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00:22, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello. This is Charlie Inks' talk page.
Pull up a chair and share a few thoughts....
-- Charlie Inks ( talk) 00:02, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I am sorry to hear this didn't go right the first time, would I be able to know your first username? I look forward to working with you! Thank you for your feedback and thank you for your contributions! For more help on getting started, please look at Help desk and the help pages.
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talk No talkback needed; I'll temporarily watch here.
15:51, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Riley! Thanks for these thoughts. You don't have to apologize - not your fault. I don't feel comfortable sharing my first user name. I'm still trying to decide whether to do a final follow up on a situation or just not bother.
All that said, like I said, thanks for the welcome. -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 16:04, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for the warm welcome, Sarah. I'll check out the Teahouse. I think given that my experience was not exactly filled with sunshine and light the first time around, I'll be looking for a mentor this time. It took for ever to find it, but I have found that page. I just need to find time to go through the people offering their time and approach one or two and see.
In the meantime, if I have other questions, thank you for offering to help me. I'll ask on your talk page, as you suggest.
Have a great weekend :) -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 16:00, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Charlie Inks. I left an answer for you at the Teahouse talkpage. Cheers, -- Rosiestep ( talk) 18:14, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Are you referring to this? You may wish to ask for protection at Wikipedia:RFPP, but it seems to me that the user was being constructive.
SwisterTwister talk 01:49, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello SwisterTwister, I hear you, but no, it wasn't helpful. Why? Because I was in the middle of working on it, and as a result of what happened - I completely lost my train of thought. I got a message saying that there was an editing conflict and that none of my changes would be saved because someone else had made a change to the page. I'm not a coder. I'm not a geek. The message at the top said, unless I compared BOTH and did some moving around of text, I'd loose the whole page! I can't tell you what my anxiety level was - because I'm dyslexic, and I literally couldn't see what was being changed. I've been working on this for days. A lot of effort is going into it. Maybe there are other reasons wikipedia makes all content changeable by all editors all the time - I do understand the principle - but it seems to me creatively, intellectually, this is a big mistake when it comes to user sandboxes. Username:sandbox creates the impression that there's some kind of control you excercise over developing ideas in a space that other people can read, but can't change - while you're working on it. I think that's perfectly reasonable, but I guess not for the people running wikipedia. Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep it in mind - but if you know any powers that be or can recommend a place where I can post this suggestion, I'd appreciate it. It's enough for me to put in citations and the like - split screens with coding, I'm totally out of my depth on that.... Not all of us have the ability to code and literally see the way every body else does. Thanks, -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 17:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
-- Charlie Inks ( talk) 19:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I took another look at that link you posted here of the changes made by the user. That information - 1968 Artist of the Year, Billboard Magazine - was already in the table, with a citation. Did I miss something? Cheers, -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 21:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Charlie! I replied to your post at the Teahouse; however, it's only a very partial reply because I don't know the answer to the majority of your questions. I gave you some information about the gendergap mailing list. Ryan Vesey Review me! 02:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Charlie, I saw your message on the Teahouse boards and the thought-provoking discussion that followed. I just wanted to say hi as a fellow female editor! I totally understand how much of a "boys' club" Wikipedia can be, but if you'd like, I can point you in the direction of some other experienced female editors I know. I'm sure any of us would be happy to help you with anything, maybe collaborate on a project, or just talk. Again, welcome to Wikipedia, and I really do hope you stay. All the best, Keilana| Parlez ici 17:22, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
-- Charlie Inks ( talk) 21:38, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
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The Music Barnstar | |
For your dedication to and your hard work on the Jimi Hendrix article, you are awarded the Music Barnstar! — goethean ॐ 04:45, 28 July 2012 (UTC) |
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The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar | |
For all of the copyright cleanup you have been doing. Keep it up Charlie! Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:38, 28 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hi again Charlie, you say on your userpage that you like purple and blank white pages don't represent you well. Would you like some assistance creating a purple background or something similar on your userpage? It could look something similar to this old version of my page. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:41, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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Teahouse Guest Barnstar |
For displaying the makings of a truly great Wikipedian—the ability to ask great questions! hajat vrc @ 23:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC) |
Holy Cow! Is this For Real? The "makings of a truly great wikipedian"? Okay - my life is over..... I'll just have to Stay Here For EVER now! :D What am I gonna do?????????? I'm very humbled by this, Mr. Hajatvrc! :D Oh my goodness.... I don't know what to say. This is very generous of you and very kind. You are very thought-provoking, yes? (I still haven't checked back to see how that exchange ended. Sorry about that - too many other things to do on here... :) .
