User talk:Likhasik

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Happy editing! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:29, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Double Welcome

Hi, Likhasik: I saw your Help Desk post and wanted to reach out to see if I can provide some direction on your contributions. Honestly, I've never done this before, but I am an experienced editor here and in "real life" so perhaps I can be of assistance. If that's of interest to you, I believe I'd start with some questions regarding your skill levels and interests just to see what you may need to learn and also if I can be of help. Editing in Wikipedia can be very complex in some regards, relatively simple in others. You can get a glimpse of my background through my user page: User:Allreet. Click the "All Reet" link to access my About page, which includes a short bio at the top. You can return to my main user/home page by clicking the "back" arrow on your browser. From there, you can see the list of articles I've worked on by selecting "Projects". Actually, I contribute "everywhere" but these have been some of my larger efforts. If you'd like to proceed, either respond with a "Yes" here (I'll check back in a day or so) or on my Talk page. And again, welcome! Allreet (talk) 17:46, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@User:Allreet Yes I'd like to. --Likhasik (talk) 05:13, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hi Likhasik, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like it here and decide to stay. Our intro page provides helpful information for new users—please check it out! If you have any questions, you can get help from experienced editors at the Teahouse. Happy editing! JETH888 (message) 17:27, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeth888: Hello to you too. I've never expected some fellow Filipino to greet me. BTW, I saw your page and you said you speak Asi. Are you affiliated with https://marayum.ph/about/ or at least a contributor? --Likhasik (talk) 17:59, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm always glad to welcome newcomers, especially Filipinos. Have you ever visited WP:PINOY? I don't see your name on the roster there, and that page is handy to us Filipino editors. Additionally, it would be great to see your user page have something on it to know you more, as you did with mine. It's my first time hearing about that. I'll look into it. Thank you. Again, welcome. JETH888 (message) 03:13, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Allreet Message

Where do you think would be the best place to start -- or, what would you like to know immediately? I'm on and off Wikipedia throughout the day and night, so if you ping me or leave a message on my Talk page, I'll respond as soon as I can. Meanwhile, I'll offer some basic guidelines you may have already seen:

Review (look over) WP:VER. It's long and then confusing, but in a nutshell, all material we add to Wikipedia must be attributable to reliable, published sources. Sources can include books, scholarly papers, magazines, newspapers, and to a lesser degree, websites, even YouTube videos. But no unreliable sources, such as other encyclopedias, self-published materials, the subject's website, and blogs, can be used.
Review WP:NOT. Essentially, we can only publish subjects or "facts" that are notable, meaning important. The measure of something's importance is the number of published reliable sources available on it. The more sources, the more worthy an item is for inclusion. Example: A player on a local basketball team is not likely to have articles devoted to his/her career in national magazines. A major basketball player will have many, many articles. The local player is not worthy of a Wikipedia article, but obviously the major star is.
Review WP:CITE. Everything we add to Wikipedia must be supported by a source, and we let readers know what our sources are by including citations (also known as references or footnotes). In my opinion, the more citations an article has, the more reliable it is. Usually, one citation is sufficient for a sentence or paragraph that you add, as long as everything you add is supported by the source. Adding citations can be time consuming, but it's always "worth its weight in gold".
Review WP:NPOV. We must remain neutral - not take sides - in what we present. We are like reporters. We must remain objective and explain the sides to a "story" fairly and without editorial bias. This applies to both what we say and how we say it. And never include your own opinion. Only include what reliable sources say.

If you're familiar with most of that, more or less, and know basic HTML editing (plus you have other computer skills), you can get started. Editing here is a learning experience, and while the guidelines (loose rules) are numerous, long and complex, over time you'll get the hang of things. I have some links to Wikipedia Help Topics on one of my user sub-pages that might be of help and also some Citation Templates you can copy when you need them - these things are often hard to track down. Plus if you want, I can create a sub-page for you on your User page and include all these materials and tools so that you can have them close at hand. You can then add to them as you wish.

