User talk:Tgsmith1908

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This user is a student editor in University_of_Alabama/COM_563_Relational_Communication_(Spring_2019) .

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:14, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your question about Relational dialectics

Hi Tgsmith1908, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a response to your question about Relational dialectics at Shalor's Talk page. Tl;dr: the next step is to make a change to the article.

I can see your changes so far to the article in this diff between the article and your sandbox rev 879560471. As far as what to do next, I would start with the grammatical or stylistic changes first. Pick a section of the article in which you made a change, and make the same change to the article that you did to the sandbox copy. For example, in section "History" you made some changes in wording. Go to the article, find the "History" section, and click the [edit] link in the right margin. Then make the changes to "always in motion" and "these ideas hark back" that you did in your sandbox. Add some text in the "Edit summary" field to explain what your intent was with this change, i.e., a brief explanation of how this change improves the article. (See WP:ES for details.) Then click "Show preview", and examine the new version, to see that it's what you wanted, and you didn't make any typos or other mistakes. If all is well, click "Publish changes".

Do that once, for each section in which you made any changes, for example, your changes to section "Approaches to Relational Dialectics". Where you added text, such as, "There are three main approaches..." where did you get that information? Is that from the source that is already there (West 2010)? If so, fine. If not, you have to add a new source to support your change, by adding a new footnote. See WP:CITE, WP:RS, and Help:Footnotes.

I hope this helps. If you have more questions, you can reply below, or at Shalor's Talk page, or mine. Please read WP:THREAD about how to reply to Talk page comments, especially indentation, and WP:FOURTILDES about leaving your signature on your Talk pages posts. If replying below, please add a {{reply}} or {{ping}} somewhere in your message so that User:Shalor (Wiki Ed) and I are notified, like this: {{ping|Shalor (Wiki Ed)|Mathglot}}. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 00:34, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Mathglot! This is a marvellous answer! The only thing I'd add is that you don't have to buy any new books or resources to edit the page. I'd recommend performing a search through your library's databases (you can set up an appointment with your school's research librarian, who can help you search) - that will likely bring back some results specific to what you're looking to add to the page. Google searches are OK, but they run a larger risk of bringing up results that you can't use or aren't relevant - but they can be helpful with finding general ideas or whatnot. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:15, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, absolutely; meant to add something as well about not having to purchase sources.

Actually, Tgsmith1908, I had some other ideas for you on how to improve this article, which, imho, could stand a whole lot of improvement. But you have to walk before you can run, so making some simple changes to wording or style, as discussed above, would be a good place to start. If you are still interested in changing the article afterward in a more substantive way, we can discuss the other ideas. In the meantime, do you have enough information to move forward now, or are there other questions? Mathglot (talk) 22:15, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help me!

Hello Tgsmith1908. You used the {{Help me}} tag but did not ask a question. Please write out your question and replace the {{Help me}} tag when you are done, and someone will be along to help. Alternatively, you can ask your question at the Teahouse, the help desk, or join Wikipedia's Live Help IRC channel to get real-time assistance. Click here for instant access to the channel.

Please help me with...Thank you @Shalor (Wiki Ed) and Mathglot:.

Tgsmith1908 (talk) 05:09, 25 January 2019 (UTC) tequila smith[reply]

Not a question.

~ ToBeFree (talk) 06:10, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Tgsmith1908:: My advice, is let this section die, and start again with a new one, below this one. Think of what question you want to ask. For the section header, add a few words briefly defining the subject of your query, and put it between the paired double-equal delimiters. Add the {{Help me}} token again in your new message. Your "ping" above was coded correctly, so if you want to notify Shalor and me, you can copy/paste it again. And, don't forget the question, this time!

Mathglot (talk) 08:20, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! You didn't specify what you needed help with. Good job on the ping - that's exactly the way you need to format it! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:23, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Evaluating versus Editing Question

Ok guys, I think I am made progress. The first assignment was to evaluate an article in my sandbox. I completed that today. The second assignment is to edit an article...which is what I WAS doing before I figured out I was to evaluate first.

Question

Now that I have the article evaluation in my sandbox. It is time to edit the article in my sandbox. To edit an article, how do I add a new section in my sandbox? @Shalor (Wiki Ed) and Mathglot:.

Tgsmith1908 (talk) 19:23, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Click the rectangular Edit tab at the top (between 'Read' and 'View History' tabs). In the edit window that opens, scroll to the bottom of the page. Add a couple of blank lines, and then type a new section header, between section header delimiters, == Like this ==. See MOS:SECTIONS for more info.

More questions about this same topic? Indent below (see WP:THREAD) and add a new question, pinging users as required. Mathglot (talk) 19:58, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. The article you were editing before is not lost; if you want, you can bring it back, including the changes you made already to it. Go to Help:Page history and search on page (Ctrl+F) for the word restore for instructions how to do it. Mathglot (talk) 20:05, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This is very helpful. I appreciate your prompt response. Mathglot — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgsmith1908 (talk • contribs) 21:14, January 26, 2019 (UTC)

No problem. Mathglot (talk) 21:34, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Mathglot! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:27, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Protocol for Talk page threads

Hi, Tgsmith1908, Please have a look at WP:THREAD: it will show you the proper use of the colon character (' : ') to indent your responses to other comments, so it's clear what's the OP ("original post") and what's a follow-up response. See my two responses above, the one starting "Click.." and the "No problem" one? That's what I'm talking about. Also, you should sign all your comments using four tildes like this: ~~~~. See WP:FOURTILDES. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 21:34, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]