I feel very blessed that people are helping me figure things out better this time, to learn & understand how to work with other editors in better ways, new ways, trying to make things work well, right? Doing that and getting the facts straight and readable in the articles - that's where it's at, right? But I'm the first person to get this? Little me? O my goodness! :D
But I'm asking good questions because I know People like You are in The (Tea)House!!! HA HA! And if they don't have the answers, they'll tell me or help me find them! It's People Like You, Ryan (Vesey), my new friend Keilana, you know? Seriously! You Guys are The Business!!!!! Holy Moly! My Life Is Over Now.... oh my goodness..... I'll never get away from here! :D I'll be in front of computer for the rest of my life and reading Jimi Hendrix biographies for the rest of my life.... Thank you so much....
If I may, just say also, on a very personal note, I've been getting in every kind of trouble since I was a baby girl, for asking Too Many Questions. So you have no idea what a Phantasmagorical Rainbow is arched near the ceiling of my humble home now and how great this feels - to get an award For Asking Great Questions!!! Seriously!? Me?! Thank You Mr. Hajatvrc!!! :D I don't what else to say..... Thank You! What a sweet thing you've done. My Goodness! :D
Charlie Inks (
talk)
23:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Charlie, I see that you seem to want a purple userpage. Well, you'll be glad to know that that's possible! Try copying and pasting:
{| style="width:100%; background:#993399;" |style="color:#FFFFFF"|
at the very top of the user page, and it'll give you a purple background with white text. You can change the colors around, too: try looking at this chart to see the different possibilities. All you need to do is change the numbers in the above thing to the numbers that match the color you want; change 993399 to change the color of the background, and FFFFFF to change the color of the text. (You'll see that those two numbers already match up with the color values on the chart.) Hope this helps! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 15:34, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Charlie, great work at Jimi Hendrix, thanks again for putting in the effort to improve the article. I had a little tip you may enjoy:
When we add a google link much of the code at the end of the link is excess, for example, I see you added this url as a source: http://books.google.ca/books?id=UlDZcIpBYuoC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=curlers+1966+jimi+hendrix&source=bl&ots=EVBT4_MBGx&sig=J8Z69TzAJhAD4htDaXTkW2F5P38&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=_YgZUML7DoiN6QGkm4DQDQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=curlers%201966%20jimi%20hendrix&f=false
This can be trimmed down to: http://books.google.ca/books?id=UlDZcIpBYuoC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq stopping right after the first occurance of "&dq". This helps clean up the mark-up a bit, its not written in stone to my knowledge but I find any excess data that can be trimmed from the mark-up typically should. Again, this is just a suggestion that I thought you might appreciate. Cheers!~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 21:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
For example:
Starting in November 1966, the band adopted an experimental attitude during recording sessions for the album. [1]
{{
cite book}}
: Invalid |ref=harv
(
help)
So that after entering the book data in the refs list, one need only write {{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|p=1}} thereafter to cite to the book. While there are many acceptable templates, I find this one minimises my all too frequent spelling mistakes. ~
GabeMc (
talk|
contribs)
23:03, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
hajat vrc @ 16:12, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
hajat vrc @ 16:28, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Charlie! The Jimi Hendrix article is a bit long (and was too long even before you started editing). It's currently 175,556 bytes. It currently contains 82 kB of prose. We have a guideline called Wikipedia:Article size that recommends splitting any article with over 60 kB of prose. You can create some articles in this process, since it should follow the summary style. Give some information in the Jimi Hendrix article and include all of the information in a new article. I'm not entirely sure how to split this one though. Perhaps a Tours of Jimi Hendrix article would be appropriate. In addition, I just found Timeline of U2. Maybe you could create a Timeline of Jimi Hendrix. The U2 article also splits of their awards and achievements. It may be possible to do so with Jimi Hendrix. Ryan Vesey 18:01, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey sister! Saw this and wanted to weigh in, hope you find it helpful. I definitely think you can keep adding to Jimi's article, no worries there. But I do agree, readers would benefit even more if you split it off into articles, because then you have so much less to worry about with devices regards to space and the reader gets so much more detail. When I worked on
