User talk:LeastRivers

new user can't even get started
I'm overwhelmed. I can't even figure out how to ask for help

I think this is my talk page but I can't find how to enter TalkBack to I dream of horses who contacted me on opening my account. I am trying to create a new page for a living writer named Louis Jensen. I have activated Visual Editor and get the basics of that. I want to use an existing template for biographies but don't understand the WikiProject stuff or Infobox, or even how to enter the template into my own editor. Helpme?

LeastRivers --LeastRivers (talk) 17:21, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. to put a talkback on their page go to their talk page click on the new section button at the top of their page and put this template onto the page..
 * If you want help on BLP's the best place to start would be the Teahouse.
 * Hope this helps. Amortias (T)(C) 17:50, 7 October 2014 (UTC)


 * The code for the talkback template is with a pipe and your username within the curly brackets (that's how templates handle parameters).
 * Regarding the article, I saw you've already written a draft at Draft:Louis Jensen. The Visual Editor should make adding an infobox easy. The user guide explains the necessary steps under "Editing templates". The most appropriate infobox would probably be Infobox writer.
 * WikiProjects are associations of editors interested in a particular topic. They're a good place to ask for help, though unfortunately some see little activity. You may want to check out WP:WikiProject Children's literature. They are not directly related to editing, though; you can write articles without ever bothering about WikiProjects.
 * Copying content from elsewhere via the Visual Editor is somewhat tricky; in fact I'm not sure that's possible at all. Since you already have written a draft, that shouldn't be all that necessary, though. I'll do some copyediting and add section headings and the like. One major issue is that it's not clear which of your references supports which of the draft's statements. You should resolve that by adding inline citations and footnotes; WP:Referencing for beginners is a nice introduction on that. Huon (talk) 19:19, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I trust that you got the help you needed? I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a &#123;&#123;Talkback&#125;&#125; message on my talk page. @ 05:39, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you, Huon! I can see that you have made some formatting improvements to my draft! I have another question: how do I access that (now improved) draft? I can find it on my "view history" link--but it's not on my user page or sandbox. --LeastRivers (talk) 22:11, 7 October 2014 (UTC)


 * There are several ways to find a page you edited again. Firstly, there's a "Contributions" link at the very top of every Wikipedia page, right next to "Log out", that will show your past edits with links to the articles. You could also add it to your watchlist via the star symbol to the right of the search bar and then go looking for it via the "Watchlist" link next to "Contributions", but the watchlist will by default only show pages that have been edited within the last three days. For a more long-term solution, you could add a link to that draft to your user page (see Help:Link on how to create links). Huon (talk) 23:47, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello again!
It's me from the Teahouse. I just wanted to leave a less formal note to you here. Your article looks very nice and I think it has a good chance of being accepted. Aside from translating things from Swedish to English, I also help "newbies" from time to time and you are always welcome to ask me for help or advice if you need to. Just post on my talk page or "ping" me. I will leave you a small guide on how to communicate here on the WP. If you want to get help from other Danes on the English WP you can find a bunch of them here: Danish Wikipedians' notice board or here: Translators available and here:. All the best, w.carter -Talk  21:04, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I left an example in your Draft:Louis Jensen of how the titles should be written. :) w.carter -Talk  21:20, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

How to alert other editors
When someone is posting on your talk page you get an automatic notification. That notification is a red square followed by a long yellow box (for most browsers and settings). In all other cases you have to alert the other editor in some way, either by "ping" or by mentioning them in a link. This will result in a just the red box notification on that users pages. So even if you respond on your talk page you still have to alert the editor you are addressing. If you want to get hold of me you write resulting in  or W.carter resulting in W.carter and sign with the four "squiggles" ~ at the end and hit "Save". There are some more, but these are the basics. And when you ask something on someone's talk page, you also create a new section so your question don't get entangled in some other conversation. If you are having a conversation with another user on some page, it is also customary to add that page to your Watchlist in case someone in the discussion forgets to alert.

The policy is to leave an answer on the same page as the question, keep the conversation intact unless there is some reason for moving it elsewhere. Like complicated questions at the Teahouse can be continued on the appropriate talk page. w.carter -Talk  21:04, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Louis Jensen has been accepted
 Louis Jensen, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!  DGG ( talk ) 02:08, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
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Congratulations!
Congrats on getting your first article accepted. :) Keep up the good work! All the best, w.carter -Talk  00:20, 16 November 2014 (UTC)