User talk:Clifford Smithe

Welcome and introduction
Hi, Clifford Smithe. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck!  Chzz  ►  21:50, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Re. our discussions
With reference to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Sifu Tan Siew Cheng and my advice, I will put some links here to help you.


 * WP:BIO - useful info about biographical articles
 * WP:LINKING] - help with Wikilinks
 * WP:CHEATSHEET - useful tips on formatting
 * WP:EL - external linking policy

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" ! How references work

Simple references
These require two parts;


 * a)

Chzz is 98 years old.

He likes tea.


 * b) A section called "References" with the special code " ";

Named references
Chzz was born in 1837, in Footown.

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates
You can put anything you like between, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals.

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.
 * }

Hope this helps.

I will change the status of the page from 'reviewing' to 'on hold' for now, which gives time for you to work on things. There is no deadline - if, after a week, it is changed to 'declined' don't worry; you can still work on it, and ask for it to be re-checked at any time.

When you want to make further articles, you may wish to do so in your own userspace, and then either ask someone to check them and make them live, or - when you are confident enough - you can move them to the live area yourself. This is, instead of going through 'articles for creation' all the time.

You can make pages such as;


 * User:Clifford Smithe/Something
 * User:Clifford Smithe/Test one
 * User:Clifford Smithe/Test one
 * User:Clifford Smithe/Test one

...etc etc. You can click those red links and make those pages; you can work on things in your user area with no problems, try things out, ask for help, and they can be moved live. I made those links to non-existent pages by simply putting *User:Clifford Smithe/Test one. The asterisk (*) just makes bullet-points.

You might want to make such a list on your user page, User:Clifford Smithe - that way, you will always have a convenient way to access your subpages.

Best,  Chzz  ►  21:50, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

 Chzz  ►  13:00, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation.
Your nomination at Articles for Creation was a success, and Sifu Tan Siew Cheng was created. Thank you for helping Wikipedia!  Chzz  ►  13:47, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Please continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request.
 * If you would to help us improve this process, please consider


 * @ Clifford Smithe: (Great article!) have you considered creating an article on Khong Chang? There doesn't seem to be one, yet, and it would be great if you knew (or could easily research) enough about the topic to create one. It sounds notable to me (as it's Singapore's indigenous martial arts system), and on a purely selfish level I'd love to know more about it...! Incidentally, I posted (on Talk:Sifu Tan Siew Cheng) a question about the article's title (but as I'll freely confess I know nothing do feel free to correct me!) Cheers, TFOWRpropaganda 14:03, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey Chzz, yes i have information on Kong Chang and am in the process of creating the citations. Many oriental martial artist used to have a sort of scroll which lists who taught them and some also have one for the "moves" they are taught. (sure you have seen karate kid at some point!) I have a few of these and think it would make another interesting article but will have to look around for more research. I had imagined creating articles would be tedious but it is actually pretty good fun! Clifford Smithe (talk) 08:18, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Sifu Tan Siew Cheng for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sifu Tan Siew Cheng is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Sifu Tan Siew Cheng until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Janggeom (talk) 14:22, 3 July 2011 (UTC)