User talk:Lucy Tamayo

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Hi, could someone tell me how to create a new article? I don't see a 'create article' button anywhere. Lucy Tamayo (talk) 15:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's all explained at Wikipedia:Your first article. Good luck! Xenon 54 15:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm that's a huge list of requirements. I think I'll pass for the time being :P Lucy Tamayo (talk) 16:58, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, what article are you looking to create? You can request help, and there are a lot of people willing to help others put them together. Rasadam (talk) 16:30, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I already had a go at it at Rook (album). The thing about references confused me, especially the formatting side of it, so I dumped some links to articles in the "external links" section and hopefully that will do? I have read the Wikipedia notability article [1] and it's vague to say the least but I believe the links I put in the article (Rook (album)) satisfy the requirements. I could be wrong however. To be honest it's a bit mean to confront people with this [2] wall of text the first time they try to make something! Lucy Tamayo (talk) 16:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I know what you mean, people have been here so long responses get very robotic. To be fair, they responds to dozens of people per day so it's tough to add a personal touch to each response. I am by no means a Wikipedia expert, but I looked at your article and it seems like a good start. The external links are okay, references can be used to cite certain facts, for example next to a line like "The record has sold over 250,000 copies" you can add the reference next to that line that has the sales figures. You can use the ref tags, eg <ref>[http://link/to/reference Name of Reference]</ref>. For those references to show up, you need a references section (Just check other articles, most have the reference sections you can copy and paste.

Things I think you can add to the article for now is an album cover and track times. You can also go into detailing the personnel on the album (writers, producers, musicians specific to the album) and maybe any information on how it was launched and where it was promoted (did they tour to release the album?). Hope this helps! Rasadam (talk) 18:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great, that worked thanks! The track times haven't been released yet, but I'm pretty sure I found the album cover somewhere when I was searching for info. I'll go looksee. Lucy Tamayo (talk) 19:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey I added the album art - the upload page was really confusing and had way too much text that I wasn't in the mood to read so - can you check I did it right? I don't want to break any copyright laws. Thanks! Lucy Tamayo (talk) 15:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rook

Hey, I noticed you created an article for the new Shearwater album. Looks very good for a first article. If you need any help with policies or editing, feel free to let me know. A Okkervil River/Shearwater fan, Mahanga^Talk 19:43, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, not sure what you mean exactly. Other articles, such as The Sweet Escape use Template:Cite web for references. I've edited the Rooks page to show an example of it. You're only required to fill in the url/ and the title, but for completeness, it's best to fill in the other fields (author, publisher, etc). I hope this is what you meant. If you have other questions, let me know. I know I had a ton of trivial little questions when I was starting out. :) Cheers. Mahanga^Talk 01:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, I forgot to tell you how to do that. You assign a name to reference. For example, I assigned the name "pitchfork" to the Pitchfork reference. When you want to use that same reference information in a different place, you would just write in <ref name="pitchfork" />. Don't forget the forward slash or else it won't work.

To make the font smaller, use {{reflist}} instead of <references /> in the References section.

Wikipedians are usually nice to newcomers. As long as you have good intentions, be bold and edit away! :) Mahanga^Talk 03:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]