User talk:Cindyedem

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Hello, Cindyedem, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Below are some pages that you might find helpful. For a user-friendly interactive help forum see the Wikipedia Teahouse.


 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
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 * How to add those all-important references
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. Again, If you need help visit the Teahouse or you can  to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! We are so glad you are here! Adakiko (talk) 13:03, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

User:Cindyedem/sandbox
Reference suggestion: The field "|title=" normally contains the article's title/headline/book name, etc. Not the article's author. The author usually goes into "|author=" or "|last1=", "|first1=", "last2=", etc. See the (rather convoluted) documentation for the wp:template Keep up the good work! Cheers Adakiko (talk) 20:21, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:
 * Introduction
 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * How to edit a page
 * How to write a great article
 * Simplified Manual of Style
 * Your first article
 * Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community
 * Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox
 * and check out the Task Center, for ideas about what to work on.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place  on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome!

I hope that you will consider adding the content you drafted in your sandbox about John Griffith (engineer) to the main article - you did great work and it would be a shame not to share it with the whole world! If you need any help doing that, please ask! Smirkybec (talk) 22:11, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Manual of style
In writing a biography, you might find the following perhaps useful. It's an overload! The "See also" sections at the bottom of each page often have useful links. The "External links" section as well. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 23:08, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
 * WP:Manual of Style/Biography
 * WP:Notability (people) - this will be a significant factor if the article John Griffith is accepted as an article. e.g. how is John Griffith notable?
 * WP:WikiProject Biography - tips on structure - perhaps WP:WikiProject Biography/Science and academia
 * WP:Manual of Style - the full kit and caboodle - a recommended WP:Manual of Style/Reading schedule to avoid burnout.
 * WP:Simplified Manual of Style - linked twice above! Good links in the "See also" section at the bottom
 * WP:Biography dos and don'ts - simple checklist
 * WP:Teahouse and wp:Help desk - places to go for advice