But first, start your User page so that you and others can access it. The procedure: Type and enter User:Likhasik in the Search box, click the Start the User:Likhasik page link in the list below, enter a title in the Creating User Page window (text preceded and followed by two equal signs), write anything you want below it, click Show Preview button at the bottom to review it, change anything you want, be sure to "sign" your entry with four tilde's (~) at the very end, and then click Publish Changes to publish your User page. Later, you can edit this and turn it into a formal "welcome" to anyone visiting your page .

One way to learn how things work is to review other articles. To see how an article looks in "code", click the Edit tab to view an article in the Edit window. If you change something accidentally, simply "back out" by clicking your browser's Back arrow (or click Cancel at the bottom of the Edit page), and then click Leave in the Leave warning box - nothing you changed will be saved. I also have some "tips" concerning how I research and write articles, but I'll save that for the next time.

Is all that helpful (and hopefully, not too much) for getting started? Allreet (talk) 22:19, 17 February 2022

P.S. I apologize for being late in responding. For some reason, I missed your ping on my Talk page. I'll do better next time. Allreet (talk) 22:26, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good day @Allreet:. No problem and I am glad that you responded swiftly. BTW is the text copy-pasted somewhere or did you create it before? Again, good day. --Likhasik (talk) 05:04, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The message is new. Some thoughts on getting started. By the way, you can start/create your user page by clicking this link: User:Likhasik. Then follow the instructions in the Create window that displays. Contact me as soon as the need and time allow. Allreet (talk) 23:32, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for your help earlier today on my reference in the Hugo Haas article. I cited the journal because that was the ultimate source of the information I used. Now I see "Downloaded from Academia.edu" at the start of the article, but I wouldn't have understood it's significance. I can see a scenario where I tried to cite Google Scholar somehow, because that's where I found the article. Now I realize that after the search results came up in Google Scholar, I had to hit a link to "[PDF] academia.edu" but it's confusing, because it didn't download anything, the article was right there waiting to be read. I hope the correct source to site the next time is clear... -- Pete Best Beatles (talk) 20:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you know, I recreated the above message over at the Teahouse, so maybe I could get some more comments on the reference process. -- Pete Best Beatles (talk) 03:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello thanks for the help (copy)

Let me know what to we do next? --Likhasik (talk) 17:53, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I posted a lengthy list of topics for getting started on your User talk:Likhasik page. The first thing to do - as an exercise and for practical purposes - is to create your user page. The instructions are on the list of topics I provided on your talk page. Once you set up your user page, you can test editing there or in your "Sandbox". The sandbox is a sub-page for "play" - that is, to just try things and see how they look. It's also a place where you can "draft" materials, either entire articles or sections of text you'd like to add to existing articles. But you can't access your sandbox until you set up your user page. So please start there. If you have any problems doing that, let's see if we can connect in real time. One way to do that is to "set an appointment" at a mutually agreeable time and then text back and forth on your talk page. So for example, we could agree to "meet" at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (New York time) this Sunday. Or whenever.

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Disambiguation pages

Hi Likhasik, thanks for you help on disambiguation pages; it is greatly appreciated. I thought that it might help you to look at the short version of the guidelines for DAB pages (WP:Disambiguation do's and don'ts) since they are somewhat different than article guidelines. I'm happy to answer any questions (if I can!), Leschnei (talk) 14:44, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Leschnei: Thank you for this remark. I will do good. BTW, should I join the Wikiproject of Disambiguation to get an award or no need? I want to minimize my names on other pages. Thank you --Likhasik (talk) 04:14, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea about rewards, or how one gets them, sorry. Leschnei (talk) 14:15, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unusual actions

Have you brought this up with administrators? If you feel threatened, you should open a ticket on WP:ANI. They have a lot of tools to deal with such issues. Adakiko (talk) 18:52, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Adakiko Not yet a grave threat per se. I understand and I am in control of the situation. Again, just mitigating further and incoming problems with this Account. I can contact the admin if danger comes in but, prevention is better than cure. And also, please just click reply instead of creating a new section. I don't want to further explain but I hope you get the idea. Thanks. --Likhasik (talk) 18:55, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you feel physically threatened, you should contact emergency@wikimedia.org. See wp:Responding to threats of harm Adakiko (talk) 20:08, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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