User:Chuck Marean

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 2 months and 7 days.

wiki-1This user is a beginning Wikipedia editor.

BSThis user has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.

This user claims no Denominational affiliation. This user is a Christian.

65YThis Wikipedian was born on 7 June 1959 and is 65 years, 0 months, and 17 days old.

This editor sometimes reads a featured article

User with a picture.

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

inclThis user is an inclusionist.

Life	This user is Pro-Life

This user was awarded a Barnstar for helping on a subtemplate.

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I write based on reliable sources I've read. I've started some articles and helped expand and update others. I'm rereading the editor's manual with a mind to be able to easily find again what I read. My writing style is to communicate, so when possible I use words I already know well. I've read the info on making templates and will do so again some time. I think pages should be formatted so they are also ok when the browser window is square and when looked at using dial-up. My goal is to help the articles be accurate and readable by those of us who need a free encyclopedia.

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Notes

Introduction to Wikipedia: Correct writing. Add facts w references. Discuss controversial changes first.

Who writes Wikipedia: evaluate Wikipedia accuracy with independent sources.

Collaborative writing: goal with objectives and communication.

Citing sources: Footnotes & References, web archiving, & list of citation tools.

Dead links: Wikipedia:Citing sources#Dead links, nowiki dead link, add date ref's link found inactive, look for archived or other page that supports.

Prevent dead links

DOI number: assigned by publisher to current URL.

Permalink: Link to . . ., #, *, ¶, etc. To changing content; some to specific version.

WebCite: non-profit which archives snapshot of particular page.

Google: caches web pages & other file types.

Internet Archive (IA): library archives every several weeks, unless sooner paid for, & shows in 6 to 12 months.

Pre-emptive archiving: using WebCite to archive just in case.

Repairing dead links

When not dead link, remove Template:dead link, e.g. {{dl}}, from the footnote.

If a Web archiving service has a copy, add the link to the reference.

Wayback Machine: Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine -- find on Internet Archive with fill-in-the-url-yourself or fill-in-Wikipedia-template method, etc.

Wayback Machine -- type web address, press enter, select from dates archived.

WebCite –no web crawler, i.e. users initiate archiving.

WebCite® -- on-demand archiving for references

Document gone, find a substitute.

Or Just deactivate & note when found inactive.

by removing brackets and before www or make it a hidden comment.

Or rework with other sources.

Verifiability: use reliable sources (publications).

Talk page: not a platform or casual conversation or spam. Discuss article improvements.

Placing material from the article on a talk page:{{Quotation|quoted material}}

Learn more about editing:

Five pillars: Wikipedia:Five pillars 1. referenced encyclopedia 2. neutral point of view (all) 3. free content that anyone may edit 4. conduct: civil, & no edit wars 5. Bold, edit your best.

Wikipedia:About - About Wikipedia and includes links to other articles to read.

External links Location: after refs

Links, Characters,

Current events page -- events, trends and developments linked to background articles.

Help:Reverting, The Three revert rule, Wikipedia:Edit war, Wikipedia:Article size

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