User talk:Shade Ruff

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Unless the DA Pamphlet actually mentions Garlin Murl Conner, saying that he participated in every action resulting in a battle star doesn't make the cut for reliability.--Jim in Georgia Contribs Talk 16:01, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Ianswered your note to me right below it; I like to keep everything topgether. BTW, you may notice that "Conner" is sometimes rendered as "Connor." <sigh>--Jim in Georgia Contribs Talk 17:09, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Hello Shade Ruff! I see you have been making many edits on the Conner page. So, I hope you will also take a look at the Conner talk page, if you haven't already. I have posted some of my research there with a proposal to change part of his medal count to what I believe is the correct level of 1 BSM and 3 PHs. I do have copies of some of his actual Army records which show this to be true. Unfortunately, personally held information cannot be used as a source on WP. The only sources that can be used on WP must be published and verifiable. The trick is to work within those limits and find the correct information. Even if a member of Conner's family showed up and posted, it wouldn't be considered usable unless it was also found in reliable source approved by the WP rules. It's a challenge, but the nature of the WP requires it and I understand that. Fortunately, I have found a published article that also confirms my information. Roam41 (talk) 19:58, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi again. The craziest thing about Wikipedia is learning formatting. I still have so much trouble with it. The first day I was here, I accidentally blanked an entire page. I know you are new, so I'd just like to make two suggestions. When replying on talk pages, don't indent your text on the editing page like you would a letter. You're indenting and that's why your posts are coming out as block quotes and look so different from the rest of the page. It's considered proper to indent if you are replying to someone's post, but you do it by putting a colon first then the text. If you want to indent 2 spaces, then 2 colons and so on. It will look funny on the editing page, but will show up fine on the talk page. Next thing, it is very important to sign your posts on talk pages. You don't have to do this on the main pages. You do this by putting four tildes at the end of your post like this ~. I had to put 1 there or it would have signed my name, so you would have to add 3 more. Again the tildes will disappear and your name and timestamp will appear on the saved page. I hope this helps! Roam41 (talk) 22:35, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Roam41

Thank you for the pointers. I've used them to clean up my entries on the Conner talk page as well as on Jim's talk page.

Regards,

Shade Ruff (talk) 23:04, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

ribbon racks

Please take a look at MOS:ICON. While you can find biographical articles with ribbon racks, that's not a norm here. Please try writing prose for that data. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:34, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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Thanks for editing on William Shemin article Cefaro (talk) 23:57, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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