User talk:Brandonfmusic
Welcome![edit]
Hi Brandonfmusic, and welcome to Wikipedia! I've written some advice on editing here for students in Prof. Jackson's similar classes at Longy School of Music which you might find helpful. You'll find it here. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page (User talk:Voceditenore), or place {{helpme}} here on your talk page, ask your question, and another editor will come along to help. You might also be interested in WikiProject Classical music and WikiProject Composers. They have various guidelines for articles in this area and talk pages where you can ask advice from editors experienced in writing articles on classical music and related subjects. You'll find these guides particularly useful: WikiProject Composers: Guide to online research and WikiProject Composers: Copyright guidelines. Happy editing and best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 09:09, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
The Teahouse[edit]
Me again. I also wanted to let you know about Wikipedia's Teahouse. It's a place providing great support for new editors. You can ask questions (no question is too basic) and get helpful answers and advice from experienced editors. I will be away until April 23rd, if you have any problems, the editors there may be able to help. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 09:09, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Brandon. I had look at your draft. The actual topic wasn't clear yet. I assume you are currently assembling notes? Just a reminder that if you copy text from other Wikipedia articles into a new article, e.g. the chunks from Rick Rubin and Rapping in your draft, you'll need to credit the original Wikipedia articles by linking to them in an edit summary or a template on the article's talk page. Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia has more guidance on this. If you need any further help, don't hesitate to ask. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 15:19, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Voceditenore! Thank you for your attention. As part of an assignment in class, I'm attempting to add information to the "rhythm" section of the Rapping article. Due to my lack of experience editing wikipedia articles, I was using the Rick Rubin article as a reference.
I do need help actually! I noticed the Rapping article doesn't seem to allow editing. Is there anything I can do about this? Also, if I can't post the edit, is there still a URL (of my draft) I can send to my teacher, so he can at the very least check my attempt?
Thanks! Brandonfmusic (talk) 21:32, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Brandon. Rapping is semi-protected due to persistent vandalism. That means that only auto-confirmed editors (those with accounts at least 4 days old and who have made 10 edits to articles) can edit it. Once you have made 10 edits to articles (no matter how small), you will become auto-confirmed.
- Meanwhile if you want to send Professor Jackson a link to your sandbox, use the URL:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brandonfmusic/sandbox
- Alternatively, if you want to leave him a message on his Wikipedia talk page go to:
- User talk:Ijmusic
- and either paste in the URL above or use an internal wikilink. To do that paste in [[User:Brandonfmusic/sandbox]] which produces User:Brandonfmusic/sandbox.
- Best, Voceditenore (talk) 07:04, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Brandon. Me again. Here's a quick way to get 10 edits and do something useful for Wikipedia at the same time. Go to Aura Twarowska#Stage appearances. You'll find a list of 12 operas in which she has appeared at the Vienna State Opera. For each of the operas, add a wikilink to the opera's article. For example, change Madama Butterfly to Madama Butterfly. Change and save one opera at a time so that you will have 12 separate edits, and you should be good to go. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 07:36, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Voceditenore! Thank you so much for the advice! I just made the 12 edits, and will attempt to edit the rapping page when my update is done. Thank you again! Brandonfmusic (talk) 13:32, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure![edit]
- Hi Brandonfmusic! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
-- 18:38, Thursday, April 30, 2015 (UTC)
| Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
| Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |
Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure![edit]
- Hi Brandonfmusic! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
-- 18:38, Thursday, April 30, 2015 (UTC)
| Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
| Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |