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| {{reply to|Notgain}} When proposing a merger, it is best to direct all discussion to one talk page, typically the talk page of the target article. Hence I directed discussion to {{section link|Talk:Individual psychology#Merge proposal, April 2018}} regarding your proposal to merge various articles into ]. Thanks, ] (]) 14:25, 29 April 2018 (UTC) | {{reply to|Notgain}} When proposing a merger, it is best to direct all discussion to one talk page, typically the talk page of the target article. Hence I directed discussion to {{section link|Talk:Individual psychology#Merge proposal, April 2018}} regarding your proposal to merge various articles into ]. Thanks, ] (]) 14:25, 29 April 2018 (UTC) | ||
| :{{reply to|Biogeographist}} Thanks. ] (]) 03:34, 30 April 2018 (UTC) | :{{reply to|Biogeographist}} Thanks. ] (]) 03:34, 30 April 2018 (UTC) | ||
| == Note about copying and pasting between articles == | |||
| I am looking at the new page that you created, ], and I noticed at least a couple of issues. | |||
| First, when you copy content from another Misplaced Pages article, you need to clearly state in the edit summary of the target article that the content is copied, unless you were the sole author of the content in the source article, per ]. Otherwise you make it look as if you are the author of the text when you're not. For example, {{Diff||906075785|prev|you didn't provide attribution in your edit summary for the text}} "While no one person can be clearly identified as the originator, Graham Alexander, ], and ] all made significant contributions." But this text is copied from ] and you are not the author of it. | |||
| Second, you should pay attention to the citation style when copying and pasting citations. The citation style of all citations within a page should ideally be the same, per ]. {{Diff||906075785|prev|You copied and pasted}} (again from ]) ] ({{tl2|harvnb}}) without converting them to inline citations; in addition to creating varied citation styles within the same page, this created author-date citations that don't link to anything when one clicks on them, leaving the reader with incomplete citation information (in this case: {{harvnb|Alexander|2010}}; {{harvnb|Fine|Merrill|2010}}; {{harvnb|Whitmore|2009}}; {{harvnb|Whitmore|Kauffman|David|2013}}). | |||
| There are other errors as well, but I will assume that you are still working on those. ] (]) 15:55, 14 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
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Merge proposal, April 2018
@Notgain: When proposing a merger, it is best to direct all discussion to one talk page, typically the talk page of the target article. Hence I directed discussion to Talk:Individual psychology § Merge proposal, April 2018 regarding your proposal to merge various articles into Individual psychology. Thanks, Biogeographist (talk) 14:25, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Biogeographist: Thanks. Notgain (talk) 03:34, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
Note about copying and pasting between articles
I am looking at the new page that you created, Timeline of coaching psychology, and I noticed at least a couple of issues.
First, when you copy content from another Misplaced Pages article, you need to clearly state in the edit summary of the target article that the content is copied, unless you were the sole author of the content in the source article, per Misplaced Pages:Copying within Misplaced Pages. Otherwise you make it look as if you are the author of the text when you're not. For example, you didn't provide attribution in your edit summary for the text "While no one person can be clearly identified as the originator, Graham Alexander, Alan Fine, and Sir John Whitmore all made significant contributions." But this text is copied from GROW model and you are not the author of it.
Second, you should pay attention to the citation style when copying and pasting citations. The citation style of all citations within a page should ideally be the same, per WP:CITEVAR. You copied and pasted (again from GROW model) Harvard-style citations ({{harvnb}}) without converting them to inline citations; in addition to creating varied citation styles within the same page, this created author-date citations that don't link to anything when one clicks on them, leaving the reader with incomplete citation information (in this case: Alexander 2010 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFAlexander2010 (help); Fine & Merrill 2010 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFineMerrill2010 (help); Whitmore 2009 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFWhitmore2009 (help); Whitmore, Kauffman & David 2013 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFWhitmoreKauffmanDavid2013 (help)).
There are other errors as well, but I will assume that you are still working on those. Biogeographist (talk) 15:55, 14 July 2019 (UTC)