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Good job

Hi Penwatchdog. I just read I AM THE BEST ARTIST Rene and found it very interesting. Thanks for contributing it. I must congratulate you on learning how to use Misplaced Pages in such a short time. Well done. 64.40.57.47 (talk) 18:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Encouragement

I'm guessing, but I expect your time here has been as bad as mine. Being mistreated, having your stuff deleted and such. I know how bad it sucks. But you are important. You are a writer and encyclopedias are made up of words written by... well... writers. That means you are more important than those other guys. You know it and I know it. So don't let them mess with you or get you down. You belong here at this project and your contributions are important.

		The Writer's Barnstar
		In appreciation for contributing valuable articles to Misplaced Pages and being a damn good writer, I'm happy to present Penwatchdog the Writer's Barnstar. You've done a lot of good work, and that needs to be recognized by the community. You have knowledge of many things that are not covered by the encyclopedia, and by contributing, you are helping to improve the project. You are valuable and I appreciate the work you've done. 64.40.54.190 (talk) 13:26, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

I also wanted to thank you for the IATBA article. I didn't know anything about Rene or the Soho art scene until I read your article, so thanks for that. I've found a number of references about Rene and I'll try and put those somewhere for any future Rene article. Best of luck to you. 64.40.54.190 (talk) 13:26, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

I have to second that. mabdul 13:57, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Motivation!

		Misplaced Pages Motivation Award
		For your great second article. Don't stop submitting such great articles! ; - ) Regards, mabdul 10:54, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Ballpoint pen artwork

Hi Penwatchdog. I have to say I love your writing style. The Ballpoint pen artwork article is excellent and I had no idea that people did art like that... and so well too. Best regards. 64.40.54.88 (talk) 13:02, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Ballpoint pen artwork

On 21 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ballpoint pen artwork, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that artists have used ballpoint pens to create replicas of Renaissance masterpieces, such as Lennie Mace's Mona a'la Mace? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ballpoint pen artwork. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations, Penwatchdog. Your article is on the main page right now. Best regards. 64.40.54.164 (talk) 02:50, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

i am the best artist Rene Moncada

Anyone with any references further citing Rene Moncada, aside from-&-including his "I AM THE BEST ARTIST Rene" murals, please direct them to my sandbox. I wish to pay more attention to him as a near-future new-article, THANKS! Penwatchdog (talk) 09:50, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Penwatchdog. I just wanted to note that your sandbox (User:Penwatchdog/sandbox) is a great place to work on article ideas, test templates, try referencing and other temporary things like that. If you know you'll be working on a specific article, like Rene Moncada, then it is best to start it as the actual article title, like User:Penwatchdog/Rene Moncada. This is so the whole thing can be moved out of your user space and directly to article space with the complete editing history. Misplaced Pages has to do that because of the attribution requirements of CC-BY-SA and GFDL, which are the licenses that we use for all our articles. Hope that's OK by you. Best regards. 64.40.54.49 (talk) 12:45, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks, that's something I'd been wondering about. I would've gone ahead and done that already myself but, alas, I'm an idiot when it comes to those kind of otherwise simple computer procedures. That's why I just started using my sandbox as a kind of holding area for things I'm planning to look into. Very old-old-school in that way. Would I be creating that as a "tutorial" sandbox? Please advise at your convenience. I expect the Rene article to take some time anyway, and'll probably be working on several articles simultaneously; may just work on some of those off-the-grid and leave my sandbox to Rene's article. Best, Penwatchdog (talk) 03:39, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Everything that starts with User:Penwatchdog, such as "User:Penwatchdog/some kinda article name" or "User:Penwatchdog/a helpful tutorial" is considered a sandbox, but a sandbox that is specific to something. So "User:Penwatchdog/Rene Moncada" is your sandbox for a Rene Moncada article. You can work on these for as long as you want and do anything you want as long as they are under User:Penwatchdog. When "User:Penwatchdog/Rene Moncada" is moved to "Rene Moncada" then it becomes an official article. Also, if you want to do another DYK, the 5 day clock only starts running when the article goes from "User:Penwatchdog/Rene Moncada" to "Rene Moncada". My suggestion would be to open your sandbox (click here), copy the Rene Moncada stuff, then click this red link and paste the Rene Mocada stuff and click the Save button. That will create the start of a Rene Moncada article in your user space. Best regards. 64.40.54.126 (talk) 06:46, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

HighBeam

Hi PWD,

I heard you were interested in having access to the resources of HighBeam Research. As a newer editor, I'd just like to learn a little more about what you're working on and how you think HighBeam could be helpful to you. Let me know and I think getting you an account should be little trouble. Cheers! Ocaasi 15:02, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

• Am i correct in assuming you were sent my way by 64 above? Thanks for offering your services! What's it all about? Not sure what to say for now except I'm just a writer who's happy to contribute... but my writing hasn't ever required the kind of internet/research finesse as wiki-world requires, occupying amounts of time and re-directing my focus in directions I'm not normally willing to offer of myself. I know of what i write —otherwise wouldn't write about it— i just wish someone could follow along behind me, attaching sources as i provide the facts! Wouldn't it be nice... How can you help? Penwatchdog (talk) 04:05, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

@Ocaasi, thanks for stopping by. I didn't mention anything to Penwatchdog about HighBeam yet. I didn't want to get his hopes up in case we couldn't get him an account. You can see the referencing he's used in his articles; I AM THE BEST ARTIST Rene and the recent DYK Ballpoint pen artwork. He mostly interested in working on art related articles.

@Penwatchdog, user Ocaasi is our resident expert at getting us paid search engine accounts for free (because we volunteer at Misplaced Pages). I've asked Ocaasi if he could get a HighBeam account for you (which would be free). There's an online database and search engine of newspapers, magazines, etc. called HighBeam Research. It makes it much easier to find references for articles like the ones you want to work on. So Ocaasi was aking about the kind of work you're doing here at Misplaced Pages (i.e. writing articles and referencing).

@both, sorry for the confusion guys. Best regards. 64.40.54.126 (talk) 07:04, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

No problem 64. I'm glad to help a promising new user be even better equipped to thrive here. Penwatchdog, let me know if you think you're ready for this type of reference. As a test, you might go to http://www.highbeam.com and do a search for some of the information you're working on. If HighBeam has it, then I'll gladly set you up with an account. If not, the offer is open down the road. As for someone following you around adding sources, that is every Wikipedians dream, but sadly, the more experienced you become as an editor, the more you realize it's better to not count on someone else to clean up after you. So, best of luck and let me know if I can be of any assistance. Also, a page you might find helpful that I worked on to assist dedicated new users is WP:PANDS. Check it out!. Talk to both of you folks later. Cheers, Ocaasi 16:52, 22 July 2012 (UTC)