User talk:Adirector

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Hello, Adirector, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Also, I would suggest moving Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada (A.H.F.C) to the name of "Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada" (not including the acronym in the title). Thoughts?-Banana (talk) 08:40, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Help

{{helpme}} Thank you for the input. I am OK with the idea of removing the acronym (A.H.F.C.) after the title but don't know how to do it. Can you please suggest how to do it? Also, I am not quite sure about the citing references or sources as yet. I am writing about an organization I am a Director of. I am not trying to put anything in it that is not factual. I have already modified some of it in the hopes that makes it seem less like a news article or is biased. Since I am a Director I have only put down information that I am in fact privy to that is not necessarily documented elsewhere for corroboration. How can I still add information without having to add any sources. Or can the sources be listed as from meeting minutes from our organization? There are some bits of information as I go forward that will probably be able to site sources or references but I am not there yet. I noticed that you linked an item already (aerospace). I am planning on adding links as I go forward in that hopes that helps both corroborating any information and to make my information easily referenced from other pages. (i.e. The Honourable David Onley the Lieutenant Governor who is currently on his own page.) Adirector (talk) 21:48, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

• You change the article name by moving the page to the new name.

• I will add help about references, below

• All information must be verifiable - the reader needs to be able to 'check the facts'. You have a conflict of interest, and thus it is very difficult to write a neutral, acceptable article - if you have not already done so, please read this essay on best practice, and the business FAQ.

Next - notability. In order to have an article on Wikipedia, the subject must meet the notability guidelines. The simplest, most important one is the general notability guideline, which says a subject needs significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. That carefully-worded phrase explains quite a lot;

Significant coverage - such as, a number of news articles about the article topic - not passing mentions

Reliable sources - well, this is defined in some detail in WP:RS, but the essence of it is - something that is generally trusted - such as the BBC, CNN, The New York Times. Books are good, too. Blog-sites are rarely reliable.

Independent - we don't use primary sources, such as the persons own website, or their publishers/labels website, or anything like that. We avoid press-releases. We want secondary coverage - other people independently writing about the subject.

• To link to other wikipedia articles, you just put square brackets around the word; for example, [[David Onley]] will produce: David Onley.

You may also want to link different text; for example, [[David Onley|Lieutenant Governor David Onley]] produces Lieutenant Governor David Onley (linking to the same article as before).

I hope that this helps you to improve the article. Please try, and feel free to ask for more help at any time. Best,  Chzz  ►  22:05, 7 March 2010 (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:Adirector/reftest and try it out.

Named references

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

Thank You

I would like to the thank "Banana04131", "CHZZ" and "GeorgeTheCar" for all your help so far. Being that this is my first full article it is a bit of a learning curve. Once I am done bringing this article up to a current level, that is acceptable to all, I hope to be able to create or at least contribute to other articles in the future. I have used this site as my primary source for information for some time. I find it always a great place to start any research on a subject. Again, I am open to any suggestions for improvements and thank you all for your support! Adirector (talk) 15:26, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Aviation Heritage Society of P.E.I.

A tag has been placed on Aviation Heritage Society of P.E.I. requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for organizations and companies. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Ironholds (talk) 21:21, 7 August 2010 (UTC)