User talk:Pickles66

Use your sandbox
I am the campus ambassador for your class.

I moved your new article to this user sandbox per WP:UP. It is inappropriate for you to build a new article in the main namespace as your content would be immediately deleted. Feel free to develop your article in its current sandbox location. When you're ready, let me know and I'll have your draft moved back to the prior location. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 01:45, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much- I need to edit the title of my page as I wrote the incorrect date. How can I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pickles66 (talk • contribs)
 * At this point, don't worry about it. When I move the draft into mainspace it'll be to the title you have indicated at the start of the lede paragraph. By the way, be sure to sign your comments on talk pages and use edit summaries when you edit. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 04:13, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

STOP
Per my instructions, when you're ready ASK ME to move your sandbox. The reason for my frustration is that you moved your sandbox a couple times, all to invalid locations. An admin will have to clean up your mess to move the sandbox back to where it was, at my request.

You're new here and I am totally fine helping you rather than you ineptly attempting to do stuff like page moves on your own. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 04:16, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Your draft is returned to User:Pickles66/The 1995 United Parcel Service strike. I'd like to point out that you quote heavily from When Big Brown shut down and you haven't cited it as a source, so that needs to be done. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 14:13, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

This page was more of a testing ground... I'd like to delete this and set up a new wiki page to work from- is this possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pickles66 (talk • contribs)
 * I'm not sure I understand why. You can always start a new sandbox, the same way you did before. I can provide you a red link to click on if you've forgotten how that's done. The content you had in your existing sandbox is still in the history tab so it can be restored. You can always use that sandbox again. The name on the sandbox really doesn't have any bearning on the content inside. Naming doesn't matter until it's in the main namespace. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 22:10, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Ok thanks- I think I'm finished! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pickles66 (talk • contribs)
 * The article is now at The 1997 United Parcel Service strike. It still needs significant cleanup. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 14:41, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

I saw that I need to work on format and citing- are there specific problems with the article you can reference for me? Right now I'm really not sure what it is that I need to change. As always, appreciate you! Pickles66 (talk) 05:27, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * That's the majority of it. Bad formatting makes a good article look lousy. You also need to create a lead section. You have bare URL's as references so you need to add the applicable information (title, author, date, publisher) that you'd fill in for your typical citation template. I'd also recommend working on the tone of the article, as it sounds too pro-union. I understand that's the focus of your class but Wikipedia wants neutrality which means a middleground between the union and management's point of view. Add more outbound links as well as links from other articles to this one. For example, Postal strike is a disambiguation page so you might add a link there. You would do well to ask WikiProject Organized Labour for an assessment. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 17:10, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Chris- I will work on all of those things. How can I even begin to thank you for your help? It must be maddening working with a large class of students who don't know what they are doing... I REALLY appreciate the help and patience!