User talk:Jaymes10

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[edit] Mary Styles Harris

Dear Jaymes, regarding your re-creation of the above previously deleted article, I have done some work on the article, that puts it more in line with other biographies. However, be aware that answers.com is not a reliable, third-party source and cannot be used as a reference. Also be aware that the book, Distinguished African American scientists of the 20th century, does not automatically mean that someone listed in that book would satisfy Wikipedia's notability criteria. I have placed a notability tag on the article, because there is no assertion that this person is notable, and I can find no coverage in the news media, or other reliable sources that would be able to establish notability. While I understand that this person may be important (and indeed, everyone is important), it does not seem this person is notable as per the standards explained for Wikipedia. If you can find some reliable, third party sources to demonstrate that this person meets the qualifications listed in the policy, please do so, see how to cite sources for information about how to place reliable sources into footnotes. Thanks, Ariel♥Gold 18:29, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi - you asked for my help with adding references to the article. I don't have much to add to what ArielGold said. Technically your job of adding references to the article was OK, however answers.com is not a very reliable source. It is possible that Mary Styles Harris is indeed notable, but you should try a better source than answers.com. --Amir E. Aharoni 14:58, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I am in need of help

I have created my first article, it is on Mary Styles Harris, and I am feeling a little confused. There are some problems with my references and I can't figure out how to link my article to others. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you Jaymes10

Hi, how are you?

Linking articles to others is fairly easy. Just add two square brackets around the page name- 'page name here' *minus the spaces of course*

Or did you mean linking your article to external links?

In which case, you only add one square bracket around the link- except before closing the brackets, add a space and then add what you want to call the link- for instance, [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/ Like This] would look Like This

I hope that helped you- do you have any more questions? If so, feel free to ask. Cheers- CattleGirl ^talk 22:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)