User talk:Nymaestro

Welcome, Nymaestro !

I noticed your work on Requiem (Mozart), and thought I'd welcome you to Wikipedia. I'm MarkBuckles. Thank you for your contributions, and I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:


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Requiem (Mozart) has needed work for a while. Many popular classical pieces receive a lot of edits, and we could certainly use assistance helping the article achieve a neutral point of view and contain proper citations, both guidelines for Wikipedia articles.

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MarkBuckles (talk) 07:42, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Some comments on the Mozart Requiem page
Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that the use of the signature ( ~ ) is just for Talk Pages. No one signs anything in an article because it's all the work of the community at large. WP:OWN is a good link for information on this. It's easy to feel protective about your own edits to articles.

If you're able to add any footnotes (WP:CITE is helpful) it's a big help to readers, as well as just general policy that all articles be referenced.

I also noticed this sentence: "even when alternate completions provide logical and compelling solutions for the work." Sounds like you're not a fan of the Sussmayer! That's fine, but readers shouldn't be able to tell the opinion of any author so this would probably need to be changed to conform to a neutral point of view. Happy editing! MarkBuckles (talk) 05:57, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Just want to alert you that I added "real" references (meaning linked references, using the and  templates) to the material you added; the references appear in the "References" section near the end. I think I got everything right, but there's always the chance I made a mistake, so you might want to review this to see if it's OK. You do know how to use these templates and references, don't you? If not, I can explain it. +ILike2BeAnonymous 06:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! I will look these over. Nymaestro 16:42, 23 April 2007 (UTC)