User talk:Bertrambic

Hi, I'm a new contributor with an interest in Namibia, where I was once a journalist.

Your official boilerplate welcome[edit]

Welcome!

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Good luck, and happy editing! --Dvyost 18:59, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bience P. Gawanas[edit]

Conversation copied from User talk:213.55.89.8

Great expansion! Where did all this information come from? If we can add the references/sources, we can make sure others won't edit this out later on (see WP:CITE). Again, nice work! Cheers, --Dvyost 17:51, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry it was just a burst of inspiration as a former journalist. Some of it may be born out in the bio in "Guide to Namibian Politics" by Graham Hopwood of which I don't have a copy, the rest in various newspaper articles and interviews published, speeches, etc. If I get good sources, I'll add them to the article.

Hey, don't apologize! This is great stuff. We just need to doublecheck it (especially if you wrote all this off the top of your head) to make sure that dates, etc. are going in correctly. For now I'll tag the article as needing sources--if you see anything good, just add it on to the bottom.

Oh, and if you think you might be adding more to Wikipedia, why not create an account? It's got lots of benefits for tracking your articles, and helps the rest of us sort things out, too. Hope to see you around, and again, good work! --Dvyost 18:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK I created an account, Bertrambic, but don't know how to transform this page into it. Some of the autobiog stuff is in this Reuters story: http://allafrica.com/stories/200407130017.html

although the journalist got some details wrong. I'm not sure how to add references..

Don't worry about "transforming" the page--your edits will still be there under the number of your anon account, but any edits you make now will be under Bertrambic (as long as you're logged in). If you want to keep an eye on it (always a good idea--we have lots of vandals), just click "Watch." The links above should give you a good start, but if you have any more questions, leave me a note on my talk page; I'm voraciously interested in our African coverage and would be happy to lend a hand with all things Namibian. I hope you will keep giving us new articles from time to time--it's great for Wikipedia to get an experienced contributor such as yourself!

I've added the AllAfrica story as an external link; you can add more internet sources there like it, or you can add paper sources as "References" (see WP:CITE for more info). This should do for now, but if you do come across anything else, might as well add it in. Cheers! --Dvyost 18:59, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

PS You may want to move your contributor note to your main User: page--I'm worried it'll be lost in the clutter here...

New page[edit]

Just create a link to it on another page--this will start out red, but you can click on it to create the page. Don't forget to check the Manual of Style for article guidelines! Another way is to type in the browser address for the article you want; for example, "Dog" is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog--you can replace "Dog" with any article title and the proper page will come up, even for articles not yet created.

Good luck! Oh, and don't forget to sign your messages "~~~~" in the future--it makes your comments much easier to track. --Dvyost 21:34, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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