User talk:Rebeque

Hey Rebeque, Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed your edit on the list of Oberlin Alums and thought I would give you a bit of guidance. Generally the List of Oberlin College alumni is only for famous alums - but there is a list of wikipedians who are alums from certain institutions on another list which you find here. If you would like to add yourself to that list, you can simply take the place the code on your userpage. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line on my discussion page. If you're looking for a place to just experiment, you can edit the sandbox.--Nleamy 00:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

MIla Johnston Mitchell
Hi, in response to your note about the edit I placed on the Oberlin famous alum page: Mila Johnston Mitchell, who graduated from Oberlin in 1949 (which I just confirmed this evening and was about to correct on my Oberlin/wiki post), was a significant American painter. She is not famous on the internet because she died before its initiation but I do feel justified in adding her name to that list of famous alums. Mila died in the mid-90's and I have been working on her biography. Her children and I were planning on creating a wiki page for her in the next 6 months, too. What suggestions do you have for going forward?

Thanks for the other suggestions, especially the sandbox, since I am new to this!

R


 * I am happy to help. I actually didn't remove your link to the Mila Johnston Mitchell, I removed a signature that you made on the page, but C.Fred  chose to remove your link.  His/her reasoning was that Johnston Mitchell is "redlink, ergo non-notable alumna."  Meaning that He/she thought that because Johnston Mitchell didn't have her own page, she wasn't important enough to link on the alum page.  This, however, is a somewhat contested practice to do.  If you would make a page, then Johnston Mitchell would be within even C. Fred's definition.  As for making a page, you might want to read Notability_(people) as a guide to see if Johnston Mitchell fits within general guidelines.  I hope this helps.  If you would like to make a page, I would be happy to direct you in how to make a bio-page.--Nleamy 04:18, 15 May 2007 (UTC)  (ps, to sign your name, you write --~ .  This is normally done on all discussion pages, but not on main articles.)

Thanks, indeed. I understand, of course, about the web presence/wiki presence as criteria. I did visit the guidelines for Notability and she does fit easily within those guidelines. We aren't planning on adding the page for awhile yet. Should I play in the sandbox first or look at bio-page guidelines to see what I'll be in for. Appreciate your help. --Rebeque 05:46, 18 May 2007 (UTC) like that?