User talk:Carol Penrod

Welcome!

Hello, Carol Penrod, 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:

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I did what I could for your article on Dr. Johannes Maas. Most importantly, I placed tags on its talk page which will bring it to the attention of the relevant Wikiprojects, which means experienced editors in the WP:Christianity and WP:Biography will be able to find the article and help you improve it.CindyBo ^talk 22:19, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hi Carol, Me again. I read your user page and I'll see if I can help you address your concerns. The number one problem with the Dr. Johannes Maas article, as you've noted is that it is unsourced. Wikipedia has lots of help pages and for this you can read WP:CITE.

However, I know how hard it can be at first to wallow through all those help pages so I'll try and summarize one easy way for you to cite a source.

For one thing, your website mentioned in the article is a source, but it cannot be the only source, as that is a WP:Conflict of interest and is generally frowned upon. What you need to find are other reliable sources. You mentioned that he was featured in the Pitt Homecoming Magazine. That is a good source. Are there other articles on him in newpapers, books or online? You need to find sources for what you are putting in the article. He met Mother Theresa? Find a source that says so and put it in the article. Here's how:

Step one: one way to cite a souce like that magazine is to use tags like <ref>''Pitt Homecoming Magazine'' Spring 2006 Page??</ref>

Typing that will create a footnote like this.^[1] So let's say the magazine says that he met Mother Theresa. We can put that reference right after that sentence in the article.

Step 2: To make those footnotes show up in the article you have to have a Notes section like this:

Notes

Which makes this automatically

^ Pitt Homecoming Magazine Spring 2006 Page??

Neat eh? As you browse through the help pages, listed above, you'll soon find that it is not as intimidating as it looks.

What really helps is to look at other articles in wikipedia. Don't be afraid to hit the edit buton and look at how they are written. As long as you don't hit the Save button, nothing will change. Take a look at Mother Theresa for example. It's a good one to look at, because it is a WP:GA, which means it is a good article has been worked on by experienced editors and has lots of sources and good information.

Furthermore, don't be afraid to ask around for help. Everyone here was new once.CindyBo ^talk 07:43, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Pitt Homecoming Magazine Spring 2006 Page??

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