User talk:Monikasj

Welcome!
Hello, Monikasj, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Jonathunder (talk) 20:36, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, Monikasj! Thank you for your contributions. I am BrillLyle and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! BrillLyle (talk) 20:05, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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Creating new articles
Creating new articles from a blank start is one of the harder tasks on Wikipedia. In future I urge you to use the Article Wizard to create a draft under the Articles for Creation project. There, an experienced editor will review your draft once you think it is ready. Only when a reviewer approves will the draft be moved to the main article space. This avoids the situation where a deletion is requested soon after the initial version of an article is posted. Also, please read Wikipedia's Golden Rule and Your First Article, if you have not already done so. The advice there can be very helpful, in my view. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:02, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Some steps you might want to follow:

Congratulations, you have now created a valid Wikipedia article. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 23:04, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
 * First, review our guideline on notability, our policy on verifibility, and our specific guideline on the notability of people. Consider whether your  subject  clearly meets the standards listed there.
 * Second, read how to create Your First Article and referencing for beginners and again consider if you want to go ahead.
 * Third,  This is absolutely required; omitting it can result in you being blocked from further editing. 
 * Fourth, gather sources. You want independent, professionally published, reliable sources with each discussing the subject in some detail. If you can't find several such sources, stop; an article will not be created! Sources do NOT need to be online, or in English, although it is helpful if at least some are. The "independent" part is vital. Ion there words, Wikipedia does not consider as reliable sources like press releases, or news stories based on press releases, or anything published by the subject itself or an affiliate of the subject. Strictly local coverage is also not preferred. Regional or national newspapers or magazines, books published by mainstream publishers (not self-published), or scholarly journals are usually good. So are online equivalents of these. (Additional sources may verify particular statements but not discuss the subject in detail. But those significant detailed sources are needed first.)
 * Fifth, use the article wizard to create a draft under the articles for creation project. This is always a good idea for an inexperienced editor, but in the case of an editor with a conflict of interest it is essential.
 * Sixth, use the sources gathered before (and other sources you may find along the way) to write the article. Cite all significant statements to sources. Do not express opinions or judgements, unless they are explicitly attributed to named people or entities, preferably in a direct quotation, and cited to a source. Do not use puffery or marketing-speak. Provide page numbers, dates, authors and titles for sources to the extent these are available. A title is always needed.
 * Seventh, when (well perhaps if) your draft is declined, pay attention to the comments of the reviewer, and correct the draft and resubmit it. During this whole process, if you face any unresolvable editing hurdles, or cannot comprehend any editing issue, feel free to post a request at the Teahouse or the help desk and ask the regulars. Repeat this until the draft passes review.

September 2017
Cullen328  Let's discuss it  01:52, 9 September 2017 (UTC)

Appreciate the warm welcome
Thanks for my cupcake and the opportunity to practice responding on someone else's talk page! BPLibraryfan (talk) 21:19, 3 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Why sure BPLibraryfan. When you rely in-line to a comment, you can put a colon to make an indent. Thanks for the quick reply :) Monikasj (talk) 21:23, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Got it! Nothing like learning in the moment, cheers,Monikasj.BPLibraryfan (talk) 21:25, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
 * High fives to you BPLibraryfan! Monikasj (talk) 21:31, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Practice message
Hi Monika: I think this might be how I answer my own question (re Talking "back") that I asked you on the Web Junction course page on 10/18. Or not. (Great course, by the way! I'm learning so much!) But getting to this page uses the word "New Section," rather than "creating the page," which seems to be the language used in the Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines article. Maybe I'm overthinking this, ahem. The State of Confusion isn't always a bad place to visit and tips and corrections are always welcome. Thanks! Onepersononevote (talk) 22:52, 18 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Hey Onepersononevote thanks for sending me a message on my Talk page. Yes, create a new section is the way that you can edit a talk page using Visual Editor. To indent your response, just add a colon. (or two). check out the correspondence I had with BPLibraryfan (hi!) above. It looks like you pressed "Edit" and made your comment. Hooray! Always, there's more than one way to wiki (sometimes it's too confusing! we're in it together, tho ;-)). I'll send you a message on your page using that "new section" option and you'll see how it looks. Also! Send "wikilove" by clicking on the heart on a talk page. Try it out! Glad you're enjoying the course, thanks for the feedback! And indeed, I've made many trips to The State of Confusion and even tho I like coming home, it's good to challenge yourself and try new things. Sounds like you feel the same way. :) Monikasj (talk) 22:59, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Ooh. I did get your message on my Talk page and am catching on, or at least think I am. I do need now to practice source code and not just VE. Thank you! Onepersononevote (talk) 23:06, 18 October 2017 (UTC)


 * {U:Onepersononevote} glad you saw my notes -- did you also get pinged when I 'tagged' you here? Sigh, source code. For better or worse, Talk pages, community portals, articles for deletion or merging discussions, and noticeboards are the space where you need to use Source Code -they won't have VE enabled. However, if you're planning to add citations or make small edits to improve articles, but not necessarily prioritize the community conversation bit, you won't need much more than what you've figured out. Also, it's the case that editors will also connect via other channels, including Facebook, or by email. So it's not a must. But it's kind of fun to try and figure out -- and I do like the wikilove options. Goats make me laugh. Monikasj (talk) 23:10, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi again - and thank you for above tips and support! I'm still a little confused by Talk conversations / discussions. It's one of those difficult conceptual / structural things that is hard to explain, so here goes - and clearly prepositions matter (e.g. to, on, from etc :). So, I can post a comment TO you ON your Talk page, and you to mine. But it also seems as though I can reply to your question (or reply) on my own Talk page? Huh. So, how do I alert you, or how are you alerted, that I have done so? I noticed that you posted on my Talk page a message telling me to look at your Talk page. Was that Teacher to Student or is that generally how this is done? (And enabling other students of yours to see answers to questions they may also have.) I can try to explain in greater detail if this question of mine doesn't make sense. I'm confusing myself here hahaha. Many thanks! Onepersononevote (talk) 16:08, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey Onepersononevote I'd say that conversations mostly unfold on one page (so to follow a conversation that isn't in your userspace and be notified, you'll have to watch the page in case you are not pinged.) I posted to your talk page just to help you find this, since you might not have known to look. Often conversations between editors take place on the Talk pages of the articles they are editing, or on noticeboards. It's an encyclopedia, first, sociality is a part of this, but not the primary job to get done -- which may be why it is still so stilted to connect ;) Monikasj (talk) 20:50, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

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