User talk:Hsmom

frisbee

Please provide this site with an entry for frisbee. Thank you for your attention in this matter. --Huey gunna getcha 17:57, 28 March 2007 (EDT)

Aw, I wanted frisbee. :-( -- Rob Pommer_{Rob Pommer} 17:59, 28 March 2007 (EDT)

I'll get right on that. --Hsmom 20:03, 28 March 2007 (EDT)

Handy Hints

Here are a few examples of handy techniques. To make more sense of them, click on "edit" to see the code that produced these examples.

How to strike out text: Put <s> in front of the text, then </s> at the end of the text.

• Example: How to <s>strike out</s> text.
• Result: How to strike out text.

How to add references/citations: Put <ref> Title of Reference [URL of reference] </ref> The title can be put after the URL also, but it looks nicer in the reference section when it is put before the URL. The title will not be seen with the text, it will only appear in the references section if there is one.

• Example: <ref>Conservapedia Main Page [http://www.conservapedia.com]</ref>
• Result: (See the References section below.)

How to add a reference section at the end of an article: Put == References == to create the heading. Then on the next line put <references/>. Every page that includes citations should have a references section at the bottom.

• Example:

== References ==

<references/>

• Result: See below, at the bottom of the page.

• Result: (See the References section below.)

How to add a request for a citation:

• Add {{fact}} after the section that needs a citation.
• Result: This sentence needs a citation.^{[Citation Needed]}

Fan mail

I like your approach and your comments. I was neither homeschooled nor have I homeschooled my kids, but I was drawn to this site because I was intrigued by the idea of its being a resource where high-school-age kids could learn by writing articles, and by the idea of a resource aimed at that age group. The site has, um, multiple facets and that doesn't seem to be its most conspicuous facet, but I think it's still there, and I try to write with that audience at least partly in mind. Dpbsmith 09:54, 8 May 2007 (EDT)

Yeah, you're cool :) (what he said, plus more) Human 22:55, 12 May 2007 (EDT)

Billy Sunday

Tooting my own horn... Billy Sunday was on the requested articles list, so I wrote it, and I found the topic quite interesting and think the article came out well. Since you'd said you enjoyed Mother's Day, I thought I'd mention this one, too. Dpbsmith 08:00, 18 June 2007 (EDT)

Theory of evolution

If you want to help with the references, please write it and paste it in my talk page. I will improve the article with your name in the summary.

--User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 18:31, 22 June 2007 (EDT)

Engineer

Please see: Engineer --User:Joaquín Martínez, talk 09:24, 17 July 2007 (EDT)

Feminism

Feminism has been unlocked. DanH 21:46, 30 March 2008 (EDT)

Invitation to join Wikiproject:News

Hsmom, since you have suggested grammar fixes to news items in the past, you are invited to sign up as a member of Wikiproject:News. Review the Guidelines.
Your grammar suggestions have been very helpful. I think they would be more helpful if you made grammar fixes to the articles BEFORE they're posted to the Main page. --DeanS^talk 17:56, 29 August 2008 (EDT)

May I just say...

...that I find all of your edits on Talk:Main Page to be absolutely lovely and helpful. They are probably the most informed, level-headed and intelligent suggestions and viewpoints I've seen on here for a while. Many of the tenets you seem to promote in your posts have gotten me blocked here many times, however, but keep up the good work:) Harbinger 13:13, 27 September 2008 (EDT)

Scabies article

I could be wrong, but wouldn't the CDC info. on health issues be considered public domain? There's no copyright information on the website as far as I can see, so it should be fine to copy the information word-for-word as long as it is noted that is how the information was obtained and a link provided to the CDC page. Jinxmchue 22:31, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

Oh, yep. Here we go: Public domain: "Two examples of material in the public domain are United States government works (technically the copyright is held collectively by the American public)..." The CDC would fall under that. Jinxmchue 22:33, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

This covers other edits you have made (e.g. Tourette syndrome article). Jinxmchue 22:36, 5 October 2008 (EDT)

It was not at all clear in the article that the entire thing had been copied word-for-word from the CDC site. If you are quoting long sections of text, you need to show that with quotation marks or other formatting to make it clear which parts are quoted and which parts are original. While the CDC site was named as a source, it was not indicated that the CDC page had been lifted word-for-word. In addition, a good article will draw upon several sources. Also, just because a site doesn't have a copyright notation does not mean it is in the public domain (although I agree that government works are probably public domain). Bottom line - would you accept this kind of work from a student? I wouldn't. It's dishonest. --Hsmom 22:39, 5 October 2008 (EDT)