User talk:Shawnakelly

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Please take some time to read through this stuff to learn how to contribute an article to Wikipedia.

--KP Botany 01:54, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is an encyclopedia. Don't write in the first person.
Apply Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles:
Good articles start with a brief lead section introducing the topic. We discuss lead sections in greater detail below. As the lead section comes above the first header, it is very rarely useful to put ==Introduction== . A common title for the first section of a longer article after the introductory paragraph is "Overview", although more specific section titles are generally preferred.
Similarly, paragraphs should be relatively short to reduce eyestrain, but not too short. Group similar items and sentences together to improve readability. A long paragraph can normally be split up into two or more separate paragraphs with similar themes, as long as the second paragraph gets an introductory sentence to keep the reader on-track, even one as brief as "Other examples abound." Conversely, a one-sentence paragraph is like a cannon-shot during the performance: it attracts so much attention that it had better be good. An entire article that consists of one-sentence paragraphs can normally be consolidated by theme into a few paragraphs.
Headings help clarify articles and compose the table of contents; see Wikipedia:Section.

Headers are hierarchical, so you should start with ==Header== and follow it with ===Subheader===, ====Subsubheader====, and so forth.

While one may prefer bullet points within a section instead of using sub-headings, bold fonts should not be used. Good HTML practice dictates that headers are marked up as headers. Whether extensive subtopics should be kept on one page or moved to individual pages is a matter of personal judgment. Subheadings should generally be in alphabetical order, especially if they list countries.
If the article can be illustrated with pictures, find an appropriate place to position these images, where they relate closely to text they illustrate. If there might be doubt, draw attention to the image in the text (illustration right). For more information, see Wikipedia:Picture tutorial.
Do it on your user page. I've copied the text to your user page. When you get everything done, I will be glad to check it for you before you repost it.

Thanks KP Botany 03:10, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it is copied from another website, so I had to delete it. Please don't repost. Read the sections I added above. Thanks KP Botany 03:15, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The offending article was Stanton, Jeffrey. You could not even be bothered to look at the naming conventions - it should have been Jeffrey Stanton. -- RHaworth 09:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Shawna Kelly.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Shawna Kelly.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

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This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 20:55, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]