Josekauf

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Hi Drmies,

Thank you for the message. I'm new to Wikipedia, and I'll explain my background. I'm a high school student who's interested in drugs and the history of drug policy reform. I wrote a paper about Kurt Schmoke, a mayor who spoke out against the War on Drugs, and as a part of that, I read a lot about a Princeton professor named Ethan Nadelmann. I read about how he was really the brains behind the push to reevaluate the War on Drugs and how he published a lot about the subject and then got funding from George Soros to run a non-profit. I wanted to add detail about Nadelmann's role in ending the Drug War and specifically in medical marijuana ballot initiatives.

I realize that the edits I made yesterday were sloppy. However, I'm working on a draft using secondary sources including "Can't Find My Way Home: America in The Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000" by Martin Torgoff, "A New Leaf" by Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidan, "George Soros: A Life in Full" by Peter L. W. Osnos, "Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionare" by Michael T. Kaufman, and "Brave New Weed: Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis" by Joe Dolce.

How exactly do I make a draft of an article and save it without publishing it?

Thank you for your help, and let me know about anything I can do better,

Josekauf (talk) 19:08, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi Drmies,

I finished my draft of my edits to Ethan Nadelmann's page. What do you think? I just wrote down the things I want to add and didn't copy much over from the current Wiki page.

Thank you,

Josekauf (talk) 20:14, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, this is the link: User:Josekauf/sandbox/Ethan Nadelmann Josekauf (talk) 20:15, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi Josekauf. Once you think your draft is ready to go live, submit your article to the Articles for creation by clicking the blue button at the top of your article and an experienced user will move your article into WP:Draftspace for further review. If you want to reach out to Drmies, try leaving a message at their talk page. ––FormalDude talk 05:07, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

I think the previous responder did not realize you were using a draft to propose changes to an existing page. Submitting the draft for review will get you nowhere.

I tried running your sandbox against the original page using the copyvio tool and could see a little bit of what you were attempting to change, but I could not tell if you were omitting parts of the original on purpose or because you didn't realize their importance. This inability to convey to other editors what changes you want to make and why is one reason we do not consider drafts as replacements for existing articles.

I suggest you start over and adopt a method that is much more like "replace 'A' with 'B'" or "after 'C' add 'D'". You can explain why you think your change is an improvement. Another thing to watch out for - the existing article already has this problem - are references to Ballotopedia (not considered a reliable source) or references that go to databases like ProQuest but don't identify the original author and publication. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:29, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Where should I do this method of "replace 'A' with 'B'" or "after 'C' add 'D"? Should I do that on the sandbox or on some other page? And thank you for the feedback. I won't cite Ballotopedia and I'll look into the references that don't identify the original author and publication. Josekauf (talk) 16:18, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Should I do it in the "talk" page for the article? Josekauf (talk) 16:21, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

I added my proposed edits to the "talk" page of Ethan Nadelmann. Josekauf (talk) 17:36, 17 August 2022 (UTC)