User talk:Alamosa

Hello, Alamosa! Welcome to Wikivoyage.

To help get you started contributing, we've created a tips for new contributors page, full of helpful links about policies and guidelines and style, as well as some important information on copyleft and basic stuff like how to edit a page. If you need help, check out Help, or post a message in the travellers' pub. If you are familiar with Wikipedia, take a look over some of the differences here.AHeneen (talk) 01:58, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Alamosa
Regarding your recent contributions to Alamosa, thanks! It's great to see new editors adding lots of useful content to a small-city/town page. Businesses and most attractions should be places in a listings template. When editing, scroll down on your screen and notice the blue templates to the right of words like 'attractions', 'activities', 'shops', and so forth. These are templates to be used for most listings. When editing, just click on any of these and the template will be added where your cursor is. Then, just fill in as many sections as reasonable (at least name & address). You can insert text between the brackets after price""> and before HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN WRITE A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

An example of a template in use is:

* Wi-fi. Free breakfast. Kitchenettes available. Pets allowed.

Becomes...


 * Wi-fi. Free breakfast. Kitchenettes available. Pets allowed.

Additionally, business listings should list stores of interest to travelers. Chain stores generally aren't listed, like McDonalds or Walmart.

These pages are worth looking at: Listings, Shopping listings (especially the "Boring stores" section), & Accommodation listings. I'm not trying to scare you off by bringing up this issue and mentioning several policies. The reason is that this is relatively easy to do and it makes the page look much nicer (style-wise). If you have any questions, don't hesitate to respond below this post. AHeneen (talk) 03:02, 2 February 2013 (UTC)