User talk:Pauloman80

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Algebraist 23:58, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

I think I'm in way over my head here.
I was attempting to correct & add a bit of info on a page dedicated to a friend of mine who's a recording artist, but it looks like there's a whole lot I need to learn about this. I've stumbled into a learning curve that's a bit too steep for me. I didn't even know how to post to ask for help, I'm just hoping I did this right. Thanks for the help. --Pauloman80 (talk) 00:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yo Paulo, sorry the wiki can be overwhelming at times. Is there something specific you want to know? Some useful pages to read might be Introduction and Five pillars. Stick another helpme up there's more you need, there are plenty of willing helpers about :) Cheers, Skomorokh  00:11, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Let me pipe in, since I reverted your changes. It's good that you are helping your friend out! However, keep in mind Wikipedia's "threshold for inclusion .. is verifiability, not truth". In other words, posting information about a living person needs to be backed up by a reliable source. If Johnny Diaz has been interviewed by a credible newspaper/magazine/book, that's a good example. I hope this helps. tedder (talk) 00:14, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I did this right?... indented? Continue the conversation?  Thanks for answering back again, Tedder.  There's verifiable info, I guess I just need to find it, i.e. info regarding his older brother and his career in baseball; how Jonny got his start, other musicians who've joined him (including myself).  Does that constitute a conflict of interests?  I have no idea, I'm new at this.  I mainly started this whole thing because the page didn't have his correct city of birth.  Then I noticed typos.  It was all downhill from there. Pauloman80 (talk) 00:21, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You got it right, keep indenting and signing, when there are too many indents, just start at the left again and say (deindenting) or something :-) Having a conflict of interest is perfectly okay (see WP:COI) as long as you don't abuse it- for instance, trying to advertise or anything else. The way you were fixing the typos was a little suspicious to me, and not having an edit summary makes it hard to understand your intent. BLPs (biographies of living people) are especially touchy around here. Find the sourced information (which you know to be correct, after all!) and I'll help you format the citations. Hope all of this helps- and welcome here. tedder (talk) 00:25, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Woot. I learned how to indent.  Boo ya.  Part of the suspicion may have come from the fact that I was trying to nail down his actual birthplace and kept changing it as the info was getting to me erroneously until finally I got a straight answer.  Should have just waited until I had it confirmed.  Didn't notice the edit summary bit.  What qualifies as source info?  I know the history of his career because I've been there for the majority of it.  What about the liner notes of a CD?  Would that count?  Sheesh, I'm definitely in over my head!  And I keep forgetting to add the signature thing!!  Grrr... Pauloman80 (talk) 00:53, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

(deindenting) As a new user, you're doing very well. Liner notes from a CD? That'll work. It isn't the best, but it's good. tedder (talk) 00:56, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * (taking notes on how to deindent) Okay. Liner notes are about a 6 1/2 - 7 on a scale of 1 to 10.  So how might I cite that?  Thanks for taking the time to help, man! (inserting signature now) Pauloman80 (talk) 01:00, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I started the Jonny Diaz article, feel free to ask me any question at any time. The easiest way to cite is using the citation templates, which can be found at Citation_templates. For the CD liner, I would use "cite video" template. Right before you add the template add the text " " (both without the " symbols).  Royal broil  03:00, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Royalbroil. When I get more than just a coupla' minutes I'll read over those templates and get everything formatted in a sandbox page (I discovered those last night) before posting it. Pauloman80 (talk) 12:44, 15 September 2009 (UTC)