User talk:StormFerrari

Eric Maldonado

Please improve the article, Eric Maldonado. It has multiple issues that are outlined on the article. If you need help, you can message me. When the article is done, it should look like this or this. But do not wait! Your article should be deleted, but I am cutting you a break since you're a new user. Others, though, may not be so gracious, so if you wait, your article may be nominated for deletion under Criterion A7. Good luck! --Djc wi (talk) 07:04, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Wiki formatting

I just saw your message on User_talk:Djc_wi, saying How do I make my page look like the ones you linked me to?

I just edited the article Eric Maldonado a little.

I removed the headings where you'd put the headings in '''BIG BOLD CAPITALS''' and instead put them like this;

== Discography ==

That makes headings.

I also added a couple of links to other articles, like this;

'''Eric Maldonado''' is a young [[Shred guitar|shred guitarist]] born in [[California]] in 1995.

...that appears as,

Eric Maldonado is a young shred guitarist born in California in 1995.

...ie, it makes links to the other article. See WP:LINKING.

You might find WP:CHEATSHEET useful.

However, the most important thing you'd need to do is, to add references to 'reliable sources' (such as newspaper articles, books, etc). Help with that follows.  Chzz  ►  07:44, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

How references work

Simple references

These require two parts;

a)

Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref>

He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>

b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}";

== References ==
{{reflist}}

(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)

To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:StormFerrari/reftest and try it out.

Named references

Chzz was born in 1837. <ref name=MyBook>
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> 

Chzz lives in Footown.<ref name=MyBook/>

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates

You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation
 | last = Smith
 | first = John
 | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century
 | publication-date = 2001
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
}}
</ref>

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Your recent edits

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May 2011

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Improved

Re. Eric Maldonado

It's better now, certainly.

It could do with more references - newspapers would be good - something truly independent. "YouTube" video's are not a great reliable source, and the others aren't actually "independent" from the subject (ie, profiles on the artists website and the sponsors). See WP:VRS.

The trouble is, it makes claims based on just the website of the artist. For example, At the age of 8 he started playing the guitar and Eric is entirely self-taught.

Whilst it is OK to reference ericmaldonado.com for basic, simple facts, it is not OK to reference it for any claims. It's a bit like, if I put on my own website that I'd walked on the moon or won an Olympic gold medal - and used that as a reference; it's not acceptable. Claims need independent reliable sources.

And, you do need more sources to pass the requirements for notability.

This is a flower

As for a picture - adding it is easy; the hard part is, finding a picture that is free for anyone to use. Most pictures from the internet do not have a suitable licence for use on Wikipedia, so we cannot use them.

If you have a picture which you, personally, own the copyright to it - you can just upload it at Commons.

Once a picture has been uploaded, you'd add it with code such as,

[[File:flower.jpg|thumb|This is a flower]]

That example is shown, right here. "thumb" makes it a 'thumbnail' - ie, appearing in a box, with a caption (which is the norm).

I hope that helps,  Chzz  ►  08:44, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

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Also, I want to try and reduce confusion here. I'm Chzz. You asked things of another user, called "Djc_wi". I saw your comments there, and then left help here. I'm not Djc_wi, I'm Chzz.

Sorry; I know that Wikipedia is a very confusing place for new users...just...don't panic :-)

As long as we all put a ~~~~ thingy at the end of each message (to 'sign'), then it should be clear enough who-said-what.

The best way to contact Chzz is IRC (text-chat), here  · Second-best is my talk page · Third-best is email Chzzlive.co.uk

 Chzz  ►  08:57, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Eric Maldonado for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Eric Maldonado is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. NawlinWiki (talk) 03:06, 29 May 2011 (UTC)