User talk:DLindsley

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How do I make my article "stylish" without feeling like it is complicated?
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Hi. I am asking this because I am wondering if the way to make your article "stylish" was complicated. I am very worried due to the fact I could be spending hours on one article just to make it stylish.

Sorry if this is a ridiculous question, but do you know how this feature works?

Thanks.

DLindsley (talk) 22:40, 9 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi. I'm not sure what you mean by "stylish", but it sounds superficial.  The problems with your current article, Wikipedia unfairly blocks users, aren't superficial.  They have to do with what we mean on Wikinews by "newsworthy", "neutral", and "verifiable".  Even the business about picking a focus isn't what I'd call "stylish" &mdash; once you have a focus, how you write the article around the focus is "style" (though not necessarily superficial style), but if you don't have a focus that's a matter of newsworthiness.  --Pi zero (talk) 23:06, 9 July 2014 (UTC)


 * What I mean by "stylish" is how to get styles on the page. One of the things says that you need a style on the page, but I don't want to have to focus on one page for an hour. That is why I asked this question.


 * Thanks for replying though, btw.


 * DLindsley (talk) 23:10, 9 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what says something about needing a style on the page. It doesn't sound familiar to me.  Perhaps a misunderstanding.  --Pi zero (talk) 23:34, 9 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Btw, the comments pages are for discussing the topic of an article after it's published, and also (thanks to the wiki software, which is very clumsy for most purposes other than writing an encyclopedia) the comments page have to be of a very precise format in order for the software to handle them correctly. So for both of those reasons, we don't allow them to be created for an unpublished article.  The collaboration page (a.k.a. talk page) of an article is for discussing issues with the way it's written.  --Pi zero (talk) 23:37, 9 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks Pi. Also, I thanked you for putting in the correct source in my Wikipedia unfairly blocks users article. I could not get to that as I had the review notes to focus on. By the way, another review of the article is awaiting.


 * DLindsley (talk) 23:39, 9 July 2014 (UTC)