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let me introduce myself, Graeme Bartlett as an on-line ambassador to your Wikipedia work. I am here to help you with the Wikipedia technical and social world. You can ask me questions or chat to me on my talk page at User talk:Graeme Bartlett, or you can email me by using this page: Special:EmailUser/Graeme Bartlett. I will be looking at your work on Wikipedia to see what I can suggest to you. Once your page goes live I will see if I can nominate it for the WP:Did you know to get it listed on the front page. I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:52, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I see you edited Talk:Trombone to fix a spelling mistake. Although it is good to fix mistakes in articles, and your own writings, we usually let other people's talk stay the way it is, since our corrections may change what they say to something they did not intend. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:05, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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To get you page into the Did you Know section, it needs to meet the requirements you can see at WP:DYK. The best way to achieve this is to edit it in a sandbox first and then only move it to be an article when it is ready. Also let me know when you move it or nominate it yourself, as sometimes I miss seeing that the page is live in time. Another thing to avoid is copying text out of journals and pasting it in. The writing needs to be your own and not someone else's.

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Adding to this, there should be more information about the image. Where did it come from, what is it, when was it made? To do this use the information template. I have filled a sample, but correct this. The author can be your user name, or a true name if you cant to reveal it. If it is based on some other source, please mention it so that others can see how authoritative it is. {{Information | description = location of tectonic plates in the south of Africa | source = Hand drawn by author and then scanned | date = 9 October 2014 | author = Mmorr42 }}

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:40, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am wondering where I can add this information. Does it go by the line that inputs the image into the article? Thanks. Mmorr42 (talk) 19:35, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To do this go to File:Lwandle Plate Map.jpeg, click edit, and then add the template with the values substituted with the correct values. If the template is too tough to use, just add a freely typed description that includes the information.

On your question about the pages listed on the course page, it looks like you can have sandboxes there, and I have added those that have more than a one word test to it. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:40, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Matt=

Your page was a great read, I was on the page most of the time, I never had to go to another page to understand what you're talking about. K.I.S.S. when you plan on continuing to add to your page. The origin could include a geologic evolution of the plate in steps of progression, accompanied by another figure detailing this would really enhance your topic page. In reference to your picture, including a scale bar and a north arrow if possible would be a good idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Molear3 (talk • contribs) 01:41, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Elly

Cool page Martial. If possible you could add some pics to the tectonic section that show the shortening and then one to show to extension and that highlight the features that were created during both. Also, add more info into the part about the sedimentary basin and the hydrocarbons in it because that is very interesting even though it is not the main point. A diagram to go with that would be cool also. If you could find a more detailed geologic/structural map to use with your google map that would be useful also because their is a lot going on in this area that is difficult to visualize. a— Preceding unsigned comment added by Eleanor W Smith (talk • contribs) 01:48, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Did you know nominations/Lwandle Plate

See small issue there in DYK. HalfGig talk 19:27, 15 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see new note on DYK nomination page. Yoninah (talk) 23:09, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Austin

Great article as it was an easy and informative read.

First section: The mention of its velocity in the second sentence disrupts the flow a bit. Here you have: Location-velocity-location-crust type-location. try reorganizing the sentence to flow as location-location(as it implies crust type)-new discovery/velocity. This will then lead into you Origin section better.

Figure caption can describe / walk through what is being shown in the figures a bit more. In the third figure, a legend should be added even though it is the same. Plus as you mention earthquake data is commensurate with the gps data and plate movement, you could plot EQ data here as well.

If any later expansion, could look for field mapping investigations and studies on the rock record of madagascar which support the different models.

DYK for Lwandle Plate

On 20 November 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lwandle Plate, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Somali tectonic plate is breaking into tectonic micro-plates, like the newly-formed Lwandle Plate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lwandle Plate. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:29, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar A new editor on the right path
		Hi! I realize that I'm over a year late with this. But I think you deserve the recognition for your contributions at Lwandle Plate, it's the best student assignment work I've seen. -- intgr [talk] 12:43, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]