User talk:Lukeneale

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Hello, Lukeneale, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to leave me a message or place  on this page and someone will drop by to help. Happy editing! Sam Sailor 12:59, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
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Please help me with...creating a biography of a living person (BLP) I saw a video on YouTube from 2012 & the user mentioned using a pre-set template to create a BLP - he showed simply entering a code, hitting "show preview" & all the headings were inserted, ready for editing. The video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiYYNQbBpiY & the code he suggests is

I have tried following his instructions, but it doesn't seem to work. Is there a way of using a pre-set template to create a BLP & if so, where do I find the template?

I'm totally new to Wiki editing, so forgive my ignorance!

Thanks in advance :-)

Lukeneale (talk) 10:38, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Luke. The template you are looking for is Template:Biography. If you have any questions, you are always welcome to ask me on my talk page. Happy editing. Sam Sailor 12:59, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello again Sam, Thanks very much for responding & for the template. I copied Template:Biography into my sandbox & hit "preview" & it showed nicely. However, I was hoping that I would be able to edit this template by filling in the blanks, so to speak, but when I try to edit, I scroll down & all that is showing in the editing box is Template:Biography rather than all the individual headings under which I can enter my own data. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but can you let me know what I'm doing wrong, and how to edit the content, please?! Lukeneale (talk) 14:36, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! The template should be substituted. Put  in your sandbox, preview and save. Nice to see you know ping! Any more questions, just ping me again. Sam Sailor 14:39, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

I found the ping in your talk section! Sorry to be a pain, but I'm still struggling - I can paste  into my sandbox, but again I can't seem to see where to enter the data that I want - there doesn't appear to be a set of editable text. Also I can see where the save "button" is - do I publish (in my sandbox)? Lukeneale (talk) 14:48, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Luke, I had a peek at the vid from Youtube. That is another wiki, it is not Wikipedia. You could try and see if WP:Article wizard is more to your liking. Who are you planning on writing about? Sam Sailor 15:01, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Sorry about the Bio template in my last message - I told you I'm a newbie! I'm not planning on writing about anyone specifically just yet. I'm merely curious about how to create a page, should I want to in future. I suppose what I was hoping for was a pre-set template with all the headings in place that I could then just enter the relevant data below - something like a C.V. / resume template. Ironically, by pasting the template link directly into my message rather than in brackets, it has given me a template to use! I'll see if I can use this & will give you a shout if I get stuck again - thanks once more for all your help (and patience!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukeneale (talk • contribs) 15:12, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Always happy to help! And there's no need to be sorry, we've all been where you are. Remember to sign your messages on talk pages with ~~~~, otherwise, the ping does not go through. Sam Sailor 15:31, 19 February 2018 (UTC) P.S. I took the liberty to remove the collapsed Biography above. Feel free to reinsert it, if you so wish.