User talk:Crumpack

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Crumpack, good luck, and have fun. – Pam  D  08:19, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Advice
Hallo Crumpack and welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your stub article Sarah Prince and noted a few ways in which it could be improved. There's a lot to learn about editing Wikipedia, but it's an interesting journey. Happy Editing! Pam D  08:49, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Almost all WP articles have an opening sentence "X (dates if bio) is/was a ...", telling us in a sentence just why this person is someone appropriate to have an encyclopedia article, and whether she's the person we're trying to find out about as opposed to a rugby player of the same name or whatever. Her parents aren't her claim to notability. I've tried to give her such a first sentence, but I'm not sure I've got it right: please improve.
 * You need to give references to published sources. I traced the book in Worldcat and gave its details.
 * Please link to other appropriate articles.
 * You can make "redirects" from other versions of the name: I've now made links from "Sarah Prince Gill" and "Sarah Gill".
 * The encyclopedia usually gives the full form of someone's name in the lead: as the book called her "Sarah Prince Gill", I've done so. The article title is supposed to be the form by which she's most commonly known, so that's probably correct.
 * We refer to people by surname, not firstname, during the text of an article.