User talk:MColton3

MColton3, you are invited to the Co-op!

Hi there! MColton3, you are invited to The Co-op, a gathering place for editors where you can find mentors to help you build and improve Wikipedia. If you're looking for an editor who can help you out, please join us! I JethroBT (I'm a Co-op mentor) This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 22:43, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Mentor

Hi MColton3. Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm Jethro. Thanks for making a profile at the Co-op! I wanted to introduce to you AmaryllisGardener as your mentor. He will swing by here in a little while, but in the meantime, please feel free to talk about ways you might want to contribute. If you're not sure yet and just want to learn about the ways you can contribute as an editor, you can just say so. Thanks, I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 17:01, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello!

Hello Colton, I'm your mentor AmaryllisGardener, you can call me Amaryllis or AG for short if you like. I'm glad you want to learn more about editing. Is there anything you'd like to learn about specifically? --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 17:12, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Hi AG

Thanks for being my mentor! I'm actually working on a class project, where we're making a Wikipedia page. We looked at the requested articles, and we decided to make a page for the musical "A Saint She Ain't". We get extra credit depending on how long the page stays up, so I was wondering if you had any tips for creating a page that won't get deleted or substantially changed. Specifically, I wanted to know how frequently we should cite sources, how much detail we should include, especially when it comes to free-standing facts that don't really have a specific place, and what kind of references we should be looking for. I'm not sure if musicals are your area of expertise, so please be as broad as you need to. Thanks so much!

MColton

You're welcome. :) First off you want to make sure that "A Saint She Ain't" is notable. The central part of "notability" on Wikipedia comes from WP:GNG, and that says that if a subject "has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list.", and that is explained in detail at WP:GNG. As far as citing the sources go, you can write an inline citation from a website like this: "<ref>{{cite web|url=Example.com|title=i.e. About 'A Saint She Ain't'|accessdate=date you found it, i.e. 'March 8, 2015'}}" you can select which template to use in the toolbar above the editing window, where you'll see "Cite". When you click that, you can click "templates" and select "Cite web", "Cite book", "Cite news", or "Cite journal". If you're using Google Books, you can take the URL of the book and use this tool to convert it to an inline citation. You can insert your ref like this: "Blah blah blah.(ref goes here)" Your writing needs to be written in a neutral tone, and ideally every sentence of writing that could be challenged needs to have a source cited. A good place to start your article before it goes into the mainspace is a draft in your userspace (User:MColton3/A Saint She Ain't). I hope this isn't too complicated. --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 17:21, 8 March 2015 (UTC)