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Hi, I saw your query on a mutual friend's talk page, and there are plenty of places to ask. Too many, maybe, but don't let that stop you. The left side of the page has "help" and other links which can lead to forums both general and specific. When you ask a question in the wrong place, someone will tell you the right place. We've got plenty helpful people; just not much organization. We watch our friends' talk pages, which results in networks of friends among us thousands of frequent editors.
Questions about a specific article are best asked in that article's talk page. There are also WP:Wikiprojects for hundreds of fields of knowledge (I watch several on various kinds of science, geography, history, etc). No harm to also asking the question in the user talk pages of a few friends and friends of friends. Or, for that matter, asking in your own talk page (this one) will be especially useful once you persuade a few friends to WP:watchlist it. Jim.henderson ( talk) 15:10, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Thanks! DBirdie ( talk) 15:22, 16 July 2017 (UTC) Dianne aka DBirdie
Okay - a question - and perhaps you can tell me how I would ask this on the help page or community - I feel like when I go there I just get very general 'articles.' the question - I created a draft article in my sandbox - and it's url is /info/en/?search=User:DBirdie/sandbox/Donald_C._Lubick but then I created just a very basic user page (I thought I already had, but since I hadn't typed anything, apparently I hadn't) - and then when I go to my 'user page and click on Sandbox at the top - I get nothing. How do I get the article I created in the sandbox to turn up when I click "Sandbox" ? Dianne aka DBirdie DBirdie ( talk) 15:30, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Jim - thanks so much for your advice. A couple folo up questions. First, of course, I think it's misguided that one can't write about someone one knows. Who else could or would or should? But, taken that as a given, isn't putting in cites to him and then writing about him even more suspicious? And, will 'they' see this chain of emails and what will they think? Thanks, Dianne PS - I will start by doing some editing. aka DBirdie DBirdie ( talk) 15:02, 17 July 2017 (UTC)