User talk:2ReinreB2

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Move request

A request to change the title and content of a comics article has begun at Talk:X-Men (film series)#Requested move 7 April 2017. Any interested WikiProject:Comics editor may comment there within one week. --Tenebrae (talk) 03:04, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Tenebrae: - With respect, I'm not sure why I was tagged for this discussion. I have not worked on the page in question or with the topic. Although I will give my two cents if that's what you want, I really don't know enough to call myself "well-informed" here. -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 03:31, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, and thanks for asking. For neutrality's sake, I contacted every single editor who edited the article or its talk page over the course of the last year. Boy, did that turn out to be more work than I thought! You edited the talk page here, so I included you. Thank you for being understanding and collegial. With regards, --Tenebrae (talk) 18:38, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Emailing on Wikipedia

Hi there - I noticed you have put your email address on your userpage. You might like to consider rerouting your email through wikipedia, for privacy, and its also easier for anyone wanting to email you on here. To do so, simply click on "Preferences" and add your email address there - I will add the necessary text at the top of the page. I hope it helps. MarkDask 09:31, 29 November 2017 (UTC) 03:44, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Markdask: - Yeah, I already have my email set up through preferences, it was just listed in my userpage infobox extraneously. Thanks for your concern, though. -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 03:54, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Book Article

Hey there! I noticed that you edit articles about books—-and was wondering if you could maybe lend me a hand. I’ve been wanting to write this article on this series I love, but I don’t exactly understand how to write a book article other than looking off of other ones. I’m more of a horse-person. Thanks for any reply you give! :) Horsegeek(talk) 04:07, 17 April 2018 (UTC)Horsegeek[reply]

@Horsegeek: - Hey there! It's funny that you should mention that you're drawing all your info on book articles from looking at book articles, since that's exactly what I do. I think that's how it works around here. I do know about Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/ArticleTemplate, which at least gives some kind of guidelines.
My personal "checklist" would read like this:
  1. Is my series notable? Can I justify it?
  2. Is there a WikiProject around that can help?
  3. Is there a page on the series as a whole? Do this first (unless the first book is more important than the whole series).
  4. For a book, summarize plot in three paragraphs. Include brief characters section only if necessary to keep the plot short.
  5. Write publication/development section - anything about author's inspiration or publishing timeline.
  6. Prove notability with a reception section. This means a summary of reviews from professional book review sources like the New York Times, not blogs. From experience, I can say this section is incredibly important. I use Google search initially, and then an academic journal search - try Google scholar, or WP:Library if you're serious. A lot of stuff is paid-only, so I draw the text from review aggregation sites like a library catalog and then rely on another editor to find the exact journal citation.
  7. Summarize each section in the lead, fill in the infobox, make sure you've got some good categories, upload a fair use book cover with Template:Non-free book cover. Run it by an Articles for Creation reviewer and maybe a copy editor.
Ta-da. This pattern is what experience has taught me to do; WikiProject Novels is probably a better source for explicitly "correct" instructions. But there's my list of "tricks" for you. Hope it helps and happy editing! -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 05:25, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Thanks! That helped a lot! Wow, I guess I’m gonna need to learn a lot more than I thought, this series doesn’t already have its own page yet. Alrighty, thanks again! Horsegeek(talk) 16:30, 17 April 2018 (UTC)Horsegeek[reply]

Children's Lit WikiProject Relaunch

Hey there. I've recently been working on relaunching the Children's Lit WikiProject. Given your interest in Riordan I thought you might want to join us. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:58, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Barkeep49: I put my name down, but I've not been particularly active on the wiki of late. Also don't want to stretch my focus too far from WP:RRTF; it had a good five year run, but I think it's dying off again. Sadness.
I'd love to see Children's Lit succeed, and I'll help however I can. Have you thought about posting an invite to WP:RRTF's forums (and WP:NV's)? Some people who watch those pages may also be interested. -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 23:17, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea to post to WP:NV. Thanks!. I certainly understand wanting to keep your focus on RRTF - obviously where that succeeds it's also helping further the Children's lit project goals. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 00:14, 23 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Modern Meadow assistance

Hi 2ReinreB2. I noticed you were open to helping with biomedical engineering articles. I proposed a few updates to edit the article for the biotech company Modern Meadow, and was hoping you could help. Since I have a COI as an employee, I didn’t want to implement them and violate policy. The proposed changes are here: Talk:Modern Meadow. Are you able to review? Thanks for your help.Olympus4Me2 (talk) 19:51, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay, but I know next to nothing about biomedical engineering. -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 17:08, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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