Sirleroy91

Template? !

It does not matter whether you leave a message at template:Lmac44 or template talk:Lmac44. Neither location will reach a user. I know it must seem an outrageous idea but you could just possibly try using user talk:Lmac44. User Chersti Dennis (talk · contribs) is not registered so there is no point in trying to talk to her but you might just possibly get a response if you talk to Cherstidennis (talk · contribs). — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 23:12, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

First communications

I have 4 articles focusing on glacier melt and some disastrous effects due to the melt. We should compile information after midterms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cherstidennis (talk • contribs) 20:43, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Hello

Hi,
I'm bob, and I'll be helping out with your course. If you need a helping hand with anything technical on wikipedia, just ask on my talkpage or on the course page. There are some useful links here:

• instructions for students.
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

Don't forget to sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help with anything, just ask. And when you're actually working on an article, remeber that sources are your best friend - the things you write should be verifiable, and if you have any disagreement or uncertainty, the best way forward is to ask "What do the sources say?". I hope you have fun, and maybe after your course you'll stick around... bobrayner (talk) 13:54, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Sirleroy91, you are invited to the Teahouse

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Nice work

Hi,
This is good work. Well done! Writing well-sourced, neutral content is the most important part of expanding an article. Are you going to put it into the article now, or later?
However, if you want to stretch yourself a bit further, there are other possible improvements that can be made around the margins:

• Linking to other relevant articles - places, geographical concepts, &c.
• Try using wikipedia's clickable citation templates instead of Harvard-style bracketed citations. This uses templates, though - which is a difficult step for many new editors - but you should have a "Cite" option in the toolbar when you edit, which helps out.
• Look for other things to enrich the content, such as photos or diagrams. Commons is a good place to look.

On the other hand, if you prefer to focus on the text, maybe somebody else in the class could try doing these things? Lots of editors prefer to specialise in one particular kind of editing, and leave the other work to other specialists... (if you're a little careless with spelling, it'll be fixed by somebody else who likes fixing a zillion typos every day). bobrayner (talk) 13:14, 2 November 2012 (UTC)