history of timekeeping devices we had to split off
history of timekeeping devices in Egypt so we could treat it in the detail it deserved. Plus we got a DYK for it! So yeah, when you have the time, consider splitting it so you can go into really extensive detail...and get your work on the main page! Thats pretty cool. :)
Keilana|
Parlez ici
00:46, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
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The Resilient Barnstar |
I know you've had some hard times, but keep up the great work! :) Theopolisme TALK 19:29, 3 August 2012 (UTC) |
Are you sure this is for me? Maybe you got me confused with someone else? If it is for me, thanks. I don't feel very resilient at all right now.... Charlie Inks ( talk) 02:36, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hey MarcusBritish! Thanks very much for this! Funny how after you responded it stopped for a while, and not long after I logged on today, it's happening again. But as a complete alien in the world of geeks - yet another reason why I wonder WTH I'm doing here - I'm very thankful ppl like You Are Here! Cheers! Charlie Inks ( talk) 02:33, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Charlie, I just wanted to give you a heads-up of what I'm doing in case you come back in the middle of it and are confused. The major thing I'm doing right now is reducing the clutter of the citations. Right now, about a third (or maybe more) of the citations appear more than once and are fully documented each time. There is actually a way to only document a citation once and have it appear multiple times as in-line citations in multiple places. Once I am finished this, the file size of the article will be a lot smaller, as a significant portion of it is just citations. This is pretty hard work so it may take me a few days, but our computers and the Wikipedia servers will be thankful for the reduced load.
Regarding splitting up the article, I do not think it is entirely necessary right now. I think if I can clean it up by reducing the redundancy of the citations, we will have more room to add information without the file size getting too big. As I work through the sections one-by-one, I am removing some irrelevant information, such as one of Jimi's family members having six fingers on one hand. It is a cool fact, but takes away from the information about Jimi himself.
One of the big things that has to be worked on is the order in which events are presented. There are many examples, such as at one point it talks about Jimi's brother dying and then continues to talk about things his brother did in the rest of the section. Information does not have to always be in chronological order between sections, but within a section that serves only to narrate a story, it should be as ordered as possible. All big articles have this problem when so much material has been added in such a short time, so it is not an immediate issue. Over time we can take it section-by-section. The information all belongs, we just need to create some consistency within sections.
This is going to be a Featured Article one day, I am sure of it. How could Jimi Hendrix not have an FA? :D hajat vrc @ 00:30, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
I hope I responded to all talk here - but I'm now exhausted. I had no intention to be here today, but that darned Jimi - I saw something that had to be changed that I had to at least try to correct.... Anyways, if there's talk on this page I forgot to respond to, I'm sorry.
I'll respond when I'm back. I'll be back when I'm back. Respect and Cheers, Charlie Inks ( talk) 02:52, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Before wrecking the Hendrix page you might have tried reading some of the authorative works written and the major Hendrix authority on him, Glebeek. Much of what you have added is innacuracy and POV from publications not dedicated to the study of Hendrix, that are clearly only using his story to fit in with their chosen theme, without much attention to the source. We can all flood the Hendrix page with cited rubbish revision from dodgy publications if you want. I suggest reverting back to where you started.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jameselmo ( talk • contribs)
Hi! Welcome to the sixth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
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Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Despite a relatively brief mainstream career spanning four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1963, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, eventually moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: " Hey Joe", " Purple Haze", and " The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before dying from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27. ( Full article...)
