User talk:MalachiteGuy123

An extended welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia. I've added a welcome message to the top of this page that gives a great deal of information about Wikipedia. I hope you find it useful.

Additionally, I hope you don't mind if I share some of my thoughts on starting out as a new editor on Wikipedia: If I could get editors in your situation to follow just one piece of advice, it would be this: Learn Wikipedia by working only on non-contentious topics until you have a feel for the normal editing process and the policies that usually come up when editing casually. You'll find editing to be fun, easy, and rewarding. The rare disputes are resolved quickly and easily.

Working on biographical information about living persons is far more difficult. Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy requires strict adherence to multiple content policies, and applies to all information about living persons including talk pages.

If you have a relationship with the topics you want to edit, then you will need to review Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, which may require you to disclose your relationship and restrict your editing depending upon how you are affiliated with the subject matter.

Some topic areas within Wikipedia have special editing restrictions that apply to all editors. It's best to avoid these topics until you are extremely familiar with all relevant policies and guidelines.

I hope you find some useful information in all this, and welcome again. --Ronz (talk) 19:45, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks ! MalachiteGuy123, I wanted to give some notes about the addition:
 * Make sure that your edits are neutral. This can take a bit of time to get used to (it did for me), as the average person is used to writing persuasively or arguing a specific point in their work. The sentence "Although the war continued on after he finished, his impact is still felt today." comes across as persuading the reader to see Dick Gregory in a specific light.
 * Individual cases of hunger strikes should only be added if there is a lot of coverage in independent and reliable sources to show how the strike(s) are extremely notable. There's already an article on List of hunger strikes, which is where most hunger strikes should be listed. You could absolutely add Gregory to this list.
 * I hope that this helps! Let me know if you have any questions! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:17, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, MalachiteGuy123, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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