User talk:Cgrah150

June 2019
Hello, I'm Kerry Raymond. Your recent edit(s) to the page List of places in Queensland by population appears to have added incorrect information, so it has been removed for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Kerry (talk) 07:03, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Marian, Queensland
Thanks for your efforts on Marian, Queensland. Just a tip on a couple on points that always confuse the newcomers. In the infobox, the distances are road distances not "as the crow flies" as per the documentation here. I use Google Maps to do that calculation (let it come up with the possible routes and choose the shortest length). Also there is no need to manually calculate the density. Provided there is a population number and an area in the infobox, it is automatically calculated. We have a special template for citing the Australian census. For Marian, it would be

which produces

The id number is on the screen on the census page over to the left. Generally for a suburb/locality we use the SSC (State Suburb) population rather than the UCL population (urban). For Marian there are 2356 people in the town itself but 3903 in the locality as a whole (so there's about 1600 people living outside the town). Which we would cite like this

producing

I note that you are using a mobile device to make these contributions. If you have access to a PC or laptop, you will find it a lot easier to add information to Wikipedia on those devices than on a phone and tablet. It will also give you access to the Visual Editor (more like Microsoft Windows). If you are on a PC or laptop, go to Preferences (top right of screen), then Editing and then the "edit mode" with the dropdown list to "Show me both editor tabs", which gives you the choice of how make changes to Wikipedia.

I hope this helps you. If you need any help, just ask me. Click on the "talk" after "Kerry" (the fastest way to get my attention) or just write below and I will watch for it (not as fast). Kerry (talk) 01:31, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Mackay, Queensland
More tips for the newcomer. The adjacencies (the "near-ne" etc) are done at the suburb/locality level not the town level. So they are done here for the suburb of Mackay (the central suburb of the city). And with census data, use the exact population number and you must cite where it came from. We have a lot of issues with vandalism of census data, so a citation is pretty much mandatory so it can be cross-checked. I'm sorry I have to keep saying "thanks but you've done it wrong" but unfortunately there's a bit of a learning curve with Wikipedia and it takes a little time to get the hang of how it works. But I do hope you'll perservere through the learning phase (we've all been through it). I am always happy to help a newcomer learn. Thanks Kerry (talk) 01:46, 3 April 2020 (UTC)