User talk:Kickstartme

Hello, Kickstartme, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page provides helpful information for new users - please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Happy editing! --Darkwind (talk) 08:37, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you need help...

Sure, if you need help, leave a message explaining what you need on my talk page, and if I'm online, I'll help in any way I can. Please note that I don't get told that I have a new message unless you add your message by clicking the "start a new talk topic" link or the + sign in the tabs along the top. --Darkwind (talk) 19:32, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In reply

You asked for comments, I assume that would be for the article on industrial plastic pipe systems. I'm not going to comment as to how the article as a whole fits in with the others on similar subjects, since that's not my area of expertise.

What I will comment on is the way you've done the article itself. It's a great start, but one thing you can do to improve its verifiability is to use inline citations to cite your sources directly after the information from that source, the same way your English teachers taught you to do in a research paper. Detailed instructions on how exactly to cite sources, including inline citations (like, the code and everything) can be found at WP:CITE#HOW.

One other way to improve just about every article at Wikipedia is to add more internal links. For example, you use the words alkali and acids, but they aren't linked to their corresponding articles, alkali and acid. You CAN go overboard with links, but it's very good to link every technical term in the article the first time it appears. That includes terms you yourself think are "basic" or "easily understood" -- remember that you can't assume the technical background of your readers, and giving them more information is rarely a bad thing.

To get more editors involved, the best way is to objectively examine the article and figure out what needs improvement. You can then either make those changes yourself, or use one of the many many templates which will put a banner at the top of the article saying what help is needed, and also automatically add the article to a category with other articles that need that kind of work.

For example, I see several spots on the article that could use a little copy-editing. I could do it myself, or I could add the template {{copyedit}} to the top of the article. That'll automatically place the article in a category for pages needing copyedits, and editors who like to do that kind of stuff will happen upon it. In fact, I've already done that for you.

Wow, okay, I'm done writing my novel... lol. I hope this helps! --Darkwind (talk) 00:02, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]