User talk:Jessicacolvin

Atikokan recreation material.
The material you added reads more like a press release than a wikipedia article. Please reword it to just indicate the events only in neutral language. Thank you and happy editing.Daffydavid (talk) 04:56, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Unencyclopedic additions
While I do not doubt the sincerity of your additions to the Atikokan article they require extensive editing. Please address the concerns raised on both your talk page and the article talk page. Happy editing.Daffydavid (talk) 06:49, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes. Jessicacovin, your additions at the Atikokan article are both good in many ways and problematic in many ways. This is dicssed further at the talk page. If you continue to ignore the talk page you will force people to start deleting more of your material.  Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 13:23, 27 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I am having difficulty editting this page in ways that are acceptable to your standards. If you have any tips please let me know. Jessicacolvin (talk)


 * Cool. I think that you are doing pretty good for someone that is new.  You have also done a LOT of work on the article, and the combination of the two inevitably means that you might run into situations where you put in some material that others will take out.  No harm, no foul, that's just how Wikipedia works.
 * Due the the diversity of things in the discussions, and the ways that Wikipedia can be difficult, my main advice is to converse at the talk page of the article and here   Have FUN answering questions, asking  questions, making  comments etc.  I think that that will help.   Also happy to answer any questions or give any advice.   I'll watch your talk page or feel free to post on mine.Right now, anything that you can tell us about that Atikokan history book would be helpful.Have fun here in Wikipedia! Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 00:59, 22 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I think I've figured out the writing strategy needed for this page. I appreciate your help! I will definitely come to you if i have further questions. Jessicacolvin (talk)
 * Whew, you're fast! It took me years to half learn it.  :-)  I guess what that hints at is don't get frustrated if you're not there yet. Sincerely, North8000 (talk) 21:48, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Jessica it's good that you have joined the conversation and I look forward to working with you on this article. Like North8000 said, we need the complete information on "A History of Atikokan". Stuff like the publishing date,publisher,edition number and availability. The biggest problem seems to be that the book is for all intents and purposes unavailable. Secondly, if the info you added to the article is as it is published then the book fails as a RS since it contradicts itself. A quick tip - try to avoid weasel words as they are unacceptable on Wikipedia. Please sign your comments on talk pages with four tildes "~" Happy Editing. Daffydavid (talk) 10:54, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips! I changed the references form the History of Atiokan book. I hope that's more acceptable than before. I tried to put in as much info about the book as possible.