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Hello. This is Charlie Inks' talk page.
Pull up a chair and share a few thoughts....
-- Charlie Inks ( talk) 00:02, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
I am sorry to hear this didn't go right the first time, would I be able to know your first username? I look forward to working with you! Thank you for your feedback and thank you for your contributions! For more help on getting started, please look at Help desk and the help pages.
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talk No talkback needed; I'll temporarily watch here.
15:51, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Riley! Thanks for these thoughts. You don't have to apologize - not your fault. I don't feel comfortable sharing my first user name. I'm still trying to decide whether to do a final follow up on a situation or just not bother.
All that said, like I said, thanks for the welcome. -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 16:04, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for the warm welcome, Sarah. I'll check out the Teahouse. I think given that my experience was not exactly filled with sunshine and light the first time around, I'll be looking for a mentor this time. It took for ever to find it, but I have found that page. I just need to find time to go through the people offering their time and approach one or two and see.
In the meantime, if I have other questions, thank you for offering to help me. I'll ask on your talk page, as you suggest.
Have a great weekend :) -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 16:00, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Charlie Inks. I left an answer for you at the Teahouse talkpage. Cheers, -- Rosiestep ( talk) 18:14, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Are you referring to this? You may wish to ask for protection at Wikipedia:RFPP, but it seems to me that the user was being constructive.
SwisterTwister talk 01:49, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello SwisterTwister, I hear you, but no, it wasn't helpful. Why? Because I was in the middle of working on it, and as a result of what happened - I completely lost my train of thought. I got a message saying that there was an editing conflict and that none of my changes would be saved because someone else had made a change to the page. I'm not a coder. I'm not a geek. The message at the top said, unless I compared BOTH and did some moving around of text, I'd loose the whole page! I can't tell you what my anxiety level was - because I'm dyslexic, and I literally couldn't see what was being changed. I've been working on this for days. A lot of effort is going into it. Maybe there are other reasons wikipedia makes all content changeable by all editors all the time - I do understand the principle - but it seems to me creatively, intellectually, this is a big mistake when it comes to user sandboxes. Username:sandbox creates the impression that there's some kind of control you excercise over developing ideas in a space that other people can read, but can't change - while you're working on it. I think that's perfectly reasonable, but I guess not for the people running wikipedia. Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep it in mind - but if you know any powers that be or can recommend a place where I can post this suggestion, I'd appreciate it. It's enough for me to put in citations and the like - split screens with coding, I'm totally out of my depth on that.... Not all of us have the ability to code and literally see the way every body else does. Thanks, -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 17:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
-- Charlie Inks ( talk) 19:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I took another look at that link you posted here of the changes made by the user. That information - 1968 Artist of the Year, Billboard Magazine - was already in the table, with a citation. Did I miss something? Cheers, -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 21:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Charlie! I replied to your post at the Teahouse; however, it's only a very partial reply because I don't know the answer to the majority of your questions. I gave you some information about the gendergap mailing list. Ryan Vesey Review me! 02:28, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Charlie, I saw your message on the Teahouse boards and the thought-provoking discussion that followed. I just wanted to say hi as a fellow female editor! I totally understand how much of a "boys' club" Wikipedia can be, but if you'd like, I can point you in the direction of some other experienced female editors I know. I'm sure any of us would be happy to help you with anything, maybe collaborate on a project, or just talk. Again, welcome to Wikipedia, and I really do hope you stay. All the best, Keilana| Parlez ici 17:22, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
-- Charlie Inks ( talk) 21:38, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
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For your dedication to and your hard work on the Jimi Hendrix article, you are awarded the Music Barnstar! — goethean ॐ 04:45, 28 July 2012 (UTC) |
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The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar | |
For all of the copyright cleanup you have been doing. Keep it up Charlie! Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:38, 28 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hi again Charlie, you say on your userpage that you like purple and blank white pages don't represent you well. Would you like some assistance creating a purple background or something similar on your userpage? It could look something similar to this old version of my page. Ryan Vesey Review me! 14:41, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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Teahouse Guest Barnstar |
For displaying the makings of a truly great Wikipedian—the ability to ask great questions! hajat vrc @ 23:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC) |
Holy Cow! Is this For Real? The "makings of a truly great wikipedian"? Okay - my life is over..... I'll just have to Stay Here For EVER now! :D What am I gonna do?????????? I'm very humbled by this, Mr. Hajatvrc! :D Oh my goodness.... I don't know what to say. This is very generous of you and very kind. You are very thought-provoking, yes? (I still haven't checked back to see how that exchange ended. Sorry about that - too many other things to do on here... :) .
