User talk:Amcoquillard

Kicking butt
Hey Aubrey. Thanks for getting in touch. Like the attitude; I'm here for whatever help you need to get those bottoms booted. Dr. Newbold's class last year did some good work; I'm sure you folks can outdo them. Let me know what topic your group has decided on for their project and I can give you some tips. Best, The Interior  (Talk) 20:08, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Aubrey, checked out your proposed topic - i think it's great! I wasn't able to open the BSU link, but if it has some substantial coverage, you're good.  I know that Sarah, who left you a welcome above, is a big public art fan (she's very helpful, I might ask her to look in on your draft when it's up).  All in all, good topic, try to get a photograph and upload it to Commons.  Good luck, and update me if you have any difficulties.  The Interior  (Talk) 16:36, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Lookee! Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens By Robin R. Salmon Now I'm doing your work for you. I'll stop ;)  The Interior  (Talk) 22:30, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey Wikipidiots, as you may have noticed, I deleted the copy of the draft from Interior's talk page and referred him here; I'm sure he's expecting it to be in Aubrey's sandbox and will probably leave comments in her User Talk page. The article is coming along, but is not yet supported by citations. I know we're working on finding more sources, but in the meantime, the one you have should be included where info is used, and at least once a paragraph. Also, could AUbrey or someone put a request for source help in the talk page that was suggested by a WIkipedia "good Samaritan" on Interior's talk page? You can reach the suggested resource person at User_talk:Doug_Coldwell     —Webster Newbold (talk) 16:42, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey all, took a look and my comments are on the lines of Dr.Newbold's. More sources!  But a good start.  Also, we need a picture! Arts topics just aren't the same without one.  The Interior  (Talk) 17:52, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Student orientation: how to edit Wikipedia
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IPL and LOC
More ideas on my Talk Page. I have real good luck with Ask A Librarian services. Of course, Brookgreen Gardens should have information on the Forest Idle sculpure at their Contact Use page.--Doug Coldwell talk 18:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Aubrey, to get to Doug's first message you need to go to his talk page, in Archive 9 The Internet Public Library may be a good place to try. Also, I haven't heard from the BSU Art Museum folks, so you should go ahead and contact them directly. Email Tania Said at tsaid@bsu.edu. It might be most effective for you and/or others in your group to go over there to the museum and see if they can help. —Webster Newbold (talk) 22:02, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Notes on the live article
Looking good, folks. Nice addition to the wikipedia! Needs a bit of an overall copyedit (and a photo). Few more detailed points:
 * "Idyll" vs. "Idyl" for the main page title. You've used the second throughout the article. Which one does the majority of your sources use?  That should be the page title. (policy)
 * Wikilinks - both incoming and outgoing. Need to make links in the article to other wikipedia articles, and find relevant articles where links could be made to yours.  Do this by adding  square brackets (comme ça,: asparagus ) around proper nouns and terms of interest to the reader. Manual of Style/Linking
 * Artist section - this is a bit too much info on the artist. Usually you just do a brief bio and maybe details of his life around the period he created the pieces.  Some of this info could be incorporated in the artist's Wikipedia page, which you'll find when you wikilink him!  The Interior  (Talk) 23:45, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Future projects
IF you are doing any future articles, drop me a note and I will give you clues.


 * First I suggest is to use the Ask a Librarian service of either Internet Public Library or the Library of Congress. I am going to ask if you did this already.


 * Second: Get pictures for your new article at Flickr. They MUST BE copyright free images to be able to use for Wikipedia. Ask me for more details on this when you start your new article.


 * Third: No plagiarism! Other editors WILL detect this immediately.


 * Fourth: Google research yourself while you are waiting for an answer from IPL or LoC (which will take about a week).


 * Fifth: Reference each sentence (or at least each paragraph).


 * Sixth: Link article to and from your article. Click on "What links here" to see what other articles link to yours. Have a minimum of 3.


 * Seventh: Have at least 3 categories for your new article.


 * This is a list of my 200 Did You Know articles that was featured on the main page of Wikipedia from time to time.--Doug Coldwell talk 22:27, 10 November 2012 (UTC)


 * One more idea:
 * put /sandboxes/sandbox 1 on the top of your Talk Page. Then you can test and experiment all you want without doing any harm to any articles, including your own. Replace "sandbox 1" with the name of your proposed article. The same idea can apply to "sandbox 2" and "sandbox 3", etc. When you are done with the article of "sandbox 1" then drop it into a red link somewhere where it has the name of your article = a LIVE article.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:42, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Question at DYK
Hey Aubrey, I know you guys are pretty much done your article work, but a reviewer has a question about sourcing here: Template:Did you know nominations/Forest Idyl. Basically, the ref given for the fact that wife Emily's face was used for one of the copies doesn't back it up. Is this fact in one of the off-line refs? The Interior (Talk) 21:10, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Forest Idyl
Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 6 December 2012 (UTC)