User talk:Natewhite76

AJM's advice to new editors

 * Look at the article to see how it is laid out. The Table of Contents is the best place to start.
 * Read the article to see if what you want to add or remove is appropriate, necessary, or adds value.
 * Search for the right place to put it.
 * Check Use the "Show Preview" to make sure that what you have done is appropriate and correct.
 * Discuss any change about which you are uncertain, by placing your proposed text, or just a suggestion, on the talk page. Someone who watches the article will usually answer in a day or so. You can monitor this by clicking the watch tag at the top of the page.
 * Be aware
 * that an addition inserted between two sentences or paragraphs that are linked in meaning can turn the existent paragraphs into nonsense.
 * that a lengthy addition or the creation of a new sub-section can add inappropriate weight to just one aspect of a topic.

When adding images
 * Look to see if the subject of your image is already covered. Don't duplicate subject matter already present. Don't delete a picture just to put in your own, unless your picture is demonstrably better for the purpose. The caption and nearby text will help you decide this.
 * Search through the text to find the right place for your image. If you wish it to appear adjacent to a particular body of text, then place it above the text, not at the end of it.
 * Look to see how the pictures are formatted. If they are all small thumbnails, do not size your picture at 300 px.  The pictures in the article may have been carefully selected to follow a certain visual style e.g. every picture may be horizontal, because of restricted space; every picture might be taken from a certain source, so they all match.  Make sure your picture looks appropriate in the context of the article.
 * Read the captions of existent pictures, to see how yours should fit in.
 * Check the formatting, placement, context and caption before you leave the page by using the Show preview function, and again after saving.
 * Discuss If your picture seems to fill a real identifiable need in the article, but doesn't fit well, because of formatting or some other constraint, then put it on the talk page and discuss, before adding.
 * Be aware that adding a picture may substantially change the layout of the article. Your addition may push another picture out of its relevant section or cause some other formatting problem.
 * Edit before adding. Some pictures will look much better, or fit an article more appropriately if they are cropped to show the relevant subject.


 * My further advice is to seek out the articles that are in obvious need of help. If you tweak articles that have a gold star at the top of them, then they are already articles that have been meticulously scrutinised and are regarded as the finest articles on Wikipedia. This is not to say that they are entirely without error.
 * Amandajm (talk) 02:40, 17 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Thought more about The Maids of Honour. Yes. The painting itself is like a stage set.  But it has an invisible extension that includes the King and Queen, who we can locate, because of their reflection.  We have to think about the painting as being "reality" and imagine that everyone we can see inside the painting really has an existence within that painted space. Therefore the artist exists only in the painting, because that is where he is. The king and queen exist outside the painting, because of the reflection. WE exist outside it, because the child, and the artist both acknowledge our presence.
 * Normally, the artist would have an existence outside the picture, and he would play on this, but in this case, he has removed himself from our sphere entirely. Regardless of how much we know that the artist stood more-or-less where we stand in relation to the image,  he is presenting us with a different reality. In terms of the painting, the King and Queen can't be behind him and in front of him simultaneously. He is looking their direction, just as he is looking in ours.
 * Amandajm (talk) 08:49, 17 May 2014 (UTC)