User talk:Annac89

Hello Annac89, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! jbmurray (talk • contribs) 20:30, 5 September 2008 (UTC) Getting started Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Finding your way around Table of contents Department directory Editing articles How to develop an article Manual of Style Getting help Frequently asked questions Cheatsheet Where to ask a question Help pages New contributors' help page How you can help Contributing to Wikipedia Community Portal Follow Wikipedia etiquette Practice civility

Almost there

Now you just need to choose a group here. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 20:30, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

DYK

A reminder that those articles that are eligible for the "Did You Know?" section of the Main Page should be submitted within five days of their creation or first edit. See the DYK rules and this dispatch about DYK.

The important issues are that the article must be no more than five days old (or have been expanded fivefold or more within the last five days), have a minimum of 1,500 characters (around 1.5 kilobytes), and have a "hook" that is cited with an inline citation.

For now, don't worry too much about what's meant by an "inline citation." Once you have the information there, I or others can format it appropriately. But you do need to do some preliminary research and flesh out the article.

Good luck! --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 09:40, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

A reminder that this means that you should be putting this article in today. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 07:58, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

models

To have a sense of what you should be aiming at as you work on your article, you are advised to look at relevant good articles and featured articles. Recent featured articles about novels, for instance, include El Señor Presidente and The General in His Labyrinth. These were written by a UBC class last semester. You may also want to consult the Novels Wikiproject. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 09:56, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

reminders: regular editing and plan

Two reminders, from our project page:

Over the course of the semester, you need to log in and make at least one edit, again however minor, to your article twice a week.

By September 19, each group should have their plan in place, and have written it up on their article's talk page.

--jbmurray (talk • contribs) 08:06, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Anna, I just wanted to remind you that my book is due on monday and it would be awesome if you could give it to me before or during class. There is also another book that Jbmurray wanted us to recall. I think we could benefit from that text. I already have 6 of the printed text right now and I am waiting for another one that I recalled. I do not think I will be able to read all of them. Perhaps you or Alex could recall it. It has to be done soon since our deadline is in 3 weeks :) --Nicolecruz (talk) 01:49, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

your edit

Hi. this was your edit. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 23:05, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

FA-Team

We have been adopted by the renowned FA-Team! Please add the project page to your watchlists, and feel free to ask FA-Team members if you have any queries or need help. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 20:14, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

happy face!

You get my happy face for your work on Who Would Have Thought It?. Keep it up! --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

progress?

Annac89, I'm a touch worried... As is verified in our progress reports, the rate of advance of Who Would Have Thought It? is slowing down... from 70 edits in the first period, to 34 and now 27. C'mon, don't give up... --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 00:32, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Gguy

Heya. You may have noticed that I dropped a note on the talk page of a chappie who goes by the moniker of Geometry guy. You may or may not entirely see yourselves in my characterization (!), but he's a most excellent feller and a good person to go to for advice or encouragement. I've asked him to send you some vibes. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 02:02, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

GA review

Anna and Nicole,

Anything can happen at GA, but you've just had the extreme good fortune that Awadewit from the FA-Team has kindly offered to review your article and has left great comments for you to work on. She is probably the resident expert on top-quality literature articles. Whereas I can only offer general advice and make relatively minor edits and copyedits, she knows what you need to get your article featured, so listen, learn, work hard and be happy!

I will help out where I can. Geometry guy 21:13, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Welcome and thank you!

		The Exceptional Newcomer Award
		Thank you for your improvements to the "Background" section of Who Would Have Thought It? - your additions have placed the article in a much clearer context for the reader! Awadewit (talk) 04:46, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Edit "conflicts"

Hi Anna (and Nicole)! We sometimes edit at the same time as each other, which I consider to be a good thing, as we can make more rapid progress that way. Usually the Wikimedia software can cope with two almost simultaneous changes to an article and merge them. Occasionally, however, it can't and so it announces an "edit conflict". Have you encountered one of these? Did it discourage you? In case it has, here is some reassurance and advice. First it isn't really a "conflict", it just means Wikipedia is confused and needs help to straighten itself out. Second, what can you do when it happens?

Well, here is what I do. I completely ignore the advice to try and merge my edit into the changes!! That is much too much hard work. Normally I am only editing a small section. Instead, I click the "back" button on my browser to go back to the edit window I was trying to save. I then "select all" of the text in that edit window and "copy" or "cut" it. I then click the article tab to go to the current version of the article. I go to the section I was editing before the "conflict" and edit it again. I delete the text in the window and "paste" my version back in. Then I click "show changes" under the edit window. This shows the changes I made, but also the changes someone else made that caused the "conflict". I then merge their changes into mine (which is much easier, because it is just a small section being edited) and save. Does that make sense? Geometry guy 23:46, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

To do list

Hi Anna, I've divided Awadewit's to do list based on our assigned sections. Here's your list:

• Background
• Style
• Reception

Good job on expanding the reception section! Nicolecruz (talk) 19:38, 25 November 2008 (UTC)