User talk:JEP20

Welcome

Hi JEP20 and welcome to Wikipedia! I've written some advice for past students in your class at Longy School of Music which you might find helpful. You'll find it here. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page (User talk:Voceditenore), or place {{helpme}} here on your talk page, ask your question, and another editor will come along to help. You might also be interested in WikiProject Classical music, WikiProject Composers, and WikiProject Opera. They have various guidelines for articles in this area and talk pages where you can ask advice from editors experienced in writing articles on classical music and related subjects. You'll find these guides particularly useful: WikiProject Composers: Guide to online research and WikiProject Composers: Copyright guidelines. Happy editing and best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 06:52, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm sure I will need help eventually, especially with formatting. I'm aiming to write an article about Classical Revolution, and am currently researching. I will be keeping all of these resources close at hand. Thank you again! JEP20 (talk) 00:48, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JEP. I assume you mean these folks. It sounds like a great idea and they have loads of coverage. A couple of tips... For sources/references, choose the very highest quality ones, i.e. mainstream newspaper and magazine coverage or academic journals. Don't use blogs or self-published websites. Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise being a notable exception. Because you will be writing in Wikipedia's voice, make sure you keep the style of writing as neutral and "boring" as possible, no matter how enthusiastic you are about what CR is doing (a common pitfall for students). Best, Voceditenore (talk) 07:22, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Me again. Inspired by my note to you, I've written more about subject choice, sourcing, and writing style and the reasons why new editors have to be increasingly careful about this at User talk:Ijmusic/Futureclass#2013 Tips. I'll leave notes on your class mate's talk pages with the link, but do encourage them all to have a look at them. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 09:27, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Teahouse

Hi. Me again. I wanted to let you know about another resource for beginners—Wikipedia's Teahouse. It's a place providing great support for new editors. You can ask questions (no question is too basic) and get helpful answers and advice from experienced editors. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 06:52, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Classical Revolution

Hi JEP. You had created your draft at Articles for Creation, but you hadn't submitted it for review (which can take several weeks). However, since it had sufficient references to attest to the notability of the subject, I went ahead and moved it to article space at Classical Revolution where you can continue working on it. I added two other references just to be on the safe side and did some copy-editing and formatting. One thing I did was to replace US abbreviations for state names with the full state name, eg. Texas not TX. As Wikipedia has an international readership, we have to make the articles maximally comprehensible to non-US readers. It's also better to use years rather than relative time constructs like "currently" which go quickly out of date. Example. Anyhow, you did a great job on the article, especially with the referencing, which is not easy for beginners. Well done! All the best, Voceditenore (talk) 15:42, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much! It looks much better now. I plan to add more links to the article and maybe some more detail if I can find it, maybe in the additional sources you provided.