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Speedy deletion nomination of /Christopher Sly
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Your edits to The Taming of the Shrew
What's the backslash syntax, please: /Christopher Sly? And why is this character singled out for a redlink? --Old Moonraker (talk) 19:59, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

hello?

Ok, I looked at it. This is my first time dealing with wikipedia and I'm working on a college assignment. So basically I just need to put what I wrote previously in my own words? The red link I found on wiki and it was the only way in which I could open a sublink. All I know about the red link is when I put the backslash in front the link turned red. I couldn't figure out any other way to open a link without creating a page. What are your reccomendations?
 * Please check the three revert rule before making further edits to The Taming of the Shrew, whether logged in or not. --Old Moonraker (talk) 20:49, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Couple of options at least: have a look at one of the other characters in the play, such as Petruchio, who have their own page, and follow that format. The quick way to start a new page is just to do a search, carefully spelt, because if there isn't an article by that name a "create new page" link, in the name you used, is provided. However, the interesting aspect  of Sly, which you have already noticed, is his part in the induction. This is only briefly mentioned on the existing page and might be worth expanding there. Use your own words, but backed up with reliable sources. Best. --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:10, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Afterthought: if, perchance, there is a recently created article that you wish to clear away before trying again, write " " at the top of the page (without the quotation marks) and it will be removed fairly quickly. --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:23, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Do you know how I can get rid of that backslash and still keep the link to Christopher Sly without creating a new page? I was searching forever on how to do it and found that backslash this morning.
 * The new page Christopher Sly has now been created and the link from The Taming of the Shrew fixed. --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:43, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your help!!! I've been pulling my hair out....... Does my reference comply with wikipedia format?

fixing this
I in fact was the editor who fixed this up for you. The article is now at Christopher Sly. However, it needs considerable expansion in several very important ways. CS is an extremely minor character. The article needs some justification for existence--after all the text of ToftS is available free on line and anyone can read it themselves and see the very little that is there. . The justification needs to be that the character is written about in the critical literature of Shakespeare. He undoubtedly is--the amount of study is so immense that even a character like this will be commented on by scholars and critics. Let me give you a hint: why is he there at all? why is the frame there at all? Does it cast any light on the action of the play itself? Or is it just a device to get the audience laughing at some low comedy at the very start? The literature probably compares it with other framing plays in drama of the period, and with Shakespeare's other uses of play-within-a-play, most notably of course in Hamlet.

You find this by doing research--your college librarian can show you how--for a topic like this it is not at all difficult. But you do not start of by plagiarizing a well know reader's guide to the play--and even the amount of rewriting you did was a little too close--a paraphrase, even a shortened paraphrase --is still plagiarism. I recommend to you our articles on plagiarism, and our information on the plagiarism policy at Wikipedia, WP:Plagiarism. Do it right. Let me know on my talk p. when there's something to look at, properly sourced. I put a tag on the article that should give you a few days to do it. DGG (talk) 22:04, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your help, time, and patience.