Talk:Simon Nkoli

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Obviously this is a serious article. Interestingly he once tried on a leather codpiece in my apartment during the Vancouver Gay Games. On his prison experience in Apartheid SA he remarked on the traditional laments being sung by inmates on the eve of their execution. A beautiful man. Can you help with the citations?

I believe article should be kept and expanded; also add references. ANON 9/20/06

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Explanation for major revision[edit]

Hi All,

I made a major revision to the page, essentially reverting it to this 18 December 2021 version from this 11 June 2022 version of the page. It mainly affected edits made by a single user, who appears to be new to Wikipedia. Hopefully this explanation helps other new Wikipedians and future editors avoid mistakes when editing.

The user seems to have copied the text of the page and then pasted it as plain text in source editing mode, erasing much of the page source in the process. This resulted in several formatting errors. For example, in a few places, paragraphs appeared as verbatim text due to a leading space, for example:

He was a member of International Lesbian and Gay Association board, representing the African region, using his skills as an organizer and advocate to speak up for South African gay issues.

This had also resulted in several missing references. For new editors, references are sometimes inserted as Inline Citations, in-between <ref> tags like this: <ref> Citation details. </ref>. Because the text of the page (and not the page source) had been copied and pasted into the page source, these references were not included. (For more about citing sources on Wikipedia, see WP:CITE.) Links to other pages were removed for the same reason.

As a result, text that should have appeared as:

He lived there for several years before returning to live with his mother in Sebokeng.^[1]^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Simon Nkoli". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

^ Mlambo, Dumile; Landman, JC (22 November 2017). "SU to honour equal rights activist, Simon Nkoli". Stellenbosch University. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

Instead appeared as:

He lived there for several years before returning to live with his mother in Sebokeng.[1][2]

Finally, the revisions did include a few minor additions, but they did not follow proper guidelines for citing sources. For example, a "Quotes" section was created which included several quotes attributed to Nkoli. However, none included inline citations verifying the source of the quote as required by Wikipedia's verifiability policy (again, see WP:CITE).

Every Wikipedian makes mistakes, no matter how experienced, and these are relatively minor ones. However, hopefully this is a useful example of what to avoid in future. If you're new, don't let revisions like this put you off. Other Wikipedians will always be here to help, and the more edits you make, the easier it gets. Here's hoping that we can raise this page to the status it deserves.

A niche kale geek (talk) 19:49, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[SAHO-1] "Simon Nkoli". South African History Online. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

[SUNews-2] Mlambo, Dumile; Landman, JC (22 November 2017). "SU to honour equal rights activist, Simon Nkoli". Stellenbosch University. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

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