User talk:Deborah mccann

Manual of Style
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for the additions you're making to articles! I did want to call to your attention MOS:SURNAME, a provision of Wikipedia's Manual of Style, however, which discourages use of article subjects' first names; this is a rather formal encyclopedia (even if the subject matter is occasionally informal) and we aren't on a first-name basis with people. Consolata Boyle, for example, should virtually always be referred to as "Boyle," not "Consolata." (The one exception is if the article subject is mentioned in the same sentence as someone with the same last name; just to make up a ridiculous example off the top of my head, "Consolata Boyle and her twin sister Perpetua attended the Academy Awards ceremony. Organizers seated Consolata next to Matt Damon and Perpetua next to Clive Owen.")

Also, please look at MOS:PERIOD; there should always be a space after a period, even in a construction like "Co. Mayo"; "Co.Mayo" is incorrect.

Thanks so much again for joining the project. If you have any questions, the quickest way to get a good answer is through WP:TEAHOUSE, which is monitored by a number of experienced editors who are very good at giving newcomers advice. All the best! -  Julietdeltalima   (talk)  23:46, 21 December 2017 (UTC)