Rogerdatway

Rogerdatway, you are invited to the Teahouse!

Hi Rogerdatway! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Come join other new editors at the Teahouse! The Teahouse is a space where new editors can get help from other new editors. These editors have also just begun editing Wikipedia; they may have had similar experiences as you. Come share your experiences, ask questions, and get advice from your peers. I hope to see you there! Rosiestep (I'm a Teahouse host) Visit the Teahouse This message was delivered automatically by your robot friend, HostBot (talk) 16:09, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Jason Tom

Hi Rogerdatway, and welcome to editing Wikipedia!!! I'm glad you found your way here, created a profile, and are ready to edit an article. Jason Tom is a fine one to work on. As you asked, I have plenty of suggestions.

1. Read Biographies of Living People. This stuff is important.
2. Review biographies of similar artists. Figure out what makes the better quality articles better, and what makes the poorer quality articles poorer. Incorporate those ideas into improving Jason's article.
3. Start slow, i.e. fix punctuation or typos, etc. to get the feel for "editing". (WP:PUNCT)
4. Edit one section at a time; click Save. In other words, don't try to make large changes within one edit.
5. Memorialize each edit with an appropriate edit summary. (Help:Edit summary)
6. Don't add content if you can't add an inline citation at the end of each added sentence. That doesn't mean every sentence you add requires an inline citation, but it does mean that you should be able to add one if someone wanted to know where the info came from. There are plenty of paragraphs with no inline citation, so that needs attention pronto, or they can be deleted. (WP:CITE)
7. Any potentially contentious changes to the article (i.e. "major rewrite") should be discussed on the article's talkpage: Talk:Jason Tom. If you leave a question/comment, and no one responds within a "reasonable" period of time, which can be defined as anything between 7 and 14 days, it's probably ok to add or subtract content. P.S. I saw that you blanked the talkpage; that's considered bad form so I wouldn't do that again.

As a new editor, your edits may come under greater scrutiny early on... just as you would expect. If you run into a problem with an edit or an editor, and if you can't resolve it in a way which seems ok to you, please leave a message at the WP:TEAHOUSE, which is staffed 24 hours/day by folks who want to help new editors, or stop by my talkpage again and let me know. Best, --Rosiestep (talk) 02:24, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

March 2015

Hi there! Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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I noticed your recent edit to List of performance artists does not have an edit summary. Please be sure to provide a summary of every edit you make, even if you write only the briefest of summaries. The summaries are very helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! freshacconci talk to me 21:37, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Before adding a category to an article, please make sure that the subject of the article really belongs in the category that you specified according to Wikipedia's categorization guidelines. Categories must also be supported by the article's verifiable content. Categories may be removed if they are deemed incorrect for the subject matter. Thank you. freshacconci talk to me 21:45, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Rogerdatway, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia. Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this, and users who use multiple accounts may be blocked from editing. If you operate multiple accounts directly or with the help of another person, please remember to disclose these connections. Thank you. freshacconci talk to me 13:03, 5 March 2015 (UTC)