User talk:RIPGraves

CYLC article
Hi, I see you are new to Wikipedia, and welcome! Thanks for your contributions to the article about Congressional Youth Leadership Council. Here's some information that'll help you improve the article since you appear to be well acquainted with the company. Learning to use Wikipedia is a little bit of a challenge to get started, and I hope I can help.

The lede paragraph per lede should be a concise summary of the article. It should not introduce new information. The summary statements should be supported in the body by references.

References should be links to verifiable third-party sources "with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy," preferably not information supplied by the subject of the article. Information supplied by the subject of the article is not necessarily objective, and Wikipedia values a neutral point of view.

Looking at the references you provided for facts about the number of participants, the change in its legal status, etc., I was unable to find source information supporting what is in the article. I marked those with. Please add this information with suitable references to the body of article and then summarize relevant information in the lede.

Since you appear to be familiar with the company, you should know that Wikipedia encourages individuals with a connection to the subject of the article to disclose this information to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. If appropriate, you can just put a note to that effect on the article's talk page.

I'll give you a few days to work on this. Welcome, and let me know if you need any help. (Just leave a reply here.) -- btphelps (talk) (contribs) 18:30, 23 March 2010 (UTC)