Talk:Cliff Padgett

Sources for Cliff Padgett

This article was flagged for deletion because there were not enough sources. I have multiple newspaper clippings from the Quincy Herald-Whig, starting in the 1920s ranging well into the 1970s tracking and documenting Mr. Padgett's contributions from founding the Quincy (IL) Boat Club to designing and building hydroplanes, many of which were race winners throughout the Eastern U.S. In addition, one section in the People's History of Quincy and Adams County; a Sesquicentennial History summarizes his biography in a passage of approx. 1000 words on pp. 651-652. I also have multiple photos of him and his boats. His trophies reside in the Quincy Boat Club, along with other memorabilia. In addition, the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County has mounted several exhibitions of his work over the years. Unfortunately, I am not tech savvy and cannot figure out how to edit the Cliff Padgett Wiki page and would appreciate any help possible in preserving the page and making it acceptable to the Wiki editors. Several editors have tried to kindly help me, but I can't figure out how to correspond with them. Thank you. https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Quincy-Illinois-Sesquicentennial/dp/B0189WG6GW http://www.whig.com/ QuincyBoatManQuincyBoatMan (talk) 04:35, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi QuincyBoatMan. Sources do not necessarily need to be online, but they do need to be published, accessible and reliable. Generally, the best sources tend to be ones which are independent, secondary and subject to some kind of rigorous type of editorial control, and you're looking for things which will help show that Wikipedia:Notability (people) is being met.

There are various templates which have been created which can be used to cite sources, but you are not required to use them. Take a look at Wikipedia:Citing sources for some general information on how to cite sources. You might find WP:SAYWHEREYOUREADIT particularly helpful. Since you have a COI with respect to Padgett (see your user talk page for more on that), you should probably refrain from adding any new content or making any major expansion of article yourself; however, adding sources to support existing content is OK, so you can do that. Try and remember though that others might not be able to quickly verify any sources which cannot be reviewed online, so in that case posting something on this talk page in a new thread explaining what the source is and what it actually says might be helpful.

If you're still at a loss as to how to add the sources. You can always try Wikipedia:Edit requests; just start a new thread and use Template:request edit to ask for assistance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, Marchjuly. I'll try one or more of your suggestions for getting references posted somewhere. One simple question to start: how do I start a "new thread" on this talk page (as you suggested above)? Do I just start a new paragraph in this writing area without any indenting? Thanks, QuincyBoatMan (talk) 03:59, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

At the top of this page there is tab titled "New section". Just click on it and a new section editing window will be opened. Make sure to add a section heading and the software will do the rest. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:56, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

For the book source, you could use Template:Cite book. As for any magazine and newspaper clippings, I would suggest heading to your local library and have them help you scan them to upload to the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/) as long as the publication is now in the public domain. Then you could use the clippings as a web reference. Please note that I am new here to wikipedia, so you should also get a second opinion on my suggestions. Best of luck! :) --Sadsignal (talk) 08:25, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

I found this book section that refers to a Cliff Padgett of Quincy Ill. who was a member of the Illinois Naval Reserve. The book is about motorboats. Same man? You can See book here. Sadsignal (talk) 08:44, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes, Sadsignal - nice find. But he was in the National Guard. Or was the Naval Reserve a part of the National Guard? I have his honorable discharge certificate dated April 19, 1917.QuincyBoatMan (talk) 15:50, 26 January 2018 (UTC)