User Talk: DarkForest7

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A belated welcome!

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian ↗! Again, welcome! <span style="border:1px solid;padding:2px 6px;font-arial">'''〜 <span style="color:#3cb400">Adflatuss</span> • <span style="color:#0066ff">talk</span>'''</span> 19:59, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you for reaching out ! I have been reading the documentation for Wikipedia which is much improved from the early days when I tried to do some edits. Your links are super helpful.
:May I reach out if I get stuck on something ? DarkForest7 (talk) 16:44, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

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List of people from Park Ridge, Illinois ↗ - The canonical example.

The Style Guide Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline ↗ on cities. Should include Park Ridge.
DarkForest7 (talk) 23:30, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Absorbed wisdom about who appears on a Notable people page : Birth makes them notable (See guidance). They should be notable to the City for some reason. Living there for a notable period of time works (See guidance).

How to cite - Ron Underwood ↗, director<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-xpm-2005-12-17-gnp-ronunderwood17-story.html |title=Moving in the right direction |access-date=October 6, 2025 |author=Jacqui Brown |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 17, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251006182345/https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-xpm-2005-12-17-gnp-ronunderwood17-story.html |archive-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref>

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Thank you.  Jessicapierce (talk) 22:08, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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