User:Brambleberry of RiverClan/Adoption/CORREZE

(1) Would you prefer to be called Correze, or is there something else you had in mind? I would prefer if you called me Brambleberry, as "Brambleberry of RiverClan" is a keyboard-full.
(2) Do you have any specific questions right away (not counting the one you asked on my talk page, which will be covered below), or are you lost on pretty much everything?
(3) Is there anything that you feel you particularly understand and don't think we'll have to cover?
(4) What kind of picture would you like on your adoption page? (see the OcelotHod, Ladytwentytwo, Missionedit, and Yashowardhani pages to get an idea of what I mean).

Don't feel as if you have to sign your name; this isn't a talk page.è

You generally don't have to seek approval for an article. Since Wikipedia is an ever-changing and ever-growing project, any article you write is bound to change with new information, so pretty much the only two requirements for a brand-new article are that it be notable (which the history of a major London building certainly is) and that it have sufficient reliable sources (which we will go over later, but once again, you should be able to find quite a bit due to the popularity of what the article you're writing is). One thing you have to be wary of when you're writing an article is to include more than what is already mentioned. For example, I would make sure that you include more in an article about the history of Buckingham Palace than what is listed at the "history" section of the Buckingham Palace article.

By the way, when you do create that article, you would go to he history section of the Buckingham Palace article and add a hatnote that goes {{Main|History of Buckingham Palace}}, letting people know that more information is on that article.

I'm happy with Correze. Buckingham Palace, by the way, was what is known in English slang as 'a for-instance', so I won't be tackling the definitive history of the Queen's house! I've got one or two other architectural irons in the fire, though. No, I'm pretty happy with the Wikisystem; a lot less phased than I was 10 days ago (I very nearly turned round and walked away!). Have you ever seen as English movie called 'IF' (starring Roddy McDowell)? It's generally regarded by film buffs as the architypal depiction of the English public school system: arcane and inpenitrable (?sp) rules and regulations everywhere you turn. Ten days ago I thought I was back in an English public school (again!). The one thing I'm having problems with at the moment is images. And if I'm going to be writing interesting stuff about buildings, good images are going to make a heck of a difference. But they have to be my pictures which I have to assisgn unreservedly in perpetuity to Wikimedia. Which is a pretty big ask.

Finally, your question about a picture to adorn my Adoption page. Would an image of Kim Novak be breaking the house rules?

Correze92.6.140.45 (talk) 16:08, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

No house rules to be broken, my friend. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the movie yet, but I plan to... sometime. My schedule keeps me busy enough that I won't see many movies at a time. Bleh. Due to my inability to take good pictures and then post them online, I generally don't have a lot of experience with Wikimedia Commons, excepting burrowing through to see if they have pictures on equestrians I'm writing about. Of course, I generally pick up things very quickly and can help you down the road.

A good way to start our specific adoption process would be for me to guide you through the process of creating another page. I know you've already created one, but with this one I can get an idea of your contributions and I can teach you about the Wikiprocess. Anything you have in mind specifically?

Yup. There's an extremely inferior Wiki entry entitled WORCESTER LIBRARY (ok, I know it doesn't sound a terribly exciting subject!) which is only six or so lines long and tells you practically nothing. However, I've been inside it (it only opened a few months ago) and I have to say it's one of the most awe-inspiring interiors I've ever experienced...and certainly the finest public library I know of. So I plan to 'enhance' it architecturally, if that's all right by you. Or did your suggestion above indicate that you would rather - for tutorial purposes - I started with a 'clean slate'?

Thanks for the pic of Kim Novak. To appreciate her all-too-short Hollywood career, start with 'Bell, Book and Candle' then move onto 'Vertigo'.

CorrezeCORREZE (talk) 07:06, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Whatever you want to do is fine by me.