Hello Carpenter Cousins!
A few members of the Carpenter Roots forum have been writing articles on Wikipedia. The
main goal was to bring a higher level of accuracy to these notable individuals. See the
sample list below.
I would like to encourage all Carpenter Cousins (Carpenter, Zimmerman, et cetera) to take
a famous or notable ancestor to Wikipedia. It can be a family project! I will send a
variant of this message to the Carpenter roots forum.
If I can be of any help, please email me!
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project
http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm
Authoritative William Carpenter Immigrant Sketches
http://members.cox.net/jrcrin001/carplink.htm
PS It is okay to copy this to other surname lists and forums as an example. All I ask is
that you include my name block and links as noted above.
Carpenter surname information
This link provides most of the current Carpenter articles on Wikipedia. Also links are
provided there for related names like Zimmerman and their links within Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_(surname)
English Carpenters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter_(town_clerk)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter_(bishop)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Boyd_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyd-Carpenter,_Baron_Boyd-Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carpenter_(theologian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cromwell_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carpenter_(architect)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lant_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Benjamin_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Pearsall_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Edwards_Carpenter
Providence Carpenters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:William_Carpenter_(Rhode_Island)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carpenter_(musician)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter
Rehoboth Carpenters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehoboth_Carpenter_family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_C._Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Moulton_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Nelson_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_M._Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Carpenter_(DD-825)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Snow_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Carpenter
Philadelphia Carpenters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_H._Carpenter (Medal of Honor winner)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Carpenter
Unknown American Carpenters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Jennings_Carpenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Carpenter
**Family Ancestor**
The basics of writing an article for Wikipedia ...
A) First you gather the basic information, then format it in a manner similar to those
articles below. At this point do not worry about the link and reference formats. You WILL
need to keep track of where the information came from for detail references later. Avoid
non-factual items and family stories not backed by facts. Remember Who, What, Where, When
and How!
B) After you have the rough article done, run it through grammar and spelling check. Then
read it out loud to others. Then format the references and sections in the same manner as
the articles below.
Note: There are different reference formats used off line and on line. The wiki format
that is best is used in the Louis H. Carpenter article. This format allows different
features within Wikipedia to function and inter-link. It took me a while to figure that
out! Use the edit tab to see these formats at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_H._Carpenter - Please do not save when looking, just
use the back button, otherwise an edit will be logged.
C) Create an account on Wikipedia. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Note: You can use any Wikipedia page to conduct a search to see if your ancestor already
has an article or is mentioned in an article. Look on the left side of the page for the
search box.
Why create an account? An account provides you with a name and a talk page or discussion
page where others can leave you messages. See mine at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jrcrin001 Click on the discussion tab next to the user
tab to see messages and comments sent to me and that I responded to.
D) Now comes the tricky part! Type the name of your new article in the search box on the
left side of any Wikipedia page. Keep the name simple and try to maintain a similar format
to the articles given below. After you click Go or Search you will a Search results
page.
You may create the page "_name of new article_", but consider checking the
search results below to see whether it is already covered.
Click on the red name and you will go to the Editing "name of new article" page.
Copy and paste your new article into the space provided. Do not save until after you have
used the "Show preview" button. This will give you an idea what your article
will look like. You can then fix any red errors shown before you proceed. In the Edit
summary box, type in something similar to "Article started" then click on the
Save page button.
E) Please be aware you will be checked by other wiki editors. They will check for
notability, references and wiki format. Some will leave a "warning template" at
the beginning of the article. Please pay attention to them, they are there to help
improve the article. Use the article discussion page (click on the discussion tab from the
article page) to discuss civility the corrections made and/or not made and why. You may
see some lively discussion!
Note: Those editors who do not follow the wiki format, who are hostile, racial or use bad
language can be and will be banned from editing.