User talk:Gerald Waldo Luis

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Hello, again. Pointing out the obvious fact that my signature is quite similar to yours, except for the fact that the color and name is changed, I would like to ask if this is fine? Since I'm fairly new to Wikipedia and custom signatures are definitely not my cup of tea. SenatorLEVI 06:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

SenatorLEVI, hey there. Copying others' signatures is so fine, in fact there is a page where users gave signature codes for people to use. If they're not your cup of tea, custom signs are optional and you can use the default too-- it doesn't degrade your integrity. GeraldWL 06:36, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

I think the right word I should've used is impersonating. Thanks anyway. SenatorLEVI 07:33, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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Hi Gerald, Thanks for reviewing. Regarding citation , Would you explain what a 'lead' is please ? And also, an example of a statement where I don;t currently have citation ? Many thanks. Your help is much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newreaders (talk • contribs) 14:06, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Newreaders, a lead is not related to citations. They are the summary of an article; in your draft's case, "Virginia Lesley MacNaughton is an English singer songwriter from Lincolnshire (born 24 October, 1969)" is the lead. A lead can be accompanied by an infobox, a box of general information about the article-- basically a boxed summary. Your current draft lead is not formatted correctly; have a look at several Wikipedia biographies as to how a person lead is like.

There are a lot of sentences in your article which does not have citations. You can see them with the "citation needed" tags. Other sentences needing citations are:

• "MacNaughton has opened shows for James Yorkston, Glenn Tilbrook (Shepherd's Bush Empire), Bob Geldof, Tom McRae and in 2004 joined Lost Highway artist, Fionn Regan as support on his Irish tour."
• "Edinburgh Fringe - 8 nights at Gilded Balloon, 2001 and York Barbican, YLAF, 2003"
• "In October 2020, MacNaughton reunited with William Jackson to begin a third album."
• "MacNaughton is among Bretton Hall College alumni which include British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor and League of Gentlemen Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton."
• "The film was officially selected for the New York Independent Film Festival, Film Festival della Lessinia, shOUT Gay Film Festival, Newcastle, Australia and was nominated Best Feature for Basel Film Prize in 2012."
• and the entire discography section.

Additionally, there should be no external links in the article, except in the External links section. Career paragraph 5 is also not formatted correctly, and the Discography section is not formatted correctly (they must use a bulleted list, as you can see in my reply. I can fix some of these myself, but your draft needs some work before it can be accepted. Good luck with that.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask me. GeraldWL 14:20, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, I'm grateful. I'll get to work on these points. Newreaders (talk) 15:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)