Wikipedia talk:Training/Newcomers/Where to get help
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Myoglobin in topic Book typo
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Trying to write an article to put on Wiki -I have never done this before and all of the directions are making my head spin (I'm a Luddite!) I have the article written in my sandbox. I have pertinent words properly going to their links, how do I:
- put reference links at the bottom of the page and
- insert a photograph and
- post the finished article/entry?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by BeatrixZ (talk • contribs) 01:45, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
- Okay, there are a few things here, hopefully I can get them all in one shot.
- First off, I would highly suggest reading through the Tutorial, which has quite a lot of helpful information about a wide variety of topics.
- Regarding references, I suggest WP:REFB (especially section 3.1).
- See WP:IMAGE for information about putting pictures into a page.
- Finally, since you haven't actually put much more than a title into your sandbox, I would suggest using the Article Wizard to create a Draft page, which will have a lot of extra tips and useful stuff for creating your draft. This draft will then be reviewed by experienced editors who will give feedback (if necessary).
- As a small note, sign your comments with ~~~~ (I believe you used ````, which is wrong). If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 02:32, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
Book typo
editNot sure what was meant by "converted book". Is this a typo? --Myoglobin (talk) 03:50, 12 March 2016 (UTC)Myoglobin
- Myoglobin Don't think so, it was published as a conventional book and has been converted to a set of editable Wikipedia pages. More in this article: Wikipedia – The Missing Manual: Noyster (talk), 10:38, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
- Perhaps this could be re-worded to make this point more clear? I certainly didn't understand it the first time. Perhaps something like ", A book first published in print but then added to Wikipedia,".
- It might be better to leave this part out since the point is to make new users aware of the book, leaving the book's page to explain its own history.
- Myoglobin (talk) 14:14, 12 March 2016 (UTC)Myoglobin