User talk:Hartfelt

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[edit] Redirection pages

You can create these by clicking on the #R button above the edit box, and typing the name of the destination in the highlighted space that appears. Mjroots (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Helpme

{{helpme}} My new article "Ellen Ewing Sherman" (posted yesterday and improved today) does not seem to appear in reponse to Google searches for "Ellen Ewing Sherman." Earlier today, it did appear in such Google searches. Can you please tell me what has gone wrong? There is no incentive to develop articles if they are invisible to the world. Hartfelt (talk) 17:31, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry - it takes a while for Google to "crawl" the web. It should appear in a few days time. Microchip 08 18:44, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] You seem to attempting something on William T. Sherman

May I help? BusterD (talk) 13:48, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I got your message. I suspect a few senior editors may question your sourcing and exact wording, but it's news to me. Good luck, and if you need help, click on my talk link and post a new message. BusterD (talk) 14:12, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Remember to sign your messages with four tildes (~~~~). BusterD (talk) 14:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
The recent Marszalek endorsement sounds pretty authoritative to me... BusterD (talk) 14:44, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
As a Featured article, this page is watched and monitored by many experienced users, some of whom built the page themselves. Expect some of those users to approach you about your wording, and be prepared to accept some of their arguments. Your sourcing sounds like something in which a frequent page watcher would be interested. Continue to edit boldly, even if people disagree with you, but try to remain genuinely nice and kind to people. It's the right thing to do, it doesn't hurt your appearance, and you may actually learn something new. Everyone wins if we keep it civil. Have fun! BusterD (talk) 15:26, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I've created a template out of your live page navbox

Make your edits on template space, not on the main page itself. BusterD (talk) 15:44, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

My suggestion is that you reference your source on the template's talk page, but not in the title. I've used the common syntax for names of items with multiple variables. I'm not 100% sure page watchers want this in the page, but if they'll accept it, it needs to be constructed correctly (which it now is). BusterD (talk) 15:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Use a "full colon" (:) in order to indent your comment one place. Use an asterisk (*) to make a bullet point. Use the number sign (#) to make a numbered list. The plus sign has no special use in this particular circumstance. Yes, I'm one of many who regularly watch the Sherman page. When I saw what you were doing, I merely copied your work, pasted it into template namespace, checked for last minute changes, then posted it. Took me four or five edits. I don't disagree with your arguments, I'm just playing devils advocate, based on experience. BusterD (talk) 16:16, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Exactly right. Have fun. BusterD (talk) 16:17, 19 April 2008 (UTC)