User:Ghostboy1997/suggestions

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Suggestions for Ghostboy1997

Copy Editing

Wikipedia:Basic copyediting
Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors - see backlog etc.
Wikipedia:Manual of Style

Where to get help

Wikipedia:Introduction
Wikipedia:Questions
Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user - where they may use the amazing course from the page User:Worm That Turned/Adopt
Wikipedia:Teahouse - friendly environment for new users
WP:CHAT - this is IRC live chat

Vandalism

Wikiprojects

Standard topics have a Wikiproject page.
Wikiproject pages will have a list of pages needing attention or with low ratings etc. You can work on those.
Wikiprojects are good option if you have interest in only one or two topics and don't want to go running all around Wikipedia.
See for example the Ancient philosophy wikiproject - Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy/Ancient
Example of a list of new Philosophy articles - Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy/New articles

Orphan articles

Orphan articles don't have any links pointing to them, and so are unlikely to be ever read by anyone.
You can find such articles and de-orphan them
Wikipedia:Orphan
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Orphanage

Thanks, Anand ^{(talk page)} 22:14, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Deleting articles

Try and mention the specific guideline you are using e.g. WP:COMPOSER for non-notable musical compser.
Speedy delete only if the delete is 100% not controversial.
The guidelines are never clear enough and there are lots of unwritten rules that surprise you. I find from experience that the following are always considered notable -
- All schools and colleges
- All places
- All athletes (pro leagues, first-class cricket etc.)
- Authors and film directors (unless self-published)

Thanks, Anand ^{(talk page)} 21:31, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Not exactly correct. For athletes, refer to WP:ATHLETE. For places, WP:NGEO. For schools/colleges, secondary school and above unless otherwise notable. Cheers, Ansh666 03:52, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction. I myself find these things confusing and counter-intuitive. Thanks, Anand ^{(talk page)} 06:12, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Anand QED

I did not know that schools and places and athletes are reliable sources. I thought that news, and gov sites, etc are only notable.

I did not know it either till recently. Wikipedia is a strange place where consensus is built over time.

I added whatever suggestions I could think of. Teahouse is where you will find experts. Poke around Wikipedia and find your way around.

Thanks, Anand ^{(talk page)} 22:14, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

I did not read your earlier statement carefully. I meant to say that schools, places and athletes are notable topics on which an article may be written - not sources. Sources and references for an article will still be news sites etc. Thanks, Anand ^{(talk page)} 06:10, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Finally, I took what I put in here and added a lot more stuff - see Editing, fixing and defending Wikipedia. I don't expect you to read all of it and you already know a lot, but you may find a useful link in there. Thanks, Anand ^{(talk page)} 19:20, 16 June 2013 (UTC)