User talk:Bessala

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Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Cameroon do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 14:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changing links

Do not change the spelling of links to other language wikis. Doing so usually breaks the link, as you did to Saa, Cameroon. Thanks, OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 18:58, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome!

Hello, Bessala! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, 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 by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! BelovedFreak 20:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Thanks. I appreciate. Right now I think I need help with templates. What useful tempaltes aer availbale, where to find them...

[edit] Citing sources

Hi, Bessala! Nice work so far on the mining in Cameroon article. I just wanted to remind you not to forget to cite your sources, though. If the article does not list references, there is no way for others to verify that the information is correct. Thanks for your work; I look forward to seeing more from you. :) — Dulcem (talk) 02:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Dulcem. I have inserted some references within the texte itself. But I do need help on how to create table of references

Bessala (talk) 03:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, OK. It's pretty easy. Just write <ref>Reference name and page number</ref>, and the footnote will automatically pop up wherever you have typed {{reflist}}. I've gone ahead and fixed the article up a bit. I think I see where you have cited sources, but please look over my edits and make sure I have properly attributed your text to the correct sources. Let me know if you need any more help. — Dulcem (talk) 03:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

One more thing: When you reply to people on talk pages (like this one), you don't need to create a line between your comments and the ones you are replying to. Instead, indent your comments with a colon (:). Each colon will indent your comments one more position. This comment is intended three times, so it has three colons. I know it's a lot to get used to, but before long, Wiki markup becomes second nature! :) — Dulcem (talk) 04:01, 14 April 2008 (UTC)