ROH2 - Sophie

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Hello, ROH2 - Sophie! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can 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 by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! --Kleinzach 00:47, 17 February 2011 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research 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 Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Your username and some other advice

Hi there. I'm a member of WikiProject Opera and I've noticed your edits to various opera-related articles. Wikipedia is a steep learning curve and there are a couple of things that you need to be aware of, especially the pitfalls of editing when you have a conflict of interest.

Usernames that match or include an organization's name (in this case ROH2) are usually viewed as inappropriate under Wikipedia's username policy. You can ask for a name change at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. The reason for this is that such usernames are very often blocked on sight, especially when all their edits pertain solely to adding material related to their organization to Wikipedia.

If you are planning to create an article on ROH2, you need to read this first: Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. It has excellent advice.

One of Wikipedia's key policies is verifiability. When you add information to an article, you need to add a reference to a reliable source, independent of the subject, that verifies this. This is especially important when you are editing biographies of living persons. I've remedied this in your edits so far. You can take a look at these differences to see how to approach this in your future edits: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].

You'll notice I made some other changes as well, such as ensuring that the titles of works are in italics (Entanglement not 'Entanglement' or "Entanglement") and adding a brief explanation of what ROH2 is. This is an international encyclopedia and in the absence of an article on ROH2, readers outside the UK (and even most readers within the UK) will have no idea what's being talked about. It's also a good idea to check that when you've made an internal link to another Wikipedia article, that it actually goes to the correct article (if one exists). This is why I removed the link on Entanglement.

If you need any help or advice, don't hesitate to give me a shout on my talk page. Or if it's subject specific and pertaining to opera, the Royal Opera House, etc. feel free to post on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera. We're always happy to help.

Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 08:50, 19 February 2011 (UTC)