User talk:Workerbe

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Good luck and happy editing. John from Idegon (talk) 22:48, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Are you the editor that used to edit as User talk:76.220.41.128?

If you are, please look at that talk page for some messages. I am willing to help you make Mitty a better article, but you need to understand that having the perspective of a student there can really hinder editing the article in a quality way. Please read the links that have been given to you, esp WP:BRD and WP:SCH/AG. I left you a template above that has much much info on how Wikipedia works. Peruse it at your leisure. I will also leave you a link to a Q&A forum just for new users and a set of instructions on how to reference properly. Happy editing. Please do not take offense at my removal of the stuff you added. It isn't personal. Your attitude of wanting to publicize the school is not at all uncommon, but it is also not acceptable. Wikipedia has been around over a decade, and it works because the editors follow the policies and guidelines established. John from Idegon (talk) 22:54, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Hey thanks man. I am sorry I got kinda pissed off. It is just that it was annoying when you took off information I worked hard to put up. Now that I know where you are coming from I believe we can both change the page for the better. Please feel free to edit the page to your leisure, the only thing I don't ask you to remove is 'Monarch Madness'. Monarch Madness is very interesting and unique and I believe that Mitty is the only school that does it. I will try to reword it section and cite it the best I can. Thanks for your help! No hard feelings right? (Workerbe (talk) 02:53, 5 September 2014 (UTC)).

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Workerbe, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! John from Idegon (talk) 22:55, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Adding references can be easy

Just follow the steps 1, 2 and 3 as shown and fill in the details

Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:

1. While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
2. Then click on "Templates".
3. Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
4. Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
5. Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
6. Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.

• Before clicking on Save page, check that a References header   ==References==   is near the end of the article.
• And check that   {{Reflist}}    is directly underneath that header.

7.  Click on Save page. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.
Hope this helps, --John from Idegon (talk) 22:55, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

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