Ivan Zarco
Welcome!
editHello, Ivan Zarco, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.
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@CaptRik,
Sorry about that. I thought I had deleted the user page because I was unable to understand the creation of one. If it said "Ivan Zarco" only, that shouldn't have been put there. Thank-you
Ivan Zarco (talk) 23:59, 30 June 2016 (UTC)Ivan Zarco
Your help desk question
editHello. I read your question on the help desk. You seem very confused and afraid of doing something wrong, so I would like to help you. Let's take things one at a time.
1. You asked, "How Can I create my user page"? After asking that, you mentioned a draft, and articles. You seem uncertian as to what each of these things are, so let's start by clarifying what each of those things are.
- A User page is a page where you tell other Wikipedia editors a little bit about yourself and your activities on Wikipedia. Take a look at my userpage for example; I briefly introduce myself, give a little bit of information on my educational background by way of indicating what I know about and am interested in and might edit in, discuss what languages I'm familiar with, then examples of articles I've worked on, Wikipedia awards I've been given, images I've contributed, useful links, a to do list of articles I'd like to work on and drafts I've started, and then some user boxes, which are decorative boxes that help tell other editors more about me and sort me into categories of editors with particular characteristics.
- A Draft is an article that is not yet ready to be published to the world, but that you are working on. It is a very good idea to start your first article as a draft in draft space, then have someone review it to make sure it meets all the rules and guidelines for an article before moving it. If you get feedback that something is wrong, you can fix it in the draft.
- An Article is an entry in the encyclopedia itself. Always keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles must be written from a neutral point of view, they must be verifiable by citations to reliable sources. Articles must demonstrate that their subjects are notable, that is, worthy for inclusion in an encyclopedia - this is typically done by a showing that many other sources that are independent of the subject have written about them. They should also be readable, and part of that is using paragraphs, headings, subheadings, etc.
2. You asked, "Also, what is a template?" A template is a way of standardizing information and how it is displayed across articles. If you look at articles about people, like Genghis Khan, or George Washington, or Bjørn Maaseide, you will find a box down the left side of the page that gives information like when and where they were born or what they did. That box is a special type of template called a infobox. There are also citation templates that can help you cite your sources, and cleanup templates that are applied to articles that have problems, and templates to help navigate a series of related articles such as articles about a TV series with many seasons and episodes.
3. You asked "Can someone explain why all these brackets?" The brackets are a type of wiki markup, which is a type of programming language which is designed to be easy to learn. This page is a cheatsheet on how to do things you'll commonly want to do. There are two types of brackets;
- curly brackets like {{this}} allow you to put a template on a page. So for example if you wanted to put the template (registration required) in an article, you would type {{registration required}} and it would appear.
- straight brackets like [this] or [[this]] link to other pages. The first, with only one bracket, links to outside websites. So, if I wanted to link to google I'd type [https://www.google.com/ google], which would give me google. If I wanted to link to another page within Wikipedia, like say the page on Abraham Lincoln, I'd use two brackets and type [[Abraham Lincoln]] giving me Abraham Lincoln.
Did my explanation help? Do you have more questions? I would be happy to help you and answer any questions you have. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 16:47, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
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@ONUnicorn, Thank you for you explanation. I hope I am responding here correctly. [1] Is this how a infobox looks? How do I make Sections? Thank you. Ivan Zarco (talk) 00:11, 1 July 2016 (UTC)Ivan Zarco
- Pinging ONUnicorn. Ivan Zarco, I'd suggest experimenting at your sandbox too. It may help you figure out the wikicode. Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 03:47, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
- Thank you Rotideypoc41352 for the ping. Yes Ivan Zarco, that is what an infobox looks like. You make a new section by surrounding the name you want the section to be called with equal signs, like this: ==Section header==. You can make subheadings by adding equal signs for different levels, so ===Subhead=== would show up under the first one. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 12:57, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
Adding references
editI see you made an effort to add a reference but it wasn't standard. You might find Help:Referencing for beginners helpful. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:00, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
Thank-you! I looked for the format for adding references but couldn't find it, so I tried to copy what was already there. --Ivan Zarco (talk) 03:34, 28 September 2019 (UTC)