User talk:XiaotianDavid

Hello, XiaotianDavid! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking

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Hello XiaotianDavid! (Do you mind if I call you David, or would you prefer Xiaotian?) I've just taken up your group to mentor. I'm here to help you with your project and generally any questions about Wikipedia. You can contact me here or on my talk page and I'll normally get back to you quickly. What are you interested in editing? I saw your group was working on the Comcast NBC merger; have you started anything on that?

I look forward to working with you on this project! Feel free to ask me any questions (there is no such thing as a dumb question). Happy editing, PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 15:54, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Jordan

Please do not add unsourced material to the article. And if you want to add something, please discuss on the talk page first.—Chris!_c/t 01:13, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, XiaotianDavid. You have new messages at PrincessofLlyr's talk page.
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Citations

Hi David,

Please check the discussion page on the Comcast/NBC article. Thanks!Jaobar (talk) 21:02, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

Hi David, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. I'll start with citations, since that seems to be the most pressing concern. Wikipedia articles use inline citations, meaning that we put a note at the end of each fact/thought citing where it came from, instead of a long list at the end. For example, see today's Featured Article, William Henry Harrison. If you scroll down to the "Early Life" section, try clicking on one of the blue numbers at the end of a sentence. It will take you to the end of the page and highlight the citation for that exact fact. Having the citations formatted like that makes it easier for people to check out the original sources.

Your professor may also be concerned about the exact formatting of the citations themselves. Most of your references appear to be online, so you should use Template:citeweb. The basic format is (my comments parenthetical): <ref>{{cite web |url= |title= (title of article) |author= (normally formatted last name, first name) |date= (date work was published) |work= (work in which article was published) |publisher= (publisher of work) |accessdate=4 April 2011 (or whatever date when you added the citation)}}</ref>. That will then show up under your "References" section in the proper format. Does that make sense?

Feel free to experiment with the format and I will get back to you if it's incorrect. About citating a lot in the "influence" section, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Could you clarify that for me? Keep up the good work, PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 15:39, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Comcast NBC merger

The article Comcast NBC merger has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Merger never happened. This is an unencyclopedic essay, see WP:TOOSOON, WP:CRYSTAL and WP:NOTABILITY

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Boleyn (talk) 08:12, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]