User talk:.MattJNBlank

Welcome!
Hi MattJNBlank, and welcome to Wikipedia! I've written some advice on editing here for students in Prof. Jackson's similar classes at Longy School of Music which you might find helpful. You'll find it here. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page (User talk:Voceditenore), or place here on your talk page, ask your question, and another editor will come along to help.

You might also be interested in WikiProject Classical music and WikiProject Composers. They have various guidelines for articles in this area and talk pages where you can ask advice from editors experienced in writing articles on classical music and related subjects. You'll find these guides particularly useful: WikiProject Composers: Guide to online research and WikiProject Composers: Copyright guidelines.

I noticed you might be having a bit of trouble adding your name to the class list at User:Ijmusic/Vision of music's future. To do that, type  ~  (4 tildes with no spaces between them) in the space were you want your name to appear. When you click save, the Wikipedia software will automatically convert that to show your user name and your talk page (with links to them) as well as the date and time when you signed. You use the same procedure when you leave a message here or on any other talk page—be sure to sign it at the end with  ~ . WP:SIGN has more about all the ins and outs of that. Happy editing and best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 16:20, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

The Teahouse
Me again. I also wanted to let you know about Wikipedia's Teahouse. It's a place providing great support for new editors. You can ask questions (no question is too basic) and get helpful answers and advice from experienced editors. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 16:20, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Your user page
Hi Matt. One of your fellow students just had their user page deleted, and I'm writing to you all about how to avoid this. Your profile needs to be much more concise (at most a short paragraph about yourself) and much more closely related to what your future work here will be. I strongly recommend that you pare yours down and also include a section explicitly about what you plan to work on here. A user page consisting solely of an extensive essay-like autobiography and personal opinions where the user has made no other contributions to Wikipedia is technically contrary to Wikipedia's guidelines on user pages and tends to ring alarm bells, leading to deletions. If you need any help with this, just give me a shout. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 06:47, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi .MattJNBlank! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 18:40, Monday, November 2, 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (December 7)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Wikiisawesome was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:.MattJNBlank/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:.MattJNBlank/sandbox Articles for creation help desk] or on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Wikiisawesome&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:.MattJNBlank/sandbox reviewer's talk page].
 * You can also get Wikipedia's Live Help real-time chat help from experienced editors.

/wia  /tlk  19:49, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:.MattJNBlank/sandbox


Hello, .MattJNBlank. It has been over six months since you last edited your Articles for Creation draft article submission, "sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Articles for Creation is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the  or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  Puffin  Let's talk! 14:26, 25 June 2016 (UTC)