User talk:Yoselin C.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:47, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
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I hope even after the class is over that you decide to remain as a Wikipedia editor; it can be lots of fun, as well as educational. Mathglot (talk) 08:57, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Transgender youth
Hi Yoselin C,
I noticed your recent edits to Transgender youth, which I unfortunately had to revert because that was far too big of a change even for an experienced editor, let alone someone who is brand new.
But please don't feel bad, I think you have some good ideas there, that you could work on to incorporate into the article, bit by bit. Please understand that the article goes all the way back to
So, instead of one, great, big, edit of 4,300 bytes in over 20 different chunks all over the article, may I suggest that you choose one section at a time to edit, and confine your changes to just that one section, and carefully explain your changes in the
You should also consider outlining what changes you are proposing to make, before you make them, by first going to the article Talk page at Talk:Transgender youth. That's a good start, because it allows other editors to help out, monitor what's going on, and offer any comments as necessary.
One area that I noticed you working on, was improving references by fleshing out the {{
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Once again, welcome, and hope you enjoy working on the article for your class, or even afterwards. Mathglot (talk) 09:37, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
P.S. You can also get help on any topic from experts, by creating a new section below and asking your question, and then typing {{HelpMe}}
somewhere in the section. Good luck! Mathglot (talk) 09:57, 9 December 2017 (UTC)