User talk:Shamesia

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We hope you like it here and encourage you to stay even after your assignment is finished! Dr Aaij (talk) 19:02, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have made you a sandbox that you can practice your skills in. Click here: User:Shamesia/sandbox. Dr Aaij (talk) 03:11, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User page, Joe Louis[edit]

Hey Shamesia, you need to a WP:Userbox to your user page, something cool and fancy, to fulfill that assignment. Also, look at the history of La Fayette, Alabama; a user after you expanded a bit on your edit and, among other things, provided a better source (an entire article, not just a section in an editorial). Good luck, Dr Aaij (talk) 03:39, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Shamesia/Agriculture appropriation act of 1905[edit]

Hey Shamesia, I think you need more characters. Right now you're at 436, and you need 1500. You can count with this tool; table of contents, infobox, references, etc. don't count. The law established, as you mentioned, the Office of Public Roads--click on it and see where that leads you. Also, go through the news archive and see what you can dig up. Good luck. Dr Aaij (talk) 01:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Hey Shamesia, thought I'd offer a little help on your references if you don't mind. The only thing that you should have under the reference heading is {{reflist}}. The actual reference, the stuff between <ref> </ref>, tags should be after the sentence or paragraph it supports. I think I did the second one for the National Park Service on yours but I didn't move it since I don't know what part of your article it supports. You can take a look at the article I worked on Ysleta Mission or User:Mari19191/sandbox as I fixed her references. Just click edit on either of these and look at how the references are placed after the sentence etc that the reference supports. You should place it after the punctuation mark (as I have recently learned). If you need any help let me know. texasPI ^TALK 03:10, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]