User talk:Darkbluesun

Welcome

Hello, Darkbluesun, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

The five pillars of Wikipedia
Tutorial
How to edit a page and How to develop articles
How to create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! Fabrictramp | talk to me 22:48, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I do not object to the deletion of my article at this time. I was working with Kuru and now Syrthiss is in on it so, and I don't want to waste everyone's time. :( I have been researching concrete sources, and I haven't had a lot of luck. So, I can tell this will take a lot of work to get the occupation: virtual IT assistant or even IT assistant validated. It is my goal to make it a common term like medical assistant or dental assistant, even though they seem self explanatory - I agree that I need some backup. Am I allowed to create User:Darkbluesun/IT assistant - I think this is the sandbox space right? I promise to get this approved before moving it to articles. Darkbluesun (talk) 19:33, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK - as you've stated above that you don't mind the article being deleted, I have moved it to your userspace; it is now in User:Darkbluesun/Virtual IT Assistant. You can work on it there, and try to add references to reliable sources, etc.

For more help, you can either;

Leave a message on my own talk page; OR
Use a {{helpme}} - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put {{helpme}}, and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~~~~ at the end; OR
Talk to us live, with this or this.

Best wishes, Chzz ► 19:42, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I've just removed the (now obsolete) notices from this page. So - feel free to work on the article; please read WP:FIRST, and see the info below about how to make references. Ask for help any time you need it. Cheers, Chzz ► 19:44, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.P.S. Yes, you can create any user space pages you like; to make things easier, I've added this on your user page;


'''User space pages'''

*[[User:Darkbluesun/sandbox1]]
*[[User:Darkbluesun/sandbox2]]
*[[User:Darkbluesun/sandbox3]]
*[[User:Darkbluesun/sandbox4]]
*[[User:Darkbluesun/sandbox5]]
*[[User:Darkbluesun/Virtual IT Assistant]]

That has made red links to non-existent pages in your userspace; because I added it to your user page, it'll always be easy to find - just click your username at the top right of the screen. You can click the redlinks and make those pages, and you can always edit your user page and add more, or change names, etc. Hope this helps. Chzz ► 19:52, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How references work

Simple references

These require two parts;

a)

Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref>

He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>

b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}";

== References ==
{{reflist}}

(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)

To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Darkbluesun/reftest and try it out.

Named references

Chzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook">
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/>

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates

You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation
 | last = Smith
 | first = John
 | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century
 | publication-date = 2001
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
}}
</ref>

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Barnstar

Thanks! Unexpected, and lovely. Chzz ► 16:30, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- You are most welcome, your help is much appreciated. I didn't realize how tough being a new wikipedian can be! As a reader I didn't ever fully appreciate the difficultly that comes with contributing. However, getting the right info out there is worth it. Darkbluesun (talk) 16:40, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]