User talk:CaroleHenson/Chat group

This page, a form of a User page has been started to allow a small group of users to post comments, tips, frustrations and questions about their experience at Wikipedia. You may want to talk about your experiences joining any of the Wikipedia:WikiProjects.

It could also be a place to share successes, like receiving Recognition, having an article that you've worked on become a Did you know posting on the main page, become a Wikipedia:Good article.

Feel free to ask questions of the group. It amazes me how much there is to learn... and also how much people learn in a short period of time. Sharing information can make that process a bit less painful and hopefully more fun.

Also, it's meant to be a group forum, so if you have ideas for changing the format or images, etc. of this page, feel free to share them, too.

To get started, post a message with a comment or question.

Introductions

It might be nice to get started with introductions, but I would recommend not sharing any more than you'd want others to read about you. A small group of people will be invited to this group, but others may read the content... so you may want to be careful about giving very specific details. One way of thinking about it is... how much would you are on a public Facebook page?

CaroleHenson

This is more information than you may want to share, but I thought since I started the group it would be good to give you a bit about who I am:

From the United States, I'm a native Midwesterner, have lived in New York, and am now enjoying living in the American southwest. I like to write about visual arts, particularly biographies of women artists born before 1900, and southwestern history and prehistory. It is amazing how much gets done on Wikipedia - sometimes the collaboration is amazingly simple and rewarding - and other times it can be very frustrating. Some of my favorite things about writing articles is incorporating images that I've found on the public domain or I've taken myself.

My favorite things are international and domestic travel, metaphysics, religious study (a wide range of religions), international cooking and dining, and flying. I can be a tightly-wound A-type personality, but my friends know my other side: slightly quirky, kind, silly, psychic.--CaroleHenson (talk) 05:56, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MsMalaprop

Hello. I'm new to Wikipedia contributions, so not advanced enough to have an avatar. I've always been a bookworm, library hound and (some have said) know-it-all. So I'm trying to learn Wikipedia skills so that I can be part of an educational project, as eclectic and vast as my interests. Those include the arts, literature, world history and random events. MsMalaprop (talk) 01:33, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

JKruger13

Hello. I don't know what else to say but I like listening to music.

JKruger13 (talk) 01:48, 20 September 2014 (UTC)JKruger13[reply]

Invitiation

@Venustar84, MsMalaprop, Moon over manhattan, and JKruger13:

If you would like to join the group, feel free to come in... introduce yourself... or post a new message.--CaroleHenson (talk) 06:03, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello MsMalaprop

It's good to have you here, MsMalaprop! I enjoyed reading your introduction - It helps me have a better sense of who you are.

If you're interested, there's one little tip to help you seem like you're not a newcomer, and that is to add something to your user page User:MsMalaprop. You can create a page by clicking on the red link and add a space - or you could put a little info about yourself (e.g., topics that interest you, projects you belong to, and/or what your working on).

For everyone,
If you are feeling ambitious and want to design something detailed, the design center has lots of great ideas and hints. There's also information and guidelines at Wikipedia:User pages.--CaroleHenson (talk) 03:03, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

JKruger13: - Hi

Hi, @JKruger13: Yes, I saw your edits to articles about music! It's great to have you here, too! From the little that I've dabbled, it seems that there are a lot of opportunities to improve existing articles about music and musicians. You've made a good start.--CaroleHenson (talk) 05:13, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Anything brewing?

Does anyone have anything that they're thinking about writing about or working on?

By now, you've probably noticed that I like 19th century art. I'm currently going through a list of articles about 19th women artists - and am so amazed by their bravado, skill, and various ways in which they managed introduction of opportunities for women. Right now, I'm working on Eleanor Norcross, an American woman who lived in Paris, developed a large collection of works of art, and with her art work and funding, the Fitchburg Art Museum was born. (Very much a work-in-progress, i.e., needing copy-edits and expansion, at the moment.) This was a fun one because the article was in such a primitive state - so the story has been enfolding as I write. Very cool.

So, the next thing brewing for me is to continue working through the alphabet (by surname).

P.S. Feel free to add any images - or change the initial images - if you'd like from commons.wikipedia.org and if you've not formatted an image, this is a simple example of how to do it: [[File:Ivana Kobilca - Kofetarica.jpg|thumb|150px]], where "px" is the width of the image.--CaroleHenson (talk) 05:30, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hello?

Anyone still here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JKruger13 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely, can I help with something JKruger13?--CaroleHenson (talk) 23:01, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing. The group chat seems to be inactive. So how do I fix the bare urls tab on the wiki page I created? Also am I allowed to add album artwork to its wikipage? JKruger13 (talk) 03:13, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, JKruger13. I'm a little confused. Which article are you talking about that has the bare urls tag? Is that the same one that you'd like to add artwork?--CaroleHenson (talk) 08:21, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

On this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity,_Phase_1:_Neohumanity — Preceding unsigned comment added by JKruger13 (talk • contribs) 15:05, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

JKruger13 There's a really cool feature within the bare url's box - Reftools. You just need to clock on the "Reftools" link and it will make an attempt at formatting the bare links for you. Once you click on the link, a new page is opened that attempts to complete title and publisher information - but it should be reviewed to ensure it's correct. Its a really cool, quick and easy fix.

I did that an noticed that there were a couple of sources that aren't reliable sources (they become really evident when you run the tool), but you could check out this search of google news items - blogs for other sources-- I hope that helps!--CaroleHenson (talk) 21:47, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How wonderful this space is. We need more of this on Wikipedia! I'm just about to write two articles on English interior designers, I found one of their few references was in an article that Carol wrote. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 23:55, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, that's fun, Gareth E Kegg! Nice of you to stop by!

This is also a nice reminder to send an invite out to some recent contacts. Thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 00:33, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Papeton, Colorado question

Carole,

I am very impressed by your Papeton, Colorado entry, it has been very difficult for me to find out much about it. My grandparents from Mexico bought a house, that still stands, in Papeton around 1912. My father was born in that house in 1926. Other siblings were born there, too, and my grandmother lived there until her death in 1966. This message is really just to say thanks. Could I contact you? Hope I am signing this correctly.

Roger Chavez Uslabor (talk) 22:55, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@USlabor: Sure, it would be great to talk to you. I hadn't realized my break was so long... or I missed your posting earlier. It would be great to talk.--CaroleHenson (talk) 06:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Carole: I'm the granddaughter of Elenore Plaisted Abbott, the illustrator whose bio you may have written and certainly contributed to. I would like to thank you for your attention to her work and your contributions to her entry. I joined Wikipedia in order to make corrections to her entry, which I have now done. All except one. The Brandywine River Museum has listed an oil painting called "Peggy Harvey and Daughter Bret" with a date of c. 1930. Since I am that daughter, and was born in 1936, this can't be correct. I've contacted the Brandywine to inquire about the painting and hope to post a correction soon. Meanwhile, thanks again. It's so nice to see my grandmother recognized with a Wikipedia entry. Elenoresgranddaughter (talk) 14:23, 29 July 2015 (UTC)Elenoresgranddaughter[reply]

Hi, Great to hear from you! I replied on your talk page and a few follow-up questions.--CaroleHenson (talk) 06:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hi, I am interested in being adopted to learn the most from Wikipedia. Are you interested?

Sure, I answered on your talk page.--CaroleHenson (talk) 05:53, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

EDP beach party

I improved the page and you delete my work, WHY? I know edp beach since always and I know everything, so stop please — Preceding unsigned comment added by José Pedro Salgado (talk • contribs) 09:58, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I explained on your talk page - including why your edits are disruptive. I will respond there.–CaroleHenson (talk) 11:32, 5 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]