User talk:James Vanderhault
Creating an article
[edit]WP:YFA is a guide on how to create and then submit a draft for review. References are essential. See WP:42 to understand what are valid references, and Help:Referencing for beginners on how to create those references. David notMD (talk) 02:51, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- General advice is put in time improving existing articles - as a learning experience - before attempting to create an article. David notMD (talk) 03:51, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
Welcome
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Hello, James Vanderhault, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay and continue to contribute to Wikipedia. Below are some pages you might find helpful:
- Introduction
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- How to write a great article
- Simplified Manual of Style
- Your first article
- Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community
- Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox
- and check out the Task Center, for ideas about what to work on.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to leave me a message or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. We're so glad you're here! David notMD (talk) 03:52, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Is there a way to ask someone to submit an article for me? Like if I’m in a band, is there a way for an editor or someone credited to create a page for me? James Vanderhault (talk) 22:17, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- In theory, a request can be posted at Wikipedia:Requested articles. In practice, article requests rarely succeed. There are people/companies who accept payments for creating articles. Most of these are scams. Either no work done, or a draft created that is unlikely to succeed. And the people involved would need to declare their paid status. David notMD (talk) 11:42, 7 February 2024 (UTC)