User talk:ElephantEar

Following

Are you following me? If I'm making more mistakes than I'm fixing please let me know. ( SailingOn (talk) 23:06, 2 November 2017 (UTC) )[reply]

Hello SailingOn, No I'm not following you but rather am doing minor edits from articles suggested by Wiki community portal as a way to gain experience with at least 10 edits (I'm a new user). If I edited more than one item that you've written, it was coincidental. My apologies if I've created any concern. The edits were minor grammar to improve clarity, nothing fact based. Hope this helps. P.S. I'm not even sure if I'm replying to your question in the correct Talk place, so hope you see this soon.ElephantEar (talk) 23:46, 2 November 2017 (UTC)ElephantEar[reply]

No worries! I just saw you edited one from there but also the Potchefstroom article and was curious. There's mixed ways of replying on talk pages, you can do it on mine or yours. But if you do it on yours be sure to take the user like this: @ElephantEar so they are notified. Additionally you should use the colon to make the box of text indented so the thread is more readable. There's a big page about it called Help:Talk_pages. ( SailingOn (talk) 00:01, 3 November 2017 (UTC) )[reply]

Thank you for the tips! I am trying to proceed carefully and will use more tutorials. Its a little overwhelming. @SailingOn

I've just started too, I am really just going off of what other people have told me and matching what other people have done! There's actually a live chat which has been really helpful. Here's a link: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-en-help? SailingOn (talk) 00:18, 3 November 2017 (UTC) )[reply]

Help me! Create a biography page

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Please help me with... 1. creating a biography on a notable person. In particular, I thought I'd previously found a biography template so I don't have to start from scratch but now can't seem to find that nor instructions on how to insert a biography template into a draft page.

2. Is it better to write the page content offline (i.e., in MS Word) and then paste it into Wikipedia and add the formatting or should I create the draft page on my account talk page? I've been advised it may not be best to create the draft page in my sandbox because if Wiki cleans out sandboxes periodically, my work will be lost. I'm not sure if this is a true statement.

Thanks for any advice!

ElephantEar (talk) 18:14, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see you wants to create biography, so first of all I advise you to look at this link, where you will find Wikipedia policies, manual of style for biography and you don't need any template for writing biographies. I think you want that info box which appears on right side of articles, you can find that at this link, you can copy this template content and add relevant details about person in it. Now as you asked that, "can I create article content offline?" So I will advise you to make it online, because you need Wikipedia editing tools for better and helpful writing of article, which you will not find in any offline tool. So just follow this link and read all instructions at each page carefully. Once you create a draft, write down the content and after that add a relevant reference in-line, to know that what I means by in-line please open this link. If you need any help after this you can join our live chat help or reply here at your talk page, and ping me also. Thanks. @1997kB 18:52, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You can also use the Biography template to help create a quick "scaffold" that includes all the usual parts of a biography. Type {{subst:Biography}} (including the braces) into a blank page and save it. You'll then be able to edit it as you need to create the content you want. You can find more information here:Template:Biography. Hope this helps. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:59, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks to @1997kB and @Eggishorn for your assistance. I will try to be brave and move forward with your suggestions. I did find the biography template now and added it to my talk page to see how it looks. Thank you for the quick responses. ElephantEar (talk) 19:27, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Megan Devine (April 24)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by RoySmith was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage (not just mere mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people, the golden rule and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners and Help:Introduction to referencing/1), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Please see WP:BASIC for guidance on what we need. Most of the sources here are first-party or otherwise non-WP:RS. The NY Times (Understanding Grief) article is clearly a good source, but that's just one. We need multiple sources.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Megan Devine and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Megan Devine, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{db-self}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
You can also use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

-- RoySmith (talk) 23:00, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, ElephantEar! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! -- RoySmith (talk) 23:00, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Megan Devine has been accepted

Megan Devine, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk.
If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

— Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 19:56, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Megan Devine

Thanks for creating Megan Devine.

A New Page Patroller Rosguill just tagged the page as having some issues to fix, and wrote this note for you:

A lot of the citations given are to sources that seem not-quite reliable, such as Sounds True, Youtube, and Laughing Squid (for more information, see WP:RS. While the article also includes references to the NYTimes and other reliable sources, it's unclear whether the coverage there is sufficiently in-depth to satisfy Wikipedia's general notability guideline. Consider removing some of the less reliable sources and replacing them with higher quality ones–generally speaking, an article with 3 good citations is better than an article with 3 good citations and 10 bad ones.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can reply over here and ping me. Or, for broader editing help, you can talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.

Delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

_signed,Rosguill ^talk 18:48, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Megan Devine for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Megan Devine is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Megan Devine until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. ☆ Bri (talk) 00:28, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]