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[edit] I need assistance

I need assistance, I am very new to doing anything in wikipedia. I am in the process of adding a page with information that is to be dove tailed into Communications Units of the United States Air Force. I would like to follow the template that is used by the 1st Combat Communications Squadron. There are a couple of things that I do not know how to do and will need help doing them. Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

Gary

[edit] i need help majorly

im trying to create a wiki page for a band i know {becuse they dont have 1} and i cant fuigure it out

[edit] i need help majorly

im trying to create a wiki page for a band i know {becuse they dont have 1} and i cant fuigure it out

[edit] Simpson family

The only reason you're accusing me of ownership issues is because you have them yourself. I removed them because the page should only be for characters with lines, and there are several others that have been mentioned that are not included, including Uncle Arthur, Uncle Lou, Great Uncle Boris, etc. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a fan site where every single character that has ever been mentioned gets its own section. We have to try and keep the cruft to a minimum, otherwise every single character page would look like this. Perhaps you would be better off here. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 15:30, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Uh, you've been preventing me from adding, like, anything to the article, or indeed a lot of Simpsons articles I've edited. It's an article detailing the Simpson family. There is no reason why family members cannot be included there. --.:Alex:. 15:41, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Read WP:FICT and you will find out. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 15:45, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

And how they are they more notable than most of the other characters mentioned in that section? There's no reason why any of them can't have that small mention there. Notability on that scale mainly works for larger characters having major parts of an article or an article dedicated to them. If there's a source, brief mentions like that are acceptable. Also, the reason I'm beginning to think it's getting a bit OWN-ed is because the second I touch something and it is disputed it is completely removed. --.:Alex:. 16:06, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

While I agree Scorpion does act like he owns articles a lot, I don't know that Great Aunt Hortense and Frank need to be listed. They are only briefly mentioned and not even shown. It just seems crufty to me to add a bunch of people to the list. Ctjf83Talk 16:05, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know about Frank, but Great Aunt Hortense is used as a plot element and they even attend her will reading. --.:Alex:. 16:19, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, there is no source for them to prove notability, the one used simply cites the episode. I am merely trying to clean the page up for a potential run at GA status and I'm trying to remove all of the characters that have never had a physical appearance or line. Your desire to win this imaginary conflict with me is starting to become disruptive. If it wasn't for my attempts to clean up the page, it would look like this. If that is the version you prefer, then you do not belong here. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:39, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Imaginary? I'm sorry, you must be having a laugh. You have reverted so many of my edits and then suddenly completely removed the material so many times it's not funny. You are being disruptive because you are preventing me to edit several Simpsons articles. And no, the page would not look like that with those two characters added on. In fact, they aren't even the problem of the article. The prose needs a lot of work. --.:Alex:. 17:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I never said the article was perfect, I just said I was working on it, and I have not reverted any of your work on the prose. The article needs to set standards for inclusion, and the normal standards are that we limit it to characters that have actually appeared and had lines. (some TV shows have much tougher standards, Characters of Lost only mentions characters that have been in more than 2 episodes) Check any of the other character pages and (for the most part) you will not find any. If we mention them, then Boris, Bill, Lou, Arthur, Hubert, Herbert Powell's mother, Maggie Junior and every non-canon relative would have to be added. And that would go against WP:PLOT because it would be details about very minor characters, WP:FICT for the same reason and WP:N because I doubt you will ever find anything to prove their notability. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 17:57, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

BTW Scorpion, we have started a discussion here about what family members should be included in info boxes Ctjf83Talk 18:39, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption

Alex,

I've been reviewing a list of possible adopters and it appears that you would be very helpful to me. I feel we have similar interests as I look to proofread/edit, and create pages while eliminating vandalism. I'm interested in video games as well. Finally, I feel that I am a proficient writer and believe that if shown the ropes of editing/creating on wikipedia that I could become part of the contributing community. If you have the time to adopt me I would much appreciate it. I'd be willing to do a lot of reading and teaching myself if you would be willing to point me in the right direction and answer questions. I've read many help pages, but as someone who just created an account today, I feel that even after reading, experience can be a much greater tool then just the information.

Thank you, Zac (talk) 16:41, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Alex,

Sure, I'll adopt you. Wikipedia can be a challenging place at times, so I'd be more than happy to guide you through some of the intricacies of this place. Is there anything in particular you would like to ask me about first? --.:Alex:. 16:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Well sir, first off I suppose you should explain how I should reply to you. As of now, I'm just editing my previous post. Other then that, if you would give any advice or knowledge that you would have wanted when you started out. Like I said, I'm very new, just signed up today, have read wikipedia for years but have only edited two articles, without a user name, only simple typos. Other then that, any FAQs or help pages that wikipedia has that you think are essential. And finally, when I first signed up there was a page that had links to topics that needed to be written on, expanded, edited, merged, etc. I can't find it, so if you know a list of things "to do" that I could get started on editing, just so I can familiarize myself with how it works, that would be amazing. Hopefully I can learn from your experience and become able to edit articles and hopefully someday write one of my own.

Thank you sir.

Zac (talk) 20:16, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Alex please can you adopt me I want to be taught because I am very new!! --Rush786 (talk) 06:44, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't know whether this is it, but this template has a lot of links to stuff that needs to be done. I'll also find some pages that you may wish to read (if you haven't already). --.:Alex:. 14:25, 6 June 2008 (UTC)