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Take a look at your first article, Cowboy coffee -- it's been tagged with several comments by a more experienced editor. Don't get alarmed or offended -- it's all part of the process. Here are three articles you might give a quick skim:
- Wikipedia:Citing sources -- this is how Wikipedia ensures we're not just making stuff up. A quick Google search can find you a link or two you can cite.
- Wikipedia:Guide to layout -- how to "wikify" an article's layout. A shortcut I've used is to find a similar whose layout I can use, select "edit this page", copy the text to a text editor and then past my content into all the wiki-specific formatting codes.
- Wikipedia:Category -- a quick wikipedia search on "coffee" will probably turn up similar articles -- you can probably just use their categories.
This editing stuff can seem a little arcane to a newcomer; don't be afraid to just dive right in -- you'll learn along the way. (That's what I did and so far they've survived my editing work, both good and bad.) We need all the editors we can get!
Again, welcome. --A. B. 02:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)