User talk:Dbridge59/DRAFT

Organization
I think this is promising; I'll talk about your references in a minute. I'm going to suggest a different organization of the article. Let's make the article be about the bank, which is probably more notable than the holding company.

The first paragraph is the "lead". It states briefly what the subject of the article is and why it is notable. In the first sentence we put the name in boldface, which you do with three apostrophes; in other words Two Rivers Bank & Trust, formerly known as Burlington Bank & Trust comes out Two Rivers Bank & Trust, formerly known as Burlington Bank & Trust. The lead paragraph is no more than a sentence or two long and it doesn't contain any references; the facts are detailed in the text below.

The next paragraph - well, it depends what else you want to say. Something about the size of the bank, number of branches, key officers? We don't want to get promotional, but some additional description is in order.

Next we could have a section about the history. Create a section heading with two equal signs: ==History== Then describe the founding of the original bank, any details about it, and when and why it became Two Rivers Bank and Trust (acquisition? rename?) You've already got a good sentence about the founding of the holding company and what else it holds.

Discussion

 * OK I finally got back to this and finally found it again. Thought it was lost with the user name redirect. Sorry - I am the newbie you described in above paragraph and unfortunately have some major project deadlines this month. I think I know how to follow your comments now - thank you for walking me through anticipating my questions and inexperience! In the ITP Techs reference above, we are actually THEIR client. I am working on unearthing more history and appreciate your comments above - thankful to have found this again!I will keep at this. Dbridge59 (talk) 14:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Thanks again Melanie. I have bookmarked the 2 draft and talk links you shared. I just don't see a way to talk on the talk link unless I click the edit tab at the top, and your most recent comment isn't shown here. Puzzled... I have someone sending me some history tomorrow. I'm learning a lot myself! I wish I could clone you in the Wikipedia part of my brain Dbridge59 (talk) 17:27, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
 * You can click the "edit" tab at the top of the page, which will give you access to the entire page. Or you can click the "edit" link next to a section heading and be able to edit that section. The reason you can't see my most recent comment is that I didn't put it on this draft page; I put it on your talk page (User talk:Dbridge59). Confused yet? 0;-D --MelanieN (talk) 17:35, 18 August 2014 (UTC)