User talk:Lordofsharks

Welcome!
Hello, Lordofsharks, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Adam and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:28, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

The Troubles
Hi, Lordofsharks. I hope you don't think I was too hard on you at Talk:The Troubles. I know from experience that sometimes academics miss the distinction between an encyclopaedia and a journal. As a general rule, if it's a university project it is too specialised for an encyclopaedia. You might think about writing something for submission to The Irish Story. As regards Wikipedia, if you think you may become a regular contributor, I recommend you start small, with things like copyediting, correcting small errors of fact and providing citations, and get the feel of it before working up to more major edits. By the way, don't forget to sign your posts to talk pages by typing "~" at the end. Good luck, and happy editing. Scolaire (talk) 08:51, 11 February 2016 (UTC)