User talk:LonesomeDove111

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---Hi LonesomeDove111,

 Something I found useful when I started editing: 

Cordial 'real time' advice can often be found via IRC.

Somethings I would have found useful when I started editing:

The editorial community is quite diverse and includes it's fair share of cranks and eccentrics ranging from domineering and contentious to just plain weird in addition to editors simply amiably enthused about sharing knowledge with the world and each other. Humor and emotional cues are often missed or misconstrued when communicating through text alone. A bit of cautious consideration applied to both what one 'says' and what one 'hears' (i.e. writes/reads on talk pages and such) may prove helpful. Regardless of stated ideals—in actual practice disagreements amongst editors may have a tendency to get 'litigious' with much citing of rules and guidelines frequently via acronymic wikilinks.

As with making laws and sausages—making Wikipedia articles can get a bit messy at times. So I've offered a few—perhaps cynical—grains of salt lest expectations be overly tinged with rose colored sweetness. Basically, in my case I'd initially allowed myself to be overly enthused about lofty ideals which led to a sense of disillusionment when I realized that I was not in fact interacting in some sort of cyber utopia but within a culture of real humans with it's own associated range of quirks and protocols. If someone had 'talked me down' a bit initially I may have chosen to walk into the adventure with open eyes rather than running in with blind enthusiasm. That said, there are many interesting paths within the Wikipedia editorial community and I value my journeys here. LonesomeDove111, good luck, and have fun. – Kevjonesin (talk) 19:26, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Regarding Julia Davis (American cinema)
I noticed your recent edits to Julia Davis (American cinema). 'Good on ya', you've been bold and started editing. Welcome to Wikipedia.

Now let's work on refining technique a bit ...

In the future, please be sure to fill in the edit summary so that your fellow editors have some idea of 'what' and 'why' changes have been made when they look at the page history and such. It may be best practice to leave a more detailed explanation on the articles talk page as well—especially if the edit or the subject of the article may be controversial.

I noticed you flagged all your edits as ' minor edits '. Some of your edits were just simple punctuation or format changes; others however were not. For the future—as a courtesy to fellow editors—please take a moment to familiarize yourself with Help:Minor edit.

Well, there's a coupla' general guidelines to look into for now. I've also got some questions about some of the individual edits within the context of the article that I'll likely ask about later. But I might shift to the article's talk page for that. If so, I'll leave you a notice here to let you know.

--Kevjonesin (talk) 20:53, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

Truncated references and such
I noticed that you truncated some of the reference citations in Julia Davis (American cinema). Example here. I'm assuming that this was either due to a misunderstanding of their purpose and function or perhaps inexperience with the editing interface itself. So, advance notice, no offense, I'll be reverting a number of the unexplained edits. If you feel you've a valid rationale for having made such changes please explain in detail on the article's talk page and discuss with other editors before attempting to reimplement them. Feel free to ask questions and seek advice. I wish you good luck on your Wikipedia journeys, --Kevjonesin (talk) 15:41, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

December 2013
Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. VQuakr (talk) 20:08, 2 December 2013 (UTC)