User talk:KatieCollins
Your submission at Articles for creation: Alastair Greener (December 5)[edit]
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Alastair Greener (January 29)[edit]
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Hello! KatieCollins,
I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Arthur goes shopping (talk) 11:35, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by John from Idegon (talk) 10:42, 14 February 2015 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).
Adding references can be easy[edit]
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:
- 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.
- Then click on "Templates".
- 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.
- Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
- Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
- 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) 10:48, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- To use this message, place
{{subst:User:Shearonink/ref}}on User:talk pages when needed.
Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by LouiseS1979 (pigeonhole) 13:50, 14 February 2015 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).
Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by LouiseS1979 (pigeonhole) 14:09, 14 February 2015 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).
A belated Welcome![edit]
Welcome KatieCollins!
| Some pages of helpful information to get you started: | Some common sense Dos and Don'ts:
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Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type {{helpme}} here on your talk page, and someone will try to help.
There are many ways you can contribute to Wikipedia. Here are a few ideas:
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Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the 
button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your signature, a link to this (your talk) page, and a timestamp.
To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can create your own private sandbox for use any time. Perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put
{{My sandbox}} on your user page. By the way, seeing as you haven't created a user page yet, simply click here to start it.Sincerely, w.carter-Talk 15:38, 14 February 2015 (UTC) (Leave me a message)
How to alert other editors[edit]
I saw your question at the Teahouse. :) Here is a little guide:
When someone is posting on your talk page you get an automatic notification. That notification is a red square followed by a long yellow box (for most browsers and settings). In all other cases you have to alert the other editor in some way, either by "ping" or by mentioning them in a link. This will result in just the red box notification on that users pages. So even if you respond on your talk page you still have to alert the editor you are addressing. If you want to get hold of me you write {{ping|W.carter}} resulting in @W.carter: or [[User:W.carter|W.carter]] resulting in W.carter and sign with the four "squiggles" ~~~~ at the end and hit "Save". There are some more, but these are the basics. And when you ask something on someone's talk page, you also create a new section so your question don't get entangled in some other conversation. If you are having a conversation with another user on some page, it is also customary to add that page to your Watchlist in case someone in the discussion forgets to alert.
The policy is to leave an answer on the same page as the question, keep the conversation intact unless there is some reason for moving it elsewhere. Like complicated questions at the Teahouse can be continued on the appropriate talk page. Best, w.carter-Talk 15:38, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
Teahouse talkback: you've got messages![edit]
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by LouiseS1979 (pigeonhole) 16:40, 14 February 2015 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).
Feedback on Draft:Alastair Greener[edit]
I saw you asked for feedback on this. Yes, the sources used are problematic. Please read Wikipedia:Reliable sources. We need sources that are independent from the subject; yet most of what you wrote is based on his webpage. Who else, independent of him, has written about him? Please try to find such sources. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:17, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
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Draft:Alastair Greener concern[edit]
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Alastair Greener, a page you created, has not been edited in 6 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.
If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.
You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.
If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.
Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:30, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:Alastair Greener[edit]
Hello, KatieCollins. It has been over six months since you last edited your WP:AFC draft article submission, entitled "Alastair Greener".
The page will shortly be deleted. If you plan on editing the page to address the issues raised when it was declined and resubmit it, simply and remove the {{db-afc}} or {{db-g13}} code. Please note that Articles for Creation is not for indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace.
If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you want to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at WP:REFUND/G13. An administrator will in most cases undelete the submission.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 00:07, 3 September 2015 (UTC)