User talk:Richardagallant

Welcome
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

There are various guidelines to help newcomers understand how Wikipedia works and how to edit it. The Introduction to Wikipedia might be a good starting point, and some more are mentioned below. Some particularly important points are sometimes not grasped by newcomers, and are explained in the policy on What Wikipedia is not.


 * One important point to make is that Wikipedia articles are supposed to be encyclopedia articles, which is to say that they are supposed to convey information about particular subjects for people to read, just as though they were pages in a printed encyclopedia. This means that they are not meant to contain queries from readers about the subjects of the articles. Likewise the discussion or talk page attached to an article is meant to be used for discussing ideas for improving the article, not for general discussion or queries about the subject of the article. How talk pages are to be used is spelt out in two Wikipedia guidelines, here and here. You will the first of these says: Article talk pages are only to be used for discussing improvements to their associated pages.

You may be able to find help with your query about Vincent O'Brien at the reference desk, which is for questions which are not about Wikipedia. If this does not help you may have to look for forums etc elsewhere.

If you have any questions about how to work on Wikipedia, please feel welcome to contact me on my talk page: I will get back to you as soon as I can.

If you choose to stay on Wikipedia and do further editing, you may find some of the following helpful: JamesBWatson (talk) 13:39, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The Five pillars of Wikipedia:
 * Articles must conform to a neutral point of view
 * Wikipedia is free content, and submissions must not violate the copyright policy
 * Information should be verifiable
 * Provide an Edit summary
 * Sign your posts on talk pages using four tildes (&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;).
 * Use the Show preview button
 * How to edit a page
 * The Introduction to Wikipedia
 * The Tutorial