User talk:Orcanarco

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Orcanarco! Thank you for your contributions. I am Doug Weller and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Doug Weller talk 09:48, 2 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A good page on writing articles

I realise that you aren't writing this from scratch, but it's helpful anyway. Wikipedia:Your first article. Note the boxed comment on "good sources" - our articles are meant to be mainly based on what good independent sources say about a subject, not what the subject says about itself. Think of an article in a paper encyclopedia (are there any still? I guess the online Britannica is a good example of what a paper encyclopedia was). Many of our articles don't follow our policies and guidelines very well, and some other language encyclopedias do it even less and some have somewhat different guidelines and policies.

You also might benefit form Help:Referencing for beginners as we avoid using bare urls.

Finally, your name. If you're just a fan or ordinary member, no problem. Otherwise please see WP:COI.

Happy editing! Doug Weller talk 10:07, 2 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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