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A significant proportion of your edits in article space (i.e. to articles rather than talk pages) appear to include URLs to a particular website and only that website. This is open to interpretation as spam. You may wish to read WP:SPAMMER. Stuartyeates ( talk) 23:07, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
The external links are to a library collection that backs up the articles, and they're relevant and useful, so it hardly seems like self-promotion or spamming. But I agree that there's too much use of the journals and letters as primary sources, and I've been emailing with Elucidata about what best practice might be, and how these archives could be used in a way that fits Wikipedia better. Giantflightlessbirds ( talk) 02:43, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
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Hi I've added a reference to an image/information in an online exhibition. I'm unsure about what elements should go in which fields of the Cite:Web form. Partly its tricky because of not being able to copy links which show both image and related text. The edit is on the Tapa cloth page, re. Captain Cook being an early collector of tapa cloth.
Thank you very much. Now you say about doing too much with one citation, it makes much more sense. The only thing is this Template:Cite AV media doesn't really seem to fit a still image. Is there an alternative one to use for that? (I had a look but couldn't see one. Elucidata ( talk) 04:11, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply Elucidata ( talk) 05:44, 4 June 2015 (UTC) Hello again Schwede 66 I have finally got round to adding in the link to the image of tapa cloth. As a footnote it's operating correctly. I'm not so confident of the way I've described it. The author is the person who donated the collection which included the tapa cloth samples. Also, I didn't know how (if at all) to show in the citation the context of the image within the online exhibition. Your advice gratefully received, thank you. Elucidata ( talk) 03:18, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
{{ help me}}
I can't find the place in Edit? View history? or somewhere else, which tells me what "rating" an article has. Or a summary of what the ratings are. Pretty sure I saw it another time, but no luck today re-locating it. Thank you!
Elucidata ( talk) 02:22, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
Much obliged Fuhghettaboutit & gadfium :) Elucidata ( talk) 00:04, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello! Elucidata,
I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the
Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the
Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there!
Robert McClenon (
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talk Thanks for the message. I realised it was light, but wanted to get the process going. I'll do some further revisions/additions as soon as possible. Elucidata ( talk) 05:21, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/The 5000 Challenge are up and running based on Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. The Australia challenge would feed into the wider region one and potentially New Zealand could have a smaller challenge too. The main goal is content improvement, tackling stale old stubs and important content and improving sourcing/making more consistent but new articles are also welcome if sourced. I understand that this is a big goal for regular editors, especially being summertime where you are, but if you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Oceania and Australia like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1700 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for the region but fuelled by a series of contests to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. The Africa contest scaled worldwide would naturally provide great benefits to Oceania countries, particularly Australia and attract new editors. I would like some support from existing editors here to get the Challenges off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile and potentially bring about hundreds of improvements in a few weeks through a contest! Cheers.♦ -- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:12, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Kia ora! The Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand User Group invites you to read about the call for applications for a Wikipedian-at-Large for Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024. Group members are happy to explain the process and discuss ideas with interested editors.
Sent by Zippybonzo on behalf of MurielMary using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) at 06:37, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.
Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.
Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics. Schwede 66 09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you enjoy the encyclopedia and want to stay. As a first step, you may wish to read the Introduction.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at my talk page – I'm happy to help. Or, you can ask your question at the New contributors' help page.
Here are some more resources to help you as you explore and contribute to the world's largest encyclopedia...
Finding your way around:
|
Need help?
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|
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|
A significant proportion of your edits in article space (i.e. to articles rather than talk pages) appear to include URLs to a particular website and only that website. This is open to interpretation as spam. You may wish to read WP:SPAMMER. Stuartyeates ( talk) 23:07, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
The external links are to a library collection that backs up the articles, and they're relevant and useful, so it hardly seems like self-promotion or spamming. But I agree that there's too much use of the journals and letters as primary sources, and I've been emailing with Elucidata about what best practice might be, and how these archives could be used in a way that fits Wikipedia better. Giantflightlessbirds ( talk) 02:43, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.
Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!
MatthewVanitas ( talk) 14:45, 19 May 2015 (UTC)This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can , contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse. |
Hi I've added a reference to an image/information in an online exhibition. I'm unsure about what elements should go in which fields of the Cite:Web form. Partly its tricky because of not being able to copy links which show both image and related text. The edit is on the Tapa cloth page, re. Captain Cook being an early collector of tapa cloth.
Thank you very much. Now you say about doing too much with one citation, it makes much more sense. The only thing is this Template:Cite AV media doesn't really seem to fit a still image. Is there an alternative one to use for that? (I had a look but couldn't see one. Elucidata ( talk) 04:11, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply Elucidata ( talk) 05:44, 4 June 2015 (UTC) Hello again Schwede 66 I have finally got round to adding in the link to the image of tapa cloth. As a footnote it's operating correctly. I'm not so confident of the way I've described it. The author is the person who donated the collection which included the tapa cloth samples. Also, I didn't know how (if at all) to show in the citation the context of the image within the online exhibition. Your advice