User talk:Hardy Heck

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Just put a colon in front of it :) C T J F 8 3  21:24, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I was to figure out what was going wrong. I saw the page come up the the page but didn't know how to correct it. Hardy Heck (talk) 20:53, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Spaghetti Tacos
Hello Heck, my name is Jeremy and I am one of the people from the Food & Drink WikiProject. If you would like me to, I can help you with this article. Just buzz me back here and I can give you any advice you may need. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 17:08, 4 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey Heck Hardy! Very glad that you're enthusiastic about contributing to Wikipedia. The more the merrier! There are two major considerations to be made when you are writing a new article: 1) can I source it properly and provide evidence that the subject is notable; and 2) can I write the article in an encyclopedic fashion? You seem to be well on the way with the first of these. The New York Times article that comes up as the first result in a Google search is going to be a good bet to hang at least the first draft on, but you are going to have to make sure that you can find at least a few others of similar quality. The second consideration is more difficult. Too many people come here and knock something out that looks and sounds like an in-flight magazine puff piece, which won't make you many friends. Encyclopedic content is somewhat more formal than that, but this actually makes it fairly straightforward to make a brief "Start" class article. The first thing I usually do is work out the lead section, as these are fairly formulaic (so are simple to get your head around) and can then be used to help you focus on what's important in the main text. The first four things I find it helpful to address in a lead section are: 1) what is it? (i.e. a simple description: Spaghetti tacos are a culinary dish consisting of a taco shell stuffed with spaghetti in tomato sauce. Or something like that...); 2) why should we care? (What makes this thing notable?); 3) where did it come from? (Brief history.); and 4) where does it fit? (What is its relationship to other similar items and cultures?). The last of these is a little wooly as it very much depends on what your subject is. Anyway, each of these subjects should be a sentence or two, no more, and you then expand on them in the main text under whatever headings you like. Drop me a message when you have what you think is a finished article in your sandbox and I'll gladly take a look. Good on yer, and good luck!  Pyrop e  19:33, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

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It's easy to make this mistake, but in two instances, you've reverted an IP's vandalism removal and restored the vandalized version; see here and here. OhNo itsJamie Talk 21:42, 11 May 2011 (UTC)