User talk:Tateharsh

My username is Tateharsh, ask me questions!

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Hello Tate! I'm Evangeline. Welcome to Wikipedia! As the online ambassador for your class, I will be mentoring you. I will help you in every way I can so feel free to ask questions. :)

Sure, you can leave your questions on my talk page or on your course's talk page. New messages should always be left at the bottom of talk pages (aka discussion pages). You can start a new heading if you like. For replies, always leave them under the heading you created to avoid any confusion.

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Bejinhan talks 06:08, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tate, you're welcome. One of the most important thing in a Wikipedia article is references. You will need references for every fact added in the article. Do you think you will have sufficient references for Prior use? A quick check in Google for references usually helps (if you have a library available, print books/journals are always great references). When creating a new article, always make sure there are enough reliable references available. If there are sufficient references, I don't foresee any problems with creating this article. Will you be working in a sandbox in your userspace (ie. User:Tateharsh/sandbox or something similar)? Bejinhan talks 13:57, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tate, that sounds like a better topic choice. I did a quick Google check and there are quite a number of reliable sources for it. There are a few Wikipedia articles on court cases created by students editing the encyclopedia for their course last term and if you want to take a look at the article styles to have a rough idea of the formatting, I can search for the articles and give you the links. Will you be writing in your sandbox or creating the article right away? Bejinhan talks 04:48, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Let me know if you need help. Bejinhan talks 15:20, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here are the links to the articles created by students from a previous course. The two example articles you can take a look at are the Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC and Sable Communications of California v. FCC articles. They are well-referenced although the first article could do with fewer quotes, and the second article could do with better comprehensiveness and neutrality (ie. with the "for" and "against" arguments laid out).

When you draft your article, try to leave out the lede last. The lede should always be the summary of the article. This means that you'll have to write out all your sections before summarizing the whole article in the lede. Since the lede is a summary of the article (with reliably sourced information taken from the article itself), it does not need any references.

Ashford v Thornton and Dietrich v The Queen are featured article class legal articles. Thus, their standard is pretty high. Bejinhan talks 09:51, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll take a look at your article. Please give me a day or two. I'll leave my comments on the article's discussion page. From a quick glance, I think it'll be better if you can use the citeweb template for all your references. That way, it's easier for a reader to know at a glance the type of reference you're using. I'll take a more thorough look at the article and comment later. I'm sorry about this. I've been really busy in RL and December is going to be a very hectic month for me. Bejinhan talks 15:26, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Either works fine. You can leave the blank parameters in the template or remove them. Try to feel in as many sections as possible. We usually use the company owning the website as the publisher. Bejinhan talks 06:19, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]