User talk:Dgjesquire

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Hello, Dgjesquire, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome!  My 76 Strat  10:13, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hi there. When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field. If you are adding a section, please do not just keep the previous section's header in the Edit summary field – please fill in your new section's name instead. Using detailed edit summaries is the best way to ensure that your good faith edits are not reverted by recent changes patrollers or other wikieditors. Thanks and happy editing! —  Spike Toronto  21:51, 26 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Dgjesquire. Just a short note to let you know that you don't have to sign edit summaries with four tildes ( ~ ), as they don't work the same way as when a talk page discusssion is signed with ~ . Best. Ward20 (talk) 21:15, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
Hi DGJ. I reverted this edit because “al fresco” is gilding the lilly (see Manual of Style (words to watch) (shortcut → WP:WORDS)) and is clearly understood by the use of the word roadster. Also, “less costly” requires a verifiable reference/citation. Thanks! —  Spike Toronto  21:56, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

P.S. You should review an article’s edit history when editing to read the edit summaries to see why edits are reverted/changed/etc. This prevents endless reverts and edit wars Thanks! —  Spike Toronto  22:03, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

P.P.S. To learn how to add verifiable references/citations to articles, have a look at Referencing for beginners (shortcut → WP:REFBEGIN). Have fun! —  Spike Toronto  22:08, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

—  Spike Toronto  01:47, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Earth Stove
Hi! I just spotted User:Dgjesquire/Earth Stove and wondered if you were thinking of moving it to article space some time. Thanks! -- Trevj (talk) 11:10, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Trevj: Greetings yourself. On the article, it would be my first submittal, so I was frankly shy about posting it. It is basically ready but I don't have the time to take it to the next step, if that's warranted.

My two uncles [both living] are the founders of the company so I have information just, well, from the 'family archives', if you will.

If you have some interest in helping take it thru the next steps, I'd be interested in hearing how you would, and assist it to the space; to make it not appear as 'commercial'. It is not intended that in any way.

Indeed, the brand has been absorbed into one of the industry giants and they [uncles] have been out of managing it for decades, now.

My intent only is to get their contribution into the 'world repository'. They are not interested in the 'net, so this [my effort] seemed the sole route toward that. Nor would they be vain enough to make the endeavor.

If you can help, I'd gladly welcome your expertise.


 * Thanks for the useful info. We're mostly all here to build the encyclopedia and (without doing any further research) your justification sounds fine in principle. The "Your first article" link (above in the welcome message) should provide some useful info. Two of the main issues will be notability and your conflict of interest (which is fine if stated) - minor style issues could be addressed once the article is in the main encyclopedia namespace. I'll try to have a look at it some time soon. But you could also take your questions to the Teahouse. Cheers. -- Trevj (talk) 15:00, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

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