User talk:Sharonburns1111

Help request

How can I include citations to articles that were written about me but are not published online if I cannot scan them in? Sharonburns1111 (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Greetings! I will be glad to answer your question regarding how to cite sources that do not appear online. Actually that's rather common, since some of the best information that can be added to Wikipedia may appear in old books that people own, old editions of newspapers and magazines at the library that predate online archiving, and so forth. For newspapers, you'll want to use Template:Cite newspaper, while for magazines and scholarly journals you'd use Template:Cite journal. In both cases, you'd ignore the request for a URL, but at the same time you'll need to provide a lot more additional information. These links will let you review all the available fields for those templates, but if something isn't making sense, please feel free to ask again.

That said, I do have a small concern I'd like to bring to your attention. In your help request you talked about articles "written about me". If that is the case, you may have a conflict of interest in regards to editing them. I would suggest you read the page on conflicts of interest to see if any edits you make would run afoul of those policies.

Again, if you have any other questions, please let us know. Thanks, and happy editing! --McDoobAU93 15:38, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Apologies, the articles "written about me" in question were directed to the newspaper and magazine entry's that I wish to scan in and upload to wiki. Thank you for your help. Sharonburns1111 (talk) 15:44, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

OK no problem. You don't need to scan anything in to add it. When you make an edit based on a newspaper article, you add in your information (of course making sure not to copy it word for word), then you add the appropriate citation template. Instead of a URL, you'll add things like page number the information appeared on, volume/issue of the publication, date of the publication, etc. That will provide the same basic information as a URL; in other words, enough info for other editors to locate your source on their own and double-check your changes. They can also be used if a subtle vandal makes a change to the sentence you added (such as changing a date). Which reminds me, I did forget another useful one, Template:Cite book. I'm hoping all of those will help in your edits. Good luck, and happy editing! --McDoobAU93 15:55, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

One more thing ... I looked at the article you were editing here, and while I did see you properly using the {{Cite journal}} template, I still have a concern that you may be a bit too connected to the article subject to properly write about it, even if it isn't about you directly. Conflicts of interest arise when an editor is connected to the subject, such as being an employee of a company and editing the company's article. It is still very possible and allowable to edit the article, but care must be taken to keep things neutral and non-promotional. Again, feel free to ask for help again and someone will be glad to help. Have a great day! --McDoobAU93 16:01, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

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February 2011

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