User talk:Natesjacobs

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Hello Natesjacobs! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! WinBot 05:10, 29 May 2007 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

I saw some of your articles about neuroscience and brain anatomy. You're off to an excellent start in building and advancing the Wikipedia project. There are a few things you can do to communicate more effectively with readers and to make your submissions more consistent with the traditional style.

When you write a word that readers might not know, such as "neuron", make a link to the article by enclosing the word in double brackets. Write [[neuron]] and you will see neuron, and the link will take you to the new article. It's also good for an article to have incoming links from other articles (see the "What links here" tab on the left sidebar).

Of course, references are important, and I'm happy to see that you cite them. There are some style tips at Wikipedia:Citing sources, and more general advice at the policy page Wikipedia:Attribution.

Finally, all articles should be categorized. To navigate through categories, type Category:Bacteria into the search window, and you will see the pages within that category, and the subcategories (i.e. specific types of bacteria. Once you've located an appropriate category, just type [[Category:Bacteria]] at the bottom of your article.

You can collaborate with other editors by joining a WikiProject. For example, you might be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Neuroscience. Best regards. 69.201.182.76 02:34, 15 May 2007 (UTC)