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Hey, Gertie, I'm cymru.lass and I've been editing Wikipedia for some time. I've noticed that you're having a little trouble getting used to editing Wikipedia, so I though I'd stop by and leave some links to help you out.
Feel free to leave a message on my talk page anytime! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 15:46, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
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on their talk page so they know they have messages on your talk page. --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 15:58, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I'm sorry to see you've had such a hard time so far, Gertie. You certainly received some warnings you shouldn't have. Sometimes people mean well, but misinterpret things.
You're making great progress and the userspace drafting is coming along nicely—you sure chose hard things to write about with those 2. If you want I'd be happy to look over the Springer one when you feel it's finished. By the way, if any potential sources you find require payment feel free to nudge me. I have access to lots of sources, so may be able to put it online for a short time, for download.
I saw you wrote that you “really want a page that will stay on Wikipedia for awhile”. Well, I thought your Stayman apple page was very nice. Some strong sources, too. I live across the ocean, in a faraway land, so hadn't heard of it before. I wasn't sure if it'd stay, although thought it should and did put in a word. Which brings me to ... Good news: the community agreed to Keep the article! Now a page that you breathed life into will stay for a very long time.
Y'know what it's missing though? Pics. :) There are so many rules about picture uploads here. Luckily, I'm familiar with them. How about one of these ? Also, if the amount of content is expanded by five times, you could even nominate it for 'Did you know' - so it goes on the Main Page and is seen by thousands. If going for that appeals to you, I'd be happy to help out. Let me know.
Nice to see the character page went live, too. Feel free to ask if you need help with any wiki stuff. --92.30.85.175 (talk) 22:41, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Aloha, I had a look over your Springer page. Meant to get back to you yesterday, but I had to go someplace!
The foundations are good. Straightaway readers know who she is, what she's done. What'd be great, and bring it closer to being ready to go public, is a little more on Kristina. Is there more about her out there, Gertie?
Another article I looked at for ideas tells you all about if the person went to college, wrote anything before her first book, if she's married, which state she lives in and how she likes to spend her free time. (Actually it doesn't mention that last bit at all, but it seems nice to have. :o)
Because I haven't read the books, I liked how your page quickly explains their plots. Adding more on Kristina'd be a good balance with that I think. --92.30.85.175 (talk) 18:26, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I see your edits are improving. That's great! And I'm glad you took my suggestion on writing article drafts in userspace; that will definitely save you a ton of hassle. One thing I noticed, in your edits to Template:Disney Channel Movies, you had to edit the page several times to make sure your link worked out. There's something you can do so you don't have to save the page to make sure your link works. Check out Help:Show preview. There's a button you can click in the editing window that says "Show preview." When you click it, it shows you what your edit will look like when it's saved. Then you can right-click any links and select "Open in new tab" or "Open in new window." That will allow you to make sure you've linked to the right page without having to wait for the page to save. Hope this helps! As always, you can leave a message on my talk page if you need help! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 00:54, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
You're welcome! I'm glad to know that I've been able to help you. How's your editing coming? --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 01:59, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
I see you've moved your userspace draft to Michelle Tanner (Full House Character). That's great! I moved it to Michelle Tanner (Full House character) so it fits with Wikipedia's article capitalization guidelines (click on the link to read the guidelines, if you're interested). Congratulations on figuring out how to use tables! I'm gonna let you in on a secret—I still don't know how to use those things. I think it's time to introduce you to the wonderful world of infoboxes, which I actually know something about. Can you imagine me trying to teach you something I knew noting about? That'd be a nightmare...
So. Infoboxes. Basically, they're little blurbs about an article that tell you some key information at a glance. Almost like Sparknotes. They come in a bunch of different varieties; there are infoboxes for countries, TV shows, people, businesses, you name it. There's a list at Category:Infobox templates. I think your best bet for the Michelle Tanner article would be to use Template:Infobox character. To place an infobox on a page, you paste the code in at the top of the article and then fill it in. For example, you would put this at the top of the Michelle Tanner article:
((Infobox character | name = | series = | image = | caption = | first = | last = | cause = | creator = | portrayer = | voice = | nickname = | alias = | species = | gender = | occupation = | title = | family = | spouse = | significantother = | children = | relatives = | religion = | nationality = ))
Then you fill the information in. Each of the lines is called a parameter, and you place the information after the equals sign in the parameter. If you're unsure of what kind of information to put after a parameter, don't worry. Just go to the infoboxes page and look under the section called "Parameters". Not all of the parameters are necessary, like the "species" parameter. That parameter's for characters from series with many nonhumans.
Another thing you might find helpful to know is how to use piped links. I noticed when you edited the ABC Family page to fix the link to Sister, Sister, that you left it as [[Sister, Sister (TV series)]]
. In cases like this, you can actually make a link that says one thing but points to a different page. For example, [[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]
links to the page Sister, Sister (TV series) but it actually says Sister, Sister. Hope this helps. As always, if you're confused, drop a line on my talk page. I'm on here pretty often --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 01:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Here is a little tutorial I just wrote on how to use external links (like to Google.com or other non-Wikipedia webpages) and reference lists in articles.
[http://www.google.com Google]
will display as Google. I noticed that the link you were trying to place in the Michelle Tanner article probably shouldn't go in the article itself. Might I suggest placing it in an "External links" section? Before creating an "External links" section, you should check out Wikipedia:External links so you can learn Wikipedia policy on external links.<ref>Plunkett, John. [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', London, 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 2005-10-27.</ref>
It will show up in the article's "References" section as: Plunkett, John. "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying", The Guardian, London, 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 2005-10-27.<ref name="name">insert reference here</ref>
. Then, when you want to cite that source again, simply type <ref name="name" />
where you want to cite it.((Reflist))
in the "References" section. You can also put there if you want.John Smith is forty-three.[1]
John Plunkett said this, that, and then some in an article in the Guardian. [2] John Smith agreed with what John Plunkett said.[1]
Hope this helps! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 23:44, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey, just letting you know that pictures can only be added to Wikipedia articles if they're hosted on Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Commons. For more information on how to use images, check out Wikipedia:Images. Hope this helps with finding an image for the Michelle Tanner article! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 20:35, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi Gertie1999! Thanks for your recent contributions. When editing an article on Wikipedia you probably noticed there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:
The text written in the field will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature. Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field. Thank you. Kudpung (talk) 01:10, 19 September 2010 (UTC))
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I just wanted to let you know that comments at the List of child characters deletion debate are not to be taken personally. It does take a while to learn the ropes at Wikipedia and I completely understand that having your work washed away can be extremely frustrating. I know when I start a new article, I mentally put it through a deletion challenge — are there enough sources available that it could be defended? If I don't think a successful defense can be made, I don't even start the piece. Anyway, nothing personal and I hope that you keep after it... Carrite (talk) 19:57, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello! It's been a while, hasn't it? I just wanted to let you know that it's generally not a good idea to remove template tags on articles, like ((citequote)). They're not bad things to have on an article, the let people know where the article needs help, like citing a quote or copyediting an article.
By the way, you're doing great on here—it looks like you've got the hang of working on Wikipedia! --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 13:55, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello! I do, in fact, remember you. It's been a while. You coming back to editing? :) — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 23:05, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello. There's a merger proposal relating to an article or articles you've contributed to, relating to the Ramona Quimby books. You are invited to read about and discuss it here: Talk:Ramona (novel series)#Merger Proposal. Thank you. Tlqk56 (talk) 00:01, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
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