User talk:72dars

Welcome!

Hello, 72dars, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. Again, welcome! --Ndunruh (talk) 01:03, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Editing

I'm more than happy to help in any way I can. The great thing about Wikipedia is that anyone who has something (constructive) to contribute is more than welcome to do so. First off I'd like to point out that Wikipedia strives to be a reliable source and consequently, as much as possible, include sources for the material you post using this format: <ref>Insert footnote text here</ref>

Some steps to take when you're editing is to use the 'show preview' button to make sure the edit makes you intent (it'll save you a lot of time and heartache). You can also use your User Page as a 'sand box,' that is test edits out before you post them to an article. You can essentially post anything you like to your User Page, and some of them get quiet elaborate (if you inclined I suggest you troll around a look at some just to get some ideas, some people brag about themselves while others use it to store 'wiki tools' for quick and easy access, it's completely up to you - and on that note plagiarism on User Pages is ok). You should be able to figure out the formatting quickly enough by looking at how other pages are written such as using [[Insert link here]] for links to other Wikipedia pages, [Insert external link here] to link to outside webpages, and for images [[File:image name.jpg|thumb|right|250px|caption]]

I also suggest you click the 'watch' tab at the top of any article you feel you have expertise on (such as the 72 ARS), but one word of caution, please avoid feeling like you 'own' a page. Everyone has an equal right to add constructive edits to any page.

You should be able to get any available unit information from the Air Force FOIA Page, though if you're part of the unit you probably have more access to unit history than the FOIA people will. If you have some extra time you can work with your wing historian to do some unit research or publish some unit information through the command historian. I say that knowing it's an additional duty that has no impact on your operational mission, so I'd really only recommend you do that if historical research happens to be a hobby of yours.

One thing that would really help, in my opinion at least, would be unit pictures. Any U.S. government photo is public domain (unless it's protected under one of the FOIA categories, consult your base FOIA manager if you're not sure but it's generally just stuff that has personal information) so you can upload it on Wiki Commons and link to it from your unit page.

A lot of wikipedia is trial and error, so don't be afraid to make mistakes. Most editors assume the benefit of the doubt and try to offer constructive criticism, so try to take criticism in that spirit and don't get offended (the wiki-jerks are usually weeded out pretty quickly).

Hopefully that'll help. If you have any specific questions or would like additional help please let me know and I'll help out as much as I can.--Ndunruh (talk) 02:00, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading

Thanks for the info. I did have a question on uploading new photos. We do have the most current versions of our squadron insignias and would like to update the site to reflect those. I have seen the markup that is used to insert a file but I am not sure that I have the correct rights to upload a file to the wikipedia servers. Any thoughts on this? 72dars (talk) 11:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disregard- I figured it out. Thanks 72dars (talk)

File source problem with File:Grissom Tankers at dusk.jpg

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