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The Lynchings of the Frenches of Warsaw

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Please read WP:REFSTART#Same reference used more than once. Your 38 refs in this article were actually only 6 refs, and 5 of them were sourced to the same website. Meters (talk) 19:11, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Fixing it now. :) Sarahrosemc (talk) 19:24, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hey, you already fixed it. Thanks a bunch!!! Sarahrosemc (talk) 19:29, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

It's not a big deal. It's just more obvious what's being cited (and shorter for you to create). In this case instead of having a very lengthy list of references it turns out the article is actually not that well sourced. Three of the refs are to local articles from around the time of the lynching (and so are not really independent sources), a fourth is a book (I don't have access to it, but it probably quotes the same newspaper articles), a fifth is nothing but pictures of steamboats (it does not support anything in the article so I will remove it), and the sixth is a personal comment by the creator of the same web site where you found all of the other refs except the book. Meters (talk) 19:33, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply
Put the ref back in. I see that it is actually supporting the identification of the boats as being in the area, rather than that the man was working on them. Sorry. Meters (talk) 19:37, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

I appreciate it. I wasn't trying to make the reference list look that impressive. Just wanted to cover myself, and not say anything that wasn't printed before, while also, putting it into my own words, so it's not plagiarized. I worked really hard on it. I have other books, and will add more sources in the future, but those books are buried underneath a bunch of other junk, so as of now, I'm taking a break on it. Plus, it's 1876. I'm not sure what sources you'd find acceptable, to make it qualify as "well sourced". There's certainly no videotape. First person sources... Private diaries, oral histories... that's been typed up, and put into a book? I won't find any of those. Being that it's 1876, I'm happy that there were any articles written about it, let alone 3 or 4. Just go back 100 years, and you won't find a single article written about anything in Kentucky. (The first settlement was founded in 1774). So, any suggestions would be helpful, because I believe if there were those sources, I'd add those, to make it better.

Again. Thank you. Sarahrosemc (talk) 19:55, 20 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

It would be a bit weak for coverage of a modern event, but given the era, it's fine. An interesting read, and nice work. Thanks. Meters (talk) 16:45, 22 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Lynching articles

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Leave the articles and redirects alone. I had an admin check my work and he agreed that what I had was right. I put a lot of time into fixing your mess, and I do not want to have to go through this again. Meters (talk) 09:38, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

I was complying with what you wanted, I thought. I won't touch any of it anymore. Sarahrosemc (talk) 09:43, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

I understand that it is confusing you, but you are doing the wrong thing. You cannot move the article when there is an AFD under the original name, or you risk doing creating the same mess as before. You had 2 simultaneous AFDs on the same article, and neither one was at the title you are trying to move everything to. And if you cut and past the article we lose the edit history. Don't ever move an article that way. Just stop and wait for an admin to delete what needs to be deleted. Once the AFD is closed we can move the article to the correct name. Your actions are disruptive. Meters (talk) 09:45, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

I understand. Thank you. Sarahrosemc (talk) 09:47, 28 September 2014 (UTC)Reply

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