User talk:Coug74

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Ples Gilmore ‎

Hi Coug74,

I saw your kitten you sent me (thanks) on my talk page - and that you've been working on an article that had templates added by the AutoWikiBrower (AWB) program. Based on your user name I found the article Ples Gilmore that I think you're referring to. I was able to remove the template for the dead end - because it seems there's a fair amount of links to other WP articles.

I'm working on some basic wikifying activities and come back with a summary in a bit of some things to work on. I'll be back.--CaroleHenson (talk) 06:42, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Update:

Ok, with a bit more work and study, here are a couple of pointers that took me awhile to learn:

1. When referring to the subject you should generally use their last name, not their first name. The exception would be where an article covers several family members.
2. Bare links for external links should be formatted so the reader has some idea what might be found in the link. I formatted the first bare link on the external links section.
3. External links should not be used within the article. Links in the article should be wikilinks to another Wikipedia article or included in references or notes. See WP:External links
4. Reliable sources should be used for articles, such as from newspapers, books, journals or other reliable secondary sources. Unreliable secondary sources would be other encyclopedias - the only exception I know of is Encyclopedia Brittanica. WP:Reliable sources is a good read about this subject. So is WP:Original research.
5. It's possible that some of the less reliable sources will be removed by an editor - so it might be wise to find good reliable sources now where there are encyclopedia, memoir or incomplete info for someone to verify the information.
6. It's good to write the article from a couple of perspectives: it's an encyclopedia article so it should be objective and not have emotional language (that I love for most of my non-WP writing) about what drives a person, etc. Just the facts here.
7. It's also good to write the article for someone not already familiar with the topic who won't know abbreviations, etc. Use of links to wikipedia articles, such as technical knockout will allow them to easily/quickly look up terms that they're not familiar with.

I hope this didn't overwhelm you, I know I've provided a lot of information - but I hope they'll be helpful pointers for you to make a successful article!

There's still more work that needs to be done on the article to the references and bare external links, but it's definitely coming along well.--CaroleHenson (talk) 07:23, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Response for you...

I have a response for you at User talk:CaroleHenson#A kitten for you! (2).--CaroleHenson (talk) 21:01, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Great job on the Ples Gilmore article and your positive attitude! CaroleHenson (talk) 21:04, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Ples Gilmore for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ples Gilmore is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ples Gilmore until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Sandals1 (talk) 22:42, 5 September 2018 (UTC)