User talk:Webwiz411

List of fictional supercouples, and welcome to Wikipedia
Hello, Webwiz411. I see that you are new here (assuming that this is the first time you have signed up at Wikipedia and that you have not been editing here too long as an IP address). First, I would like to go over some points for you. For the List of fictional supercouples article, we do not list the "Years of reign" for couples based on when they got married. We list that based on when the couple's romance began, when they became popular. This is why Nick and Phyllis should be listed as 2006 to whatever year their romance ends. In addition, you should not rely heavily on Soap Opera Central here at Wikipedia, and must especially not copy and paste character biography information from that site (whether you have copy and pasted anything from there yet, I have not checked). Such copy and pasting is seen as WP:COPYVIO. Besides that, Wikipedia does not consider Soap Opera Central's character biographies reliable, per WP:Reliable sources, though we do accept that site's news as reliable. Furthermore, plot summaries should be in present tense, per WP:TENSE. The information you added to the Storyline section of the Nicholas Newman and Sharon Collins article, for example, should be in present tense. I can only hope that you did not copy and paste anything from Soap Opera Central into there, since you referenced that site in your edit summary when having added that information. If you did, you should reword it. I will go ahead and put it in present tense. I would say you should think about joining WikiProject Soap Operas.

For more information about Wikipedia in order to help your editing here, I will give you this list:


 * 1) What Wikipedia is not, which summarizes what belongs in Wikipedia and what does not;
 * 2) Neutral point of view, which describes Wikipedia's mandatory core approach to neutral, unbiased article-writing;
 * 3) No original research, which prohibits the use of Wikipedia to publish personal views and original research of editors and defines Wikipedia's role as an encyclopedia of existing recognized knowledge;
 * 4) Verifiability, which explains that it must be possible for readers to verify all content against credible external sources (following the guidance in the Risk disclaimer that is linked-to at the bottom of every article);
 * 5) Reliable sources, which explains what factors determine whether a source is acceptable;
 * 6) Citing sources, which describes the manner of citing sources so that readers can verify content for themselves; and
 * 7) Manual of Style, which offers a style guide—in general editors tend to acquire knowledge of appropriate writing styles and detailed formatting over time.

These are often abbreviated to WP:NOT, WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:RS, WP:CITE, and WP:MOS respectively.

Take care, and welcome to Wikipedia. Flyer22 (talk) 10:54, 23 August 2009 (UTC)