User talk:JaredGB

Welcome!

Hello, JaredGB, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! — Hebrides (talk) 08:59, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Blank lines in The Observatory of Economic Complexity article

Hello JaredGB, and thanks for your work on the The Observatory of Economic Complexity article. I thought I'd just drop by and explain myself, after removing a lot of blank lines from the article.

Blank lines like these may make the page look better on your browser, device and wikipedia 'skin'. But people are accessing wikipedia from a wide variety of devices, including phones and other screen sizes; also, Wikipedia gives a choice of nine skins; people also use different browsers, and, depending on eyesight, readers may set the screen resolution to give text big enough for them to read or change their browser text size setting. People don't always maximise the browser window, and some use their screens in portrait format. Some people use specialised output devices to suit their needs.

With such diversity, it is generally considered best practice to allow the reader's device to flow the text naturally, following simple conventions with regard to headings, paragraph breaks, infoboxes, etc., without trying to coerce the elements of the page to align by inserting multiple blank lines.

I did a bit of reorganisation of your article which I think will address these concerns, but didn't want you to feel that I was spoiling it :) I hope that makes some sense. Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Best wishes — Hebrides (talk) 08:59, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, H!

Great suggestions. They make sense. I'll continue to use them as I update the page further. Cheers! JaredGB (talk) 12:31, 8 March 2012 (UTC)JaredGB[reply]

Adding references can be easy

Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:

While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
Then click on "Templates".
Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the website link (web URL) becomes inactive (dead/link rot) at some point.
Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.
Click on Save page. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.
Hope this helps, --Shearonink (talk) 02:59, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, S!

That is super helpful.

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Your submission at Articles for creation

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 21:21, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Kanuk (talk) 02:24, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

World Innovation Forum (Kuala Lumpur), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

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RadioFan (talk) 02:29, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, you can find it at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/World Innovation Forum.
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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Hasteur (talk) 15:37, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/World Innovation Forum concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/World Innovation Forum, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 02:12, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/World Innovation Forum

Hello JaredGB. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "World Innovation Forum".

The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, copy this code: {{subst:Refund/G13|Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/World Innovation Forum}}, paste it in the edit box at this link, click "Save", and an administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Rankersbo (talk) 12:31, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]