User talk:Katpawley

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Thank you for signing up! JarrahTree 08:47, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Added - as the teahouse invitation on this page suggests you hadnt an Australian welcome - so here it is! JarrahTree 08:48, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi
Australian Biota project is always interested in having editors realise that there is a central point of contact with other editors through the biota project, and would be very keen to communicate and interact over materials you are editing. Please let us know if there is anything we can help you with, or in any way offer suggestions; or for that matter, anything you might wish to offer as suggestions to the project JarrahTree 02:09, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Wikipeople
appreciate your interest, but can you PLEASE let me actually do some work on the draft before you pounce on it and start editing?

If you look at the 2 other pages I have created Pseudoraphis spinescens and Juncus ingens, you will see I know how to reference properly.

I also have no intention of leaving all the copy/paste text the way it is, or leaving the table broken up the way it is, it's just like that for ease of working on it until its done.

I repeat, DRAFT, I have been working on it less than a day!

Thanks katpawley (talk) 09:31, 26 June 2019 (UTC)


 * some editors will not take the advice, the fact it is, it is on wiki will make some people itchy fingered (draft is a red flag to some) - better to take it off completely until ready.

Also the sheer size will raise the ire of many editors, it is not what wikipedia is WP:ABOUT to have lists that large or complicated - much better to speak with editors on or off wiki about possible resolution to the size issue. cheers JarrahTree 04:33, 27 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've moved the page to a new user sandbox, I was under the impression that user sandboxes were automatically emptied regularly, same as in the Wikipedia tutorial, and haven't been saving anything in mine. I think that is what I should have been doing, rather than creating draft pages. I also really do appreciate the efforts people make to uphold standards and improve Wikipedia, and am actually quite reassured to find out that unreferenced work that doesn't meet taxonomic standards won't last long on Wikipedia! Keep up the good work, katpawley (talk) 11:54, 27 June 2019 (UTC)


 * If you have friendly experienced users who are sympathetic and understanding to your efforts who have your sandbox on watch, it should go nowhere... JarrahTree 13:07, 27 June 2019 (UTC)