I feel very blessed that people are helping me figure things out better this time, to learn & understand how to work with other editors in better ways, new ways, trying to make things work well, right? Doing that and getting the facts straight and readable in the articles - that's where it's at, right? But I'm the first person to get this? Little me? O my goodness! :D
But I'm asking good questions because I know People like You are in The (Tea)House!!! HA HA! And if they don't have the answers, they'll tell me or help me find them! It's People Like You, Ryan (Vesey), my new friend Keilana, you know? Seriously! You Guys are The Business!!!!! Holy Moly! My Life Is Over Now.... oh my goodness..... I'll never get away from here! :D I'll be in front of computer for the rest of my life and reading Jimi Hendrix biographies for the rest of my life.... Thank you so much....
If I may, just say also, on a very personal note, I've been getting in every kind of trouble since I was a baby girl, for asking Too Many Questions. So you have no idea what a Phantasmagorical Rainbow is arched near the ceiling of my humble home now and how great this feels - to get an award For Asking Great Questions!!! Seriously!? Me?! Thank You Mr. Hajatvrc!!! :D I don't what else to say..... Thank You! What a sweet thing you've done. My Goodness! :D
Charlie Inks (
talk)
23:57, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Charlie, I see that you seem to want a purple userpage. Well, you'll be glad to know that that's possible! Try copying and pasting:
{| style="width:100%; background:#993399;" |style="color:#FFFFFF"|
at the very top of the user page, and it'll give you a purple background with white text. You can change the colors around, too: try looking at this chart to see the different possibilities. All you need to do is change the numbers in the above thing to the numbers that match the color you want; change 993399 to change the color of the background, and FFFFFF to change the color of the text. (You'll see that those two numbers already match up with the color values on the chart.) Hope this helps! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 15:34, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Charlie, great work at Jimi Hendrix, thanks again for putting in the effort to improve the article. I had a little tip you may enjoy:
When we add a google link much of the code at the end of the link is excess, for example, I see you added this url as a source: http://books.google.ca/books?id=UlDZcIpBYuoC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=curlers+1966+jimi+hendrix&source=bl&ots=EVBT4_MBGx&sig=J8Z69TzAJhAD4htDaXTkW2F5P38&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=_YgZUML7DoiN6QGkm4DQDQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=curlers%201966%20jimi%20hendrix&f=false
This can be trimmed down to: http://books.google.ca/books?id=UlDZcIpBYuoC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq stopping right after the first occurance of "&dq". This helps clean up the mark-up a bit, its not written in stone to my knowledge but I find any excess data that can be trimmed from the mark-up typically should. Again, this is just a suggestion that I thought you might appreciate. Cheers!~ GabeMc ( talk| contribs) 21:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
For example:
Starting in November 1966, the band adopted an experimental attitude during recording sessions for the album. [1]
{{
cite book}}
: Invalid |ref=harv
(
help)
So that after entering the book data in the refs list, one need only write {{sfn|Lewisohn|1992|p=1}} thereafter to cite to the book. While there are many acceptable templates, I find this one minimises my all too frequent spelling mistakes. ~
GabeMc (
talk|
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23:03, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
hajat vrc @ 16:12, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
hajat vrc @ 16:28, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Charlie! The Jimi Hendrix article is a bit long (and was too long even before you started editing). It's currently 175,556 bytes. It currently contains 82 kB of prose. We have a guideline called Wikipedia:Article size that recommends splitting any article with over 60 kB of prose. You can create some articles in this process, since it should follow the summary style. Give some information in the Jimi Hendrix article and include all of the information in a new article. I'm not entirely sure how to split this one though. Perhaps a Tours of Jimi Hendrix article would be appropriate. In addition, I just found Timeline of U2. Maybe you could create a Timeline of Jimi Hendrix. The U2 article also splits of their awards and achievements. It may be possible to do so with Jimi Hendrix. Ryan Vesey 18:01, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey sister! Saw this and wanted to weigh in, hope you find it helpful. I definitely think you can keep adding to Jimi's article, no worries there. But I do agree, readers would benefit even more if you split it off into articles, because then you have so much less to worry about with devices regards to space and the reader gets so much more detail. When I worked on
