User talk:HameedNel

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We hope you like it here and encourage you to stay even after your assignment is finished! Drmies (talk) 13:37, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for getting back to me: this will help. First of all, an educational project where no one here knows what's going on is not a good idea, for a number of reasons--which is why we have School and university projects. Please tell your teacher. At the very least, all students should have a note on their user page or talk page that leads to some kind of central place--typically the teacher's user page--so that we know what's happening. Second, beginners' edits in article space are often problematic; see the note I just placed on User talk:BabiSanee. In fact, I semi-protected the two articles, Zadie Smith and White Teeth, to prevent further disruption; I will be happy to unblock them as soon as it's clear that your teacher gets a firmer grip on matters, and that the students aren't just let loose in actual articles. At a minimum students should have done a couple of these, [].If you hadn't responded I would likely have blocked all the accounts and the IP addresses, so thanks for that. If you can point your teacher this way, that would be even better. If you want to score points for an assignment, put this template on their talk page, (just copy and paste that code on their talk page).Finally, you asked about your edit, which is actually the best in the bunch. I really had to revert the whole lot, because there had been so many intermediate edits--I mean before and after yours. In many cases, "favorite book" isn't all that relevant, but in your case, you have two apparently good sources, and the writing is pretty good. The formatting needs a bit of work but that's exactly why we have these training modules. Give me just a second. ... OK, look at this. If you want a good grade, you can did what I did for the second citation (and remove the comma after "was"). I have checked a box in your user rights: you should be able to edit that article now. Good luck. Drmies (talk) 14:02, 19 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Omg thank you so much. I couldn't possibly tell you how much this helps, and also this Professor…idk where to start but her assignments are creative, but definitely not as informed as it could be when it comes to this type of stuff. Honestly she gave guidelines that not everyone in the class will read and even then I'm sure it's not the most fun for y'all. I'll pass all this info to her so next semester or whenever she decides to do this again no one will have as much trouble lol. ❤️
 * Thanks for the advice for the writing as well! HameedNel (talk) 01:49, 20 April 2024 (UTC)