User talk:Srbraun

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I gather this is where people will communicate with me? Hard to tell, since nobody's come knocking yet. But this is a start, I guess. Look forward to getting involved!

--Steve

That's correct, and welcome. When discussing specific articles or other pages, that is generally done on their respective discussion (aka "talk") pages.

If you have any general questions, or technical ones, feel free to ask me. If I don't know the answer, I might know where the best place to ask is.

As regards your question on the Village Pump, you should make sure that whatever you put in your article is backed up by outside sources -- book reviews by periodicals will probably suffice.--Father Goose (talk) 05:01, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey, great! A real person! And with a sense of humor, no less!

Thanks for your advice...I will follow it and try to vet anything I might contribute prior to posting it.

Now--stupid question time. When I clicked "talk" after your name (in an attempt to reply to you), I saw the notice on YOUR page that said you'd be watching MY page...or something. Since I didn't see any way to email you from your page, am I to assume that somehow...magically...you'll know I'm writing this here note to you and that you'll then respond? How does THAT work? Thanks again...

--Steve

Help:Watching pages. I have it set in my preferences ("my preferences", top of the page) to automatically watch all pages I've edited, and I check my watchlist often.

Two tips about posting to talk pages: you can automatically sign your posts with a link back to your user page by typing four tildes: ~~~~ or by clicking on the icon to the right of the W in the red circle which appears above the edit box.

When replying to a person, add a colon in front of your post to indent it. If it's an ongoing conversation, several colons will accumulate as each reply indents further; just add one more than the post you're replying to. More information on Wikipedia:Talk page.

For the most part, though, you can ignore all the rules and documentation: just be bold.--Father Goose (talk) 04:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and when adding sources to your writing, follow the advice at Wikipedia:Cite#How_to_write_them. That helps to keep everything on the up-and-up.--Father Goose (talk) 04:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)