history of timekeeping devices we had to split off
history of timekeeping devices in Egypt so we could treat it in the detail it deserved. Plus we got a DYK for it! So yeah, when you have the time, consider splitting it so you can go into really extensive detail...and get your work on the main page! Thats pretty cool. :)
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Are you sure this is for me? Maybe you got me confused with someone else? If it is for me, thanks. I don't feel very resilient at all right now.... Charlie Inks ( talk) 02:36, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
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Doubtful it's Wikipedia, as websites don't ping people. You might have picked up malware some place. Try using TCPView to check your incoming/outgoing connections (for Windows users): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx
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Hey MarcusBritish! Thanks very much for this! Funny how after you responded it stopped for a while, and not long after I logged on today, it's happening again. But as a complete alien in the world of geeks - yet another reason why I wonder WTH I'm doing here - I'm very thankful ppl like You Are Here! Cheers! Charlie Inks ( talk) 02:33, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Hey Charlie, I just wanted to give you a heads-up of what I'm doing in case you come back in the middle of it and are confused. The major thing I'm doing right now is reducing the clutter of the citations. Right now, about a third (or maybe more) of the citations appear more than once and are fully documented each time. There is actually a way to only document a citation once and have it appear multiple times as in-line citations in multiple places. Once I am finished this, the file size of the article will be a lot smaller, as a significant portion of it is just citations. This is pretty hard work so it may take me a few days, but our computers and the Wikipedia servers will be thankful for the reduced load.
Regarding splitting up the article, I do not think it is entirely necessary right now. I think if I can clean it up by reducing the redundancy of the citations, we will have more room to add information without the file size getting too big. As I work through the sections one-by-one, I am removing some irrelevant information, such as one of Jimi's family members having six fingers on one hand. It is a cool fact, but takes away from the information about Jimi himself.
One of the big things that has to be worked on is the order in which events are presented. There are many examples, such as at one point it talks about Jimi's brother dying and then continues to talk about things his brother did in the rest of the section. Information does not have to always be in chronological order between sections, but within a section that serves only to narrate a story, it should be as ordered as possible. All big articles have this problem when so much material has been added in such a short time, so it is not an immediate issue. Over time we can take it section-by-section. The information all belongs, we just need to create some consistency within sections.
This is going to be a Featured Article one day, I am sure of it. How could Jimi Hendrix not have an FA? :D hajat vrc @ 00:30, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
I hope I responded to all talk here - but I'm now exhausted. I had no intention to be here today, but that darned Jimi - I saw something that had to be changed that I had to at least try to correct.... Anyways, if there's talk on this page I forgot to respond to, I'm sorry.
I'll respond when I'm back. I'll be back when I'm back. Respect and Cheers, Charlie Inks ( talk) 02:52, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Before wrecking the Hendrix page you might have tried reading some of the authorative works written and the major Hendrix authority on him, Glebeek. Much of what you have added is innacuracy and POV from publications not dedicated to the study of Hendrix, that are clearly only using his story to fit in with their chosen theme, without much attention to the source. We can all flood the Hendrix page with cited rubbish revision from dodgy publications if you want. I suggest reverting back to where you started.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jameselmo ( talk • contribs)
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Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Despite a relatively brief mainstream career spanning four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1963, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, eventually moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: " Hey Joe", " Purple Haze", and " The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before dying from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27. ( Full article...)
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