Jump to content

User talk:Nnevillem

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Welcome

[edit]
Hello, Nnevillem! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! Wwwhatsup (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

[edit]

Thanks for the welcome. I am still learning and have limited time to contribute. I would be grateful to understand how the 'babysitting' service works as I have a few concerns. I hope I put this in the right place. --Nnevillem (talk) 00:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Just keep bashing, you'll get the hang of it soon enough. If you blunder be assured that plenty of editors will be around to apply correction. Assume good faith and expect the same. I'll keep an eye on you. User boxes normally go on one's user page. I've moved the Visual Arts box for you. Wwwhatsup (talk) 08:28, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Getting Started
Getting Help
Policies and Guidelines

The Community
Things to do
Miscellaneous


Guide to referencing

[edit]

Click on "show" to open contents.

Thank you for starting this article. The list of shows has been removed (it is in the history still) as it is a copyright violation of the list on the Rachel Howard web site. Also it is disproportionate to the article. We are looking for content, rather than a CV, so any extra information that can be included and referenced, would be welcome. A short list of shows would be appropriate, but with the wording tweaked, so it is not a direct copy of the source. Tyrenius (talk) 00:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to say congratulations on a perfectly formatted reference![1] It provides credibility and is the way to ensure information will stay in the article. Tyrenius (talk) 01:00, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And also a cautionary note. You've taken a sentence word for word from The Independent. That's not allowed, since it's a copyright violation, so I've tweaked it . Always make sure you paraphrase the original. Tyrenius (talk) 01:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References and groundwork

[edit]

One of the most important things is to learn how to reference properly. External links should be kept to a mininum. If there is valuable information on a link, it should be summarized and then the cited inline. Tyrenius has thoughtfully provided you with the tutorial above. Click 'show' on the right to read it.

Another important consideration when adding fresh articles is notability. Always try and have at least a couple of decent newspaper references or other authoritative secondary sources before adding any fact. Look before you leap, as it were.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Wwwhatsup (talkcontribs)

Subliminal Girls

[edit]

If you had googled Subliminal Girls before adding them to the Art Brut infobox, you would have discovered their wikipedia article at Subliminal Girls (Band) which you could have linked to. In fact that capital B is bad style for wikipedia, so I have moved the article to Subliminal Girls (band). More to the point you would have discovered that while The Art Goblins are definitely an associated act, the Subliminal Girls connection is perhaps just a little too tenuous to merit inclusion in that category. That the band includes people that have played with Jasper & Eddie in side bands doesn't quite cut it, however similar they are. Note that Macaca Mulatta are notable automatically under WP:MUSIC as the band includes a former Art Brut member - they deserve an article. The Subliminal Girls article reads like a promo piece and is virtually unreferenced. As it stands it could be a candidate for deletion. That would be a good place to practice your referencing skills. Wwwhatsup (talk) 08:28, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Thanks wwwhatsup. I had realised that the page as it stood before was just a blurb, and had attempted to start tiding it up. I have removed anything from the original post that was not referenced and will continue with research.Nnevillem (talk) 12:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Very good. Got your first properly formatted ref in there. Congrats on that. I've knocked out the native.tv, their site is down. What you should be clear on is the difference between primary refs and secondary. Primary is someone writing about their own stuff, such as, say Weekender writing about one of their bands, and secondary is somebody independently writing about that stuff. Generally speaking primary sources are ok as a reference for facts such as personnel, releases etc but not for opinions. In Wikipedia's opinion two-a-penny bloggers are not valid secondary sources, they have to be at least somewhat notable and authoritative - say Drowned in Sound for instance. As an alternative to knocking out uncited fame/acclaim claims you can just reference a couple of the more notable sources - you can even include a phrase in the ref template by adding a |quote= inside the curly brackets. You could even add a 'reviews' section - just as long as there are cites. Fortunately the chart placing is enough to establish notability, which is good because their doesn't appear to be one solid secondary source to be found on a quick google. The vids are there tho so I've added a videography. A small note on formatting titles - songs get the "quotes" while album titles get the double apostrophes. Wwwhatsup (talk) 05:31, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sign

[edit]

As a courtesy to other editors, it is a Wikipedia guideline to sign your posts on talk pages, user talk pages, and WikiProject pages. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and the date will then be automatically added along with a timestamp when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). For further info, read Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Thank you. Ty 14:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

appologies- I had remembered just as I hit 'save' then immediately went back to sign it.Nnevillem (talk) 14:29, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:BooSaville.jpg

[edit]

hi did you take this pic?Genisock2 (talk) 18:09, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Hi, Yes, I took it at her opening event- did I do the right tags? Do let me know if I need to do anything else, many thanks.

thankyou for letting me know.Genisock2 (talk) 02:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We're recruiting art lovers!

[edit]
Archives of American Art Wikimedia Partnership - We need you!
Hi! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about art to participate in furthering art coverage on Wikipedia. I am planning contests and projects that will allow you access, no matter where you live, to the world's largest collection of archives related to American art. Please sign up to participate here, and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 00:14, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

[edit]
Johnny Dean, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Anne Delong (talk) 02:51, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
[edit]

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Stuart Semple, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Time Out (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 08:55, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]