User talk:ISUEngineerGuy

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[edit] License tagging for Image:Formula Car.jpg

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

Hello ISUEngineerGuy! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. You may also push the signature button located above the edit window. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. Below are some pages to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! -- MECU≈talk 18:13, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page The five pillars of Wikipedia Manual of Style Be bold in editing How to write a great article WikiProjects Getting your info out there Citing sources Neutral Point of View Describing points of view Attribution Uploading images Image use policy Getting more Wikipedia rules Policy Library Getting Help New contributors' help page Where to ask a question Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions Getting along Etiquette Civility Sign your posts Wikipedians Resolving disputes Getting technical Cleaning up vandalism Pages needing attention Peer review Tools Village pump

[edit] Adoption Request

Hi. I see you have requested adoption and I am seeking to adopt. Please take a look at my userpage and see if I am a good fit to be your mentor. If you agree to be adopted by me, then let me know on my talk page by clicking the "+" symbol at the top of the page and letting me know. If not, I would still be glad to answer any questions you have at any time. Welcome to Wikipedia! Also, your user page isn't the place for discussions. They should only occur on talk pages, like this one, or of the article in question. MECU≈talk 13:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay. Great. I can see we have lots to do. First, when you are editing talk pages, you must sign your comments by putting ~~~~ which will turn into your username (linked to your userpage) and the time. Only do this on talk pages (such as this one, and my user talk page) but never articles. Second, when you edit a talk page and are starting a new subject, such as what you did to my talk page, you should create a new section header. It's fairly simple, just put the header (whatever you want to name it, related to your topic) with two equal signs on each side as the very first entry on it's own line. So, ==Adoption== would look like this:

[edit] Adoption

Third, you asked me what I thought about your article, but I don't know what article you are talking about. You should have wikilinked to the article to be more specific. (I know ways I can find what article you are talking about tho, but you should just link it). See WP:LINK for information on that. I've put a bunch of information above in the green box you should look at. Don't worry about trying to read it all or memorizing it, just get the general idea.

Lastly, I'm guessing you were referring to ISU Formula SAE? It appears that this is a college club (we had one a CU, but I wasn't in it) and that there isn't really information about your team in the media. If you had won a season, then I could see an article about it, but otherwise I don't see that it is WP:NOTABLE enough for Wikipedia. Campus papers wouldn't count in this case either. Try to find some sources about the team. I think a lot of that information would be better on the Formula SAE article instead though, so you could work on that article. I hope that's enough to get you started. Please feel free to contact me at anytime. I'm on IRC and have AIM if you prefer those methods as well. --MECU≈talk 18:13, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

That sounds great and best of luck to you and your team. But Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. We don't have articles for things that will happen, or "when you win this year" and being small and student-run does make you different, but it's still not notable. We have to be able to attribute our information to reliable independent sources. Also, we are not for original research. Since you are also involved with this group, you should see conflict of interest policy as well. Lastly, there's no need to put your signature onto a new line, just put it at the end of your text like this: --MECU≈talk 18:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Some of the language you used in my talk page was future tense, in justifying the notability of this article. You are right that you never said you were part of the team, but it was logical to assume as such with your username and the name of the article. I actually had checked out the references, 1 which is the team website which isn't reliable and the other three which are just for general Formula SAE information, and none of them refer to ISU in any capacity. --MECU≈talk 19:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)