User talk:Venator48

File permission problem with File:1980s Calliopean Society Invitation.tif
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 The creator of the deleted image was a close friend of mine who is now deceased.

Welcome...

Hello, Venator48, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like this place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:
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Welcome to Wikipedia editing
I noted from your introduction on the Fisheries Project page much personal experience in freshwater game fishing, sporting book, and tackle collecting, have published monographs in Britain and the United States on angling authors, the literature of field sports, and salmon flies. your sincere interest in fishing topics, especially salmon flies. That's good. However, learning to edit productively in WP can be a challenge if you are already proficient in writing in primary and secondary styles. WP is a tertiary source and thus has a style different than a lot of writing. As well, as a tertiary source, WP relies on content that has already been published in reliable secondary and primary sources. As a new editor, I encourage you to become familiar with our core policies and guidelines shown above. Understanding them will be of great benefit to your editing. The more you do correctly the first time, the easier the road to productive editing becomes.

For example, I noted in the edits you made to Ned H. Roberts that you hyperlinked a great number of things that did not have articles (redlinks). This is frowned on and some one or some bot will eventually clean them up (needless work). If the redlinked topic is notable and should have an article, create the article first, then link it. Also, on Ned H. Roberts, none of the content is cited to sources. Although there are references listed, they provide no link to specific content in the article. Learning how to cite sources WP:Citing Sources is a very important skill as all content in WP should be verifiable WP:V to a reliable source WP:RS. Content that cannot readily be verified can be removed by any editor and that's not something you want to encourage.

If you want any advice or help with any aspect of WP editing or have questions on any of the myriad of WP policies and guidelines, I will be happy to help. Just ask me on my talk page. --Mike Cline (talk) 14:04, 10 February 2016 (UTC)