User talk:Elizabeth sara
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[edit]Hello, Elizabeth sara, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:10, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
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[edit]@Elizabeth sara, Acolem12, CarlyLanda, and Wikioptera: Nice start on your draft article. I have a few suggestions for you, as you complete it
- Use inline references. The cite tool in the Visual Editor allows you to insert references easily; most of the time the references can be generated automatically using a DOI or URL. This makes it easier to maintain the article and keep the reference style consistent in the future, as other people expand your article.
- Wikipedia articles don't start with an introduction - they start with a lead. The lead should begin with a concise statement of what the article is about, something like
The stepwise mutation model (SMM) is...
Most people who read a Wikipedia article are interested in finding out what [x] is. They want to know as much as possible as quickly as possible. The first sentence should do this as best possible, and the lead section should provide a summary of the entire article. Beyond that, you'll expand on the material - people who want to know more can keep reading, but people who just want a brief overview or a reminder should be able to get that from the lead.
- Make use of wikilinks. Because Wikipedia is hypertext, you can always link unfamiliar terms to another article that explains the topic in more depth. That way you can take advantage of what others have written (you don't need to explain things in as much depth) while also letting your readers take advantage of the link, if they want to learn more. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:38, 8 March 2016 (UTC)