User talk:The great Jay

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Article Talk pages
I recommend looking at an article's Talk page before looking to add or subtract from the article. Sometimes there has already been a discussion about the change you have in mind, and a consensus reached on what to do. Also, Featured article (five-pointed star, upper right corner) and good articles (green circle with cross in middle) will have watchers who are touchy about change (although they should not act as they 'own' the article). Good luck editing. David notMD (talk) 00:50, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Removing content from article talk pages
It is not acceptable to removed other editors’ comments from talk pages like you did here. You can remove your own comments if no one has responded to them, but you should not alter talk pages when other editors have responded. See WP:TALK. I am not going to reinstate the section but wanted to make you aware. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  14:48, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Okay, now Im kinda afraid of you now. I'll revert my edit. Blue Jay (talk) 14:50, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * There is no need to revert your edit; as I mentioned, I am not going to reinstate it, and am not concerned, but just wanted you to know about the normal routine. To provide you an example of why/how such edits affect other editors ... At the moment, my computer is in repair, so I am editing from an iPad, meaning each post I make is a lot of work.  I left a question for you at Talk:Greek mythology, but when I returned this morning, that question was gone.  That meant I had to click through several edits to figure out what happened.  This is the sort of thing that another editor might get very fussed about and which could cause you a problem, because other editors might feel their time is wasted. It didn’t cause me a problem, but is something you should be aware of.  My best suggestion is that, while learning to edit, a featured article is a hard place to start, so you might start in other areas.  Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  15:32, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

New editors
Wikipedia has a policy Please do not bite the newcomers, which basically means that you are in the training wheel stage of becoming an experienced editor. Some of your edits are being reverted, and you are getting guidance, but this has not progressed to actual warnings (there is a formal system), or being temporarily or indefinitely blocked (shit can happen). Please stay active and learn. You can't 'break' Wikipedia. Editors who are advising you have good intentions, although some may be short on tact. Experienced eitors can actually be formally warned if there is evidence that they are 'biting' newcomers. David notMD (talk) 15:10, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * By the way, the informal record for going from being welcomed as a new editor to being indefinitely blocked is under one hour. Malicious editing is treated entirely differently than new editors erring in good faith. David notMD (talk) 15:23, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Welcome
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Re: your post at the Teahouse
I saw your post at the teahouse. I've taken the liberty of removing duplicated "Welcome to the Wikipedia Adventure" posts from your talk page, and added a different welcome notice. Please take the time to read all the linked pages, as they will give you a much better idea of what Wikipedia is and is not. Mjroots (talk) 15:49, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Good article nominations
Editors typically make major improvements to an article before starting a GA nomination. For example, see Solo Man, where the nominating editor first tripled the length of the article. For my own work on vitamins, I start by removing bad information and replacing old references with newer/better references, often shortening the article, before adding to it. I nominated those when I thought they were good enough, but every time, the reviewer called for huge improvements to stuff I had neglected to work on, and identified weaknesses in additions I had made. Consider gaining experience by improving Stub to Start, Start to C-class and C-class to B-class. See criteria at Content assessment. David notMD (talk) 15:13, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Signature on Talk pages
You have added some comments to Talk:Mount St. Helens but you have not identified yourself using a signature. I have added your signature to your unidentified comments. I suggest that, in future, you can sign your comments on Talk pages as recommended at Signatures behavioural guideline. GeoWriter (talk) 11:38, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Alright, I will do so. Blue Jay (talk) 13:39, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Durian at FAR
Hi, Im not sure if youre into Durian, but if youre willing to help Featured article review/Durian/archive1, you're welcome in there. Happy editing. 2001:4455:30B:6C00:18B:9C7D:FC09:3BB3 (talk) 23:55, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't think I'm good in this kind of topic, but thanks for asking anyway. Blue Jay (talk) 04:07, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award

 * Thank you as well. Blue Jay (talk) 22:34, 2 August 2022 (UTC)


 * No problem. Blue Jay (talk) 22:54, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

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