User talk:Heilprin

Welcome
Professor, I saw your current course and wanted to note that your goals and your class are a welcome component to the Wiki project. As a long-term editor on poetry and literature articles and a former Wikipedian in Residence, I am willing to assist in any way I can. Please let me know. --Midnightdreary (talk) 21:56, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Extending my welcome as well. I’ve written a number of articles on poetry here and would be happy to help out as I can. I’ve found Wikipedia’s coverage of poetry pretty underdeveloped, so am excited to follow this course. Do let me know if I can be of any assistance and I wish you the best of luck— Eddie891 Talk Work 22:57, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * This is so nice! Thank you, Midnightdreary and Eddie891. I’m not at all experienced on Wikipedia (so far I’ve contributed nothing but copy-edits and misguided questions), so I’ll be learning along with my students. One preliminary question: what is the best way to ask a question? Should I write on your user talk pages or mine, or send a separate email, or is there some other way to do it? I hope this communication reaches you. Heilprin (talk) 16:51, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Generally: Asking a question on an article talk page is a good way to make your question more public and, therefore, more likely to be seen by multiple editors. If you would like to reach a specific editor, their user talk page is a good choice. What you did here on your own user talk page tagging us is also a fine choice. --Midnightdreary (talk) 17:22, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 * In addition to what midnightdreary says above, if you have general questions about the technicalities of editing, I’d recommend asking at the teahouse or the help desk. Templates to ‘ping’ users like reply to you used above are great ways to ensure a specific person doesn’t miss your comments— yours worked perfectly. Users will also get a notification if you leave a message on their talk page. Hope this helps, Eddie891 Talk Work 17:50, 7 August 2021 (UTC)