User talk:KLongC

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Happy editing! Cheers, — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:47, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

thank you. I've been looking at all this. And my big question is the sandix, user page, Draft page. That part is the most confusing. Thanks for any help or links. And I was trying it on my phone and will look on my laptop in case it's easier. Karin KLongC (talk) 04:49, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

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I am attempting my first Wikipedia page. I heard there's a way to set up a sub page and work on the article before publishing. Have I done that correctly? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KLongC (talk • contribs) 00:36, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

You have successfully created your "sandbox", but if your goal is to create an article, you might prefer to use a userspace draft with a name more appropriate for your subject than "sandbox". You can also choose to start by using the article wizard.

And while "publish" sounds like a big deal, in Wikipedia's context is simply means to "save to Wikipedia's servers". And the act of submitting a draft for review is yet a different step. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:46, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Ive started with the article wizard and thanks for the heads up about what publish means! I panicked at first, thinking i was submitting already. KLongC (talk) 04:51, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

and thanks very much!! KLongC (talk) 04:51, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Userpage

Hello KLongC. I have just noticed that your user page redirects to a mainspace article i assume you were working on prior to moving it to the main encyclopaedia. It's not mandatory, i believe, but i suspect it would be better ~ and more useful for people looking to find you ~ to have it redirect here, your talk page. You can do that by editing it to replace all its current content with "#REDIRECT[[User talk:KLongC]]" (not including the quotes). Hope this is helpful. Happy days, ~ Lindsay^Hello 10:00, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Good morning Lindsey and thank you so much for reaching out I appreciate you. I am new to Wikipedia so this is helpful. Do I put that redirect to into the talk page on the page that I published or in my user page? KLongC (talk) 14:14, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

I see what you mean about when I go to the user page it redirects to the page that I created I don't even know how to get to the user page to enter the Redirect That you sent me. KLongC (talk) 14:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Okay I just figured it out and I will do this. KLongC (talk) 14:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

So I actually went into the HTML editor and just deleted the redirect to the page I created. KLongC (talk) 14:21, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey there! I notice you called yourself Karin up above ~ is that your name? Regardless, i won't use it unless you say it's OK, because we often/usually refer to each other by our usernames or abbreviations thereof around here.

So, i see what you did, well done on working it out (i'll be honest, it probably too me more than sixty edits to figure that out!). People often put something about themselves on their user pagers ~ you can see mine here ~ but it is by no means unusual to have an empty one, as you do now. What you have put on the talk page of the article (Talk:G William Longenecker) is just fine; it lets people know about your connexion with the article subject. I would suggest that you read WP:COI if you have not done so already. I don't think you have fallen foul of it at this point, but as a community we are pretty strict about people with a potential (or real) conflict of interest ~ indeed, there have been a number of big discussions about this very subject recently. The best advice i can give is that which is often given: Don't edit the article, but make suggestions on the talk page.

I would like to help you with the Longenecker article, and will be happy to collaborate if you are willing. My first concern, and something i'm probably going to do something about pretty soon, is with the references you use: Indicating that your information is based on family archives, which i think you've done a couple of times, is less than ideal because everything we write needs to be verifiable, and private archives may well not be (obviously, you'd know about that better than i). So, is there any place ~ books, newspapers, websites, etc. ~ that we can look to verify what you have written?

Finally, i want to repeat the message that jmcgnh gave you in the first section here and say "Welcome!" This is a great place and community, despite having a steep learning curve in some things, and i hope you stick around and have fun. I look forward to, i hope, working with you. Happy days, ~ Lindsay^Hello 15:39, 28 April 2024 (UTC)