User talk:Doug Nash

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Hello Doug Nash, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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A rather belated welcome, but better late than never! If you have any questions about Wikipedia, article editing, or anything else Wiki-related, feel free to drop a note on my talk page and I'll try to help out (and Cam doesn't mind volunteering his talk page too!)

Happy editing! EyeSerenetalk 16:16, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Pferdekopf.JPG

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[edit] May 2008

Hi, the recent edit you made to Image:Pferdekopf.JPG has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Catgut (talk) 01:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 272nd Infantry Division

hey, thanks for all of your work on the 272nd Infantry Division (Germany). I've been really busy with school, so I won't have a chance to add anything further until the May long-weekend (of particular note is some necessary content-editing on the section on Caen & Verrières). However, I do have a request: I'm in the process of trying to locate some refs for the article. I also noticed that you added a lot of content from "Victory was beyond their grasp". would you be able to cite this under Citation guidelines for me (with page numbers and all)? Thanks for all of your help, I look forward to working with you on this page. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 05:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Apologies, I obviously wasn't clear-enough on this. It's not an issue of citation-format, it's an issue of not having citations at all. Obviously, you've got access to the resources used (the multiple books on the 272nd & 272nd Volksgrenadier). I'm asking if you'd be able to provide the page #s for the stuff used within the article, so that one of us can begin to add the necessary footnotes. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 04:44, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
There we go. I'll add some more ref's over the May Long-weekend to the Caen section from the Copp & Jarymowycz refs (since those are the ones I have access to). Thanks. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 22:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE your note

No worries - it's great to see the encyclopedia expanding with the content you've added, and it's far more important to get article content in place and sourced than fuss over the minutiae of Wikipedia style and markup. Lots of editors can help out with that, as I believe Cam is already doing.

A few useful tips (you may already be aware of these; apologies if that's the case!):

  • You'll find the 'Preview' button useful when checking out the effect of your edits; it shows you how the update will look without actually closing the edit window or saving the changes. This helps prevent cluttering up the article history with loads of minor edits.
  • If an edit is trivial (for example, a spelling correction or other tweak that doesn't change the actual meaning of the article content), it can be marked as minor by ticking the box below the edit window. This helps other editors distinguish significant edits from insignificant ones in the article history.
  • Filling in the edit summary is a massive help to other editors looking through the article history, and also helps those editors who patrol recent changes to Wikipedia. If it helps, you can set your preferences to remind you (click 'My preferences' at the top of the screen, go to the 'Editing' tab, and check the box at the bottom 'Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary', then save. You have to be logged in to do this).

Thank you again for your contributions! All the best, EyeSerenetalk 10:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)