User:Kijog/editing

Editing resources

User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a

Anonymous users and policies
I'm trying to bring an article up to good article status, but a couple of anonymous users are adding stuff (in good faith) which isn't referenced or if it is, done without the templates. I want to establish a good rapport with other editors but I'm not sure how to approach them. I don't want to seem officious or a wikilawyer but I want to encourage them to use the right ref tags. Any tips? Ki | jog  17:45, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * One way experienced Wikipedia users train inexperienced users is by editing articles to bring them into better compliance with the policies and guidelines. If you see an article that you can improve, just improve it, explain what you are doing in your edit summary, and if necessary, explain yourself in more detail on the article's talk page. Be sure to link to any page that describes each policy or guideline you are implementing. You don't have to lecture other users on what to do, if that makes you uncomfortable; just do it, and let them learn by studying what you did. Make sure you leave explicit clues (links) for them to follow. See: WP:CUTS and the Editor's index, so you can always look up and reference the definitive statement of every policy or guideline you follow. --Teratornis 17:57, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I should add that you can include links in your edit summaries. If you type a summary with a link, for example: "Added footnotes per WP:FOOT" in your edit summary, anyone reading the article history can easily look up the guideline page you followed and understand what you did, and why. --Teratornis 18:02, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * And while I am tacking on comments, if the problem is that you do not have and cannot find sources for some of the claims other editors are adding to the article in question, see:
 * WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
 * Unreferenced articles
 * WikiProject Unreferenced Article Cleanup
 * User:John Broughton/Editor's Index to Wikipedia
 * --Teratornis 03:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks - very useful resources! Ki | jog  09:20, 18 August 2007 (UTC)