User:Enviromet/Comments/guidance from my first Wiki friend

Here are some suggestions from Invertzoo (talk) 19:55, 12 February 2010 (UTC):

Wikipedia cannot publish any original research, so personal communications from scientists such as Michels about research that has not yet been written up anywhere are not acceptable content.


 * Suggested title: Germicidal effect of copper or something similar... keep it short.


 * Write an intro of no more than two paragraphs which outlines what you are going to say in the article.


 * Link the article very early on to Copper like this: copper or instead you can link it to whatever word or phrase you wish to use in that sentence.


 * Divide the article into sections, using headings or subheadings.


 * Once the article is finally up in article space, insert a link to it in the main Copper article right under the Germicidal effect heading by putting in the following code:

(see the edit page for the code for this)


 * Add some categories at the bottom, such as "Category:Copper" and "Category:Biology and pharmacology of chemical elements".


 * Work out which WikiProjects your article might fall under. I think WikiProject Elements here might be a good one. And then put that template on the talk page of the article. It should attract some knowledgeable editors to the article.

Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 19:55, 12 February 2010 (UTC)