User talk:MichaelJ17

Welcome![edit]

Hello, MichaelJ17, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 22:34, 25 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! Really useful stuff! Pretty chuffed with how my first major addition went so thank you very much.

Self-driving cars, ahoy![edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for your contributions! Thanks as well for your pleasant and thoughtful request for help, which is sufficiently unusual, unfortunately, that it warrants a special expression of gratitude!

It appears that by the time I saw your message (I only edit sporadically throughout the day), someone had approved your edit. There are a number of articles at any given time that are under "pending changes protection" for a variety of reasons, and any user with pending-change-approval rights (not just administrators) can approve edits from relatively new users, unregistered users, and others whose changes to those articles require approval. (For the record, I'm not an admin, just a relatively experienced editor whose volunteer work here largely consists of reviewing new and pending changes, proofreading, and minor copyediting. One of the pleasures of volunteering on Wikipedia, as I hope you'll enjoy discovering, is that there is a task suited to almost any interest, aptitude, or set of skills.)

My only further comment is to ask you to take a look at MOS:DATE, the section of Wikipedia's Manual of Style regarding date formatting, and follow those guidelines in the future; "the 18th of March 2018" is correctly rendered as "March 18, 2018" (or "18 March 2018" depending on factors discussed in that guideline). Also, "Uber" in this context is a proper noun that requires capitalization, as covered in MOS:NAMECAPS. You probably didn't know the MOS existed until now, and that's okay! As with everything else here, there is a significant learning curve, and no one expects perfection from new users (especially nice ones who ask good questions and learn from constructive criticism). My best advice to you is: (a) read a lot of "good articles", which have been reviewed and deemed to be, well, good articles, and get used to the tone and stylistic conventions, and (b) take a look at the navigation side panel for the WP:MOS and have an idea of the subjects covered, so that, when in doubt about how to describe, capitalize, etc. something, you can readily look it up. The WP:TEAHOUSE is a good place to ask questions if you want a more timely response; the editors there are very patient and knowledgeable in answering rookie questions. Good luck to you, and enjoy exploring! - Julietdeltalima (talk) 03:27, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 2018[edit]

Hello, I'm Iffy. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you! Iffy★Chat -- 23:23, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did with this edit to Dani Harmer. Thank you. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 23:26, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Dani Harmer, you may be blocked from editing. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message (talk to me) (My edits) @ 23:31, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Michael James Archibald[edit]

Hello, MichaelJ17. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Michael James Archibald, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion under CSD G13. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available here.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. Bot0612 (talk) 00:03, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]