User talk:Rider33

Welcome!

Hello, Rider33, 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:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion 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 {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! — 72.75.98.105 (talk) 21:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flagging Sean Daley (Professional Mountain Biker) for further review

Hello, Rider33 … I recently encountered the article about Sean Daley (Professional Mountain Biker) and in my opinion, it either does not verifiably satisfy the Notability criteria for Biographies, or it may violate the Conflict of interest guideline, or perhaps it violates a copyright.

I have created this initial entry on your Talk page because you are either the original author of the article, or else a recent contributor to it; I will leave more detailed information regarding my specific concerns about the article on its Discussion page … please respond either there or on this Talk page, instead of on my Talk page, in order to avoid fragmenting the conversation.

Be sure to read Ownership of articles, and remember that Some Other Editors (including at least one administrator) may not share your opinion about the notability of the article's subject.

I do not mean to imply that your contribution is unappreciated … perhaps you should read Starting an article … and remember, there was a time when I knew less about how Wikipedia works than you know right now, and I am always available to help you become a more proactive contributor.

To better understand why I have used this template, please read Flag templates for deletion warnings ... I realize that some of the expressed possible concerns may not be appropriate in this case.

Happy Editing! — 72.75.98.105 (talk · contribs) _{21:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)}[reply]

Your edits made on October 1, 2008 (UTC) to Sean Daley (Professional Mountain Biker)

Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Sean Daley (Professional Mountain Biker), without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. 72.75.98.105 (talk) 22:08, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flagging Adam Craig for further review

Hello, Rider33 … I recently encountered the article about Adam Craig and in my opinion, it either does not verifiably satisfy the Notability criteria for Biographies, or it may violate the Conflict of interest guideline, or perhaps it violates a copyright.

I have created this initial entry on your Talk page because you are either the original author of the article, or else a recent contributor to it; I will leave more detailed information regarding my specific concerns about the article on its Discussion page … please respond either there or on this Talk page, instead of on my Talk page, in order to avoid fragmenting the conversation.

Be sure to read Ownership of articles, and remember that Some Other Editors (including at least one administrator) may not share your opinion about the notability of the article's subject.

I do not mean to imply that your contribution is unappreciated … perhaps you should read Starting an article … and remember, there was a time when I knew less about how Wikipedia works than you know right now, and I am always available to help you become a more proactive contributor.

To better understand why I have used this template, please read Flag templates for deletion warnings ... I realize that some of the expressed possible concerns may not be appropriate in this case.

BTW, there is an obvious conflict of interest in that User:Rider33 (talk · contribs) is the self-identified subject/author, violating WP:AUTO.

Happy Editing! — 72.75.98.105 (talk · contribs) _{22:23, 1 October 2008 (UTC)}[reply]

Please format the external links

Hello again, Rider33 ...

Please format the external links that you are providing for Sean Daley (Professional Mountain Biker) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) by using the {{cite web}} template ... you can use some of the other articles as examples ... whenever possible, use the <title> from the HTML file for the Web page (assuming you're an HTML newbie):

from your Web browser's menu, View | Page source
search for the HTML <title> tag
copy the text up to the </title> end tag

Using http://www.waterholes.com/~dennette/1996/hopper/bug.htm for an example, we examine the HTML source file, and can make:

{{cite web 
 |url= http://www.waterholes.com/~dennette/1996/hopper/bug.htm 
 |title= The First Computer Bug! 
 |work= WaterHoles.com 
 |accessdate= 2008-09-05
 }}

That produces:

"The First Computer Bug!". WaterHoles.com. Retrieved 2008-09-05.

Note: by using ISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD), the MediaWiki software can automagically create links to the year and date articles ... it also avoids 02/04/08 confusion. :-)

Note: the |work= will add the italics, and if the source publication has an article (e.g.. The New York Times for nytimes.com), then place it in [[]] so that it will be linked ... you'll have to research whether or not a Spanish language publication like El Nuevo Herald has an article.

Even though I don't read Spanish, I can take "by Jose Padilla" and make:

|first= Jose |last= Padilla

This will get displayed as Padilla, Jose in the appropriate position in the citation.

Just read the Template:Cite web and Template:Cite news documentation (for published articles/reviews without Web versions), and you'll figure out what else you can use ... BTW, I've never used it myself, but there's a {{Cite press release}} template.

See also: Wikipedia:Citation templates

Happy Editing! — 72.75.98.105 (talk · contribs) _{23:39, 1 October 2008 (UTC)}[reply]

Please change your User page

Hello again, Rider33 ...

Could you please clear up the WP:AUTO question, i.e., are you , in fact, Adam Craig, or are you Someone Else, and you merely used your User page as a sandbox?

If the latter is the case, then please replace this archive copy of the article with information about yourself (like this one :-)

Happy Editing! — 72.75.82.202 (talk · contribs) _{03:53, 5 October 2008 (UTC)}[reply]