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User:Slatersteven how can I edit good i don't really understand the whole thing and i really want to become a good editor TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:04, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

You need to read our wp:policies (including the ones whose links you have now removed from your talk page). Make sure your edits (generally, we all make mistakes) conform to them. And accept this is a collaborative process, and you need to get other users on your side. Slatersteven (talk) 15:08, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I didn't like all those texts it was crounded TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:10, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Then it is hard to advise you, as any advice will also ber crowded text. OK, lets try. Slatersteven (talk) 15:11, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

i will not delete it TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:14, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

1. Any edit to an article must be supported by a reliable source wp:rs, what you think it is is not enough wp:or. Someone else must have also said it publicly wp:v.

2. Text must be relevant to the topic, whatever you think if it is not relevant (SEE 1) wp:undue.

3. Assume good faith, no user is out to get you (Nor are our policies) wp:agf.

4. Comment on content, not users. Argue against that they say, not who they arewp:npa.

5. When you are a lone voice in the wilderness do not fight your corner, accept no one agrees with you, and do something else with your time.

7. We are all unpaid here, we do this out of a sense of (whatever reason someone gives), they do not want to waste it.

That might be a good start. Slatersteven (talk) 15:18, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

5? TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

wp:consensus if everyone tells you no its time to WP:DROPTHESTICK. Slatersteven (talk) 15:22, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

0 TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:23, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

) TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:24, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

funny TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:24, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I never got around to writing an essay based around wp:not, which would have been called "we are not a comedy club". None of this is meant as a joke. Slatersteven (talk) 15:26, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

So no since of humor Wikipedia:DROPTHESTICK TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:27, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

You asked for advice, not a joke. Drop the stick is good advice to avoid seeming wp:disruptive. |Like WP:NOTDUMB, if you follow it you will have less trouble here. Slatersteven (talk) 15:30, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

okay TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

wheres 6? TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:32, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Typo. There is only 6.

typos

Typographical error User:Slatersteven TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:36, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

YOu might be better off reading the things I linked to. Slatersteven (talk) 15:47, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

... TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:47, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

reading every piece

in wikipedia do we have to reead every sigle word comma when editin ?User:Slatersteven TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:49, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

sorry for the misplacement am noit good at fixing typos TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:50, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

To a degree yes. If you just repeat the same comment over and over again it will be seen as disruptive, as will if you ask why an article does not say something when it does. But no, not every word or comma. Just enough to not look like an idiot when you (for example) ask why the WW2 article does not mention Nazi Germany. wp:cir may well be brought up if you keep on asking foolish questions. You will be expected at some point to stand on your own two feet as an editor, and not ask the same question over and over again in the hope of getting the answer you want. Slatersteven (talk) 15:56, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Red Wikilinks

An editor may create a red-color Wikilink by putting double brackets around a word or term for which an article does not yet exist. The intent is to suggest that this is a valid topic for an article not yet written. In general, removing red Wikilinks does not improve an article, although in some instances the red Wikilinks are to topics so obscure that there is little to no potential for a draft on those topics to succeed. Better to leave red Wikilinks in place. David notMD (talk) 15:50, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

why not make it norm TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:51, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

barnstars

I know this is random but how do I put barn stars on my user page TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 15:53, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

line

User:Slatersteven how do i make a box like a line to put my tags like in your page TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 17:03, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

? TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 17:17, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I tried to give you an illustration, it just did what you did and added my box. Slatersteven (talk) 17:20, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

You now need to alter the text to say your user name, and you need a closing tag. Slatersteven (talk) 17:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

how do i do that TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 17:22, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

I was about to tell you, you need to give people time to respond. Userboxbottom with {{ at the start and two closing ones at the end. Slatersteven (talk) 17:24, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

i don't understand TheSmartWikiOne (talk) 17:27, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

You do not understand what? Slatersteven (talk) 11:27, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

My profile

Well come to page 101, controlled by the Orwellian 190807 Slater S.