Sslota

Messages 1 April

I don't think this is a bad start. Are there other court cases that show more regulations? Otherwise I think you have a good page going.Drohn141 (talk) 23:32, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree it's a good start... maybe you could add something about issues with free porn and how it affects the porn industry. Ac7958 (talk) 15:08, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Maybe try to research more on the "rights" subtopic. Is there any requirements on females taking birthcontrol, or are they required to practice and safe sex methods other than optional condoms. Patswrestling (talk) 15:52, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

• Amazing! Three people who don't know about context or indentation! I think I get it - you are part of a student project. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 18:42, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Adult film industry regulation

The adult film industry regulation article shows some promise so I have not tagged it for deletion. But you must deal with the basic matter of formatting - why on earth is written as separate lines, double-spaced? — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 18:42, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I like the way this page has started. I think providing more concrete examples of safe or unsafe practices in the industry can add a certain appeal to the article. By providing real life examples, some may find the information to have more of an impact (ChelseasexEd (talk) 01:26, 6 April 2009 (UTC))

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Acroterion _(talk) 02:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I would be interested in talking to your instructor, so that we can help to guide projects like this without conflicting with Wikipedia's editing guidelines. We appreciate your contributions, and want to help. However, we don't want Wikipedia to be used as a host for class assignments: it may be more appropriate to improve existing articles than to create something new that may overlap with existing content. Please feel free to ask me questions or to discuss your goals in this project. Acroterion _(talk) 02:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Help request

{{helpme}}

How do I link pages to my article? I ofund articles I'd like to link but I don't know how to do it. Also, how do I make my article a better one? Sslota (talk) 03:50, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. I've moved the request from User talk:Acroterion to your own page; ; it's best to create a new section at the end of your talk page to start new conversations, especially help requests.

Links are coded line this; [[sausage]]. This will appear on the page as sausage.

You can also link from one word to another, such as;

I like [[sausage|sausages]]

This appears as;

I like sausages

For more info, see WP:LINKING.

As regards improving the article - please tell me the name of the article, and I'll take a look. Edit this, and give me a link to it below. (struck out; see updated comments below)

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  03:57, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah - I see now, from your contributions, that you mean Adult Film Industry Regulations.

There are a number of things that could be improved, such as;

• The article lacks a lede section at the beginning, which should have the name of the article and explain the topic - a brief summary of the rest of the article. Such as,

Adult Film Industry Regulations are the laws pertaining to the Adult movie industry...

• Avoid vague words, for example (emplasis added);

About 200 film production companies employ 1,500 performers. Performers earn an average of $500–$2,000 per shoot and are oftentimes not paid based on the distribution or sales of their work .

• Improving the references would help a lot, so I'll add my own 'tips on referencing' below.

• All those tags at the top of the article indicate what needs to be improved - ie these;

If you read the links in the above tags, it should help you to make improvements.

So - I suggest you have a go at improving the article, using the information that I have given; if you need specific help, please ask for it.

When you have made some improvements, you could seek further assistance in Requests for feedback and, perhaps later, peer review.

To get more help, please use another {{helpme}} in a new section, at the end of this talk page - or, perhaps better, you can always talk to us live.

Best of luck,  Chzz  ►  04:13, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Tips on referencing

There are lots of ways to do this, some are simple, some more complex.

Personally, I like using citation templates, and fill in as much as I possibly can; maybe a bit more work, but I think it looks better. You have a <REF> at the start, then a suitable cite tag, then </REF>. An example usage is;

<ref>
{{Citation
 | last = Preston
 | first = Peter
 | title = D. H. Lawrence in the modern world
 | last2 = Hoare
 | first2 = Peter
 | author2-link =
 | publication-date = 1989
 | edition = illustrated
 | place = [[Cambridge]], [England]
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J5nRoaOwkPMC&printsec=frontcover#PPA125,M1
 | accessdate = 2008-05-11
}}
</ref>

For all the possible things to include, see Template:Citation

Of course, you don't have to put everything in, just whatever you can. The above example is a book, but I've included a 'convenience link' to a website that displays it.

Then, at the end of the document (but before any 'category' tags), you need a references section. You just put,

== References ==

{{reflist}}

Hard work? - help is at hand. There are lots of tools that create cite tags automagically. Personally, I use Zotero for the web links, and the cite book generator for books.

I also recommend you look at other articles and copy from them - especially featured articles, which should have good refs.

Hope this help, cheers,  Chzz  ►  04:19, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks to Chzz for answering at length. The learning curve is steep, and is one reason why I've been concerned about this apparent class assignment to create new articles - not everybody can master the formatting and referencing and contribute new content, and we'd rather Wikipedia wasn't used as a webhost for class assignments. I'd still like to talk to your instructor, so that we may suggest better ways of incorporating Wikipedia into the course. We appreciate your contributions, and as Chzz says, two [[square brackets]] leading and following the term you want linked will get you a magic blue hypertext link (assuming there's an article or redirect in existence to link to). Acroterion _(talk) 12:21, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

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