User talk:Fredshelley

August 2018
Hello, I'm John from Idegon. I noticed that you made one or more changes to an article, Albert Einstein High School, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 01:29, 13 August 2018 (UTC)


 * John, thank you for your message. Frankly, I was baffled by it and could not figure out what to do. This being the case, I have at least tried to remove all of my proposed changes to the Albert Einstein High School Wikipedia page. Please get rid of them, if my efforts did not work. Also, please remove me from the list of possible contributors or show me how to do so. That way I won't have to bother you or other admins again. Thank you. Sincerely, Fred Fredshelley (talk) 13:51, 13 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Yea, this is fairly complicated. Most people come here with varying levels of misconception as to what Wikipedia is.  You are not alone.  I'll leave you some info on what things are really about here, and if you wish to contribute, we'd love to have you. I'm not an administrator here.  All your work is peer reviewed here.  One of the biggest misconceptions people have about Wikipedia is that it is a place to write about what you know.  That is simply incorrect.  What purpose any encyclopedia (not just Wikipedia) serves is to be a place where what has already been written about a given subject can be summarized.  Good luck, and I hope to see you around. John from Idegon (talk) 15:53, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

This is being posted on your talk page where you can receive messages from other Wikipedians and discuss issues and respond to questions. At the end of each message you will see a signature left by the editor posting. This is done by signing with four tildes ( ~ ) or by pressing or  in the editing interface toolbox, located just above the editing window (when editing). You won't need to sign your contributions to articles themselves; you only need to when using talk pages. If you have any questions or face any initial hurdles, feel free to contact me on my talk page and I will do what I can to assist or give you guidance.

Again, welcome! John from Idegon (talk) 15:53, 13 August 2018 (UTC) John from Idegon (talk) 15:53, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Adding references can be easy
Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:
 * 1) While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
 * 2) Then click on "Templates".
 * 3) Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
 * 4) Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
 * 5) Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
 * 6) Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.
 * Before clicking on Publish changes, check that a References header  ==References==  is near the end of the article.
 * And check that    is directly underneath that header.
 * 7.Click on Publish changes. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.

Hope this helps, --John from Idegon (talk) 15:54, 13 August 2018 (UTC)


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