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- Here is an example of the source not supporting the content:In this edit, you added:
I don't know what you're trying to accomplish here. Acridine is an article about the compound. Why would anyone reading about acridine want to know that Grabe and Caro once worked with John Dale? Schazjmd (talk) 22:55, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
- my intention was to show the development of the chemicals that caro synthersised
- thank you for your continued support, I will rethink my plan to make entries in future. MLP Updater (talk) 10:16, 10 July 2025 (UTC)
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I saw a link you added to an honorary MLP member this morning. I'm sorry you're under the weather but I hope you are allowed to take caffeinated liquids. A belated welcome and attaboy from me. I'm happy you're here and am glad to see you're the sort who responds well to critique. Wikipedians spend much of their day disagreeing with each other and it's a wonderful process in which to participate. I myself prefer a builder's brew (Nambarrie is my fave), having to get my weak tea from Lipton for too many years. Feel better, and know you have supporters. BusterD (talk) 13:04, 15 August 2025 (UTC) |
- MLP Updater (talk) 14:37, 15 August 2025 (UTC) I wont ge getting well but may improve, it's too walm to ride a motorcycle so I'm plodding along getting MLP stuff sorted cos I recently came across a few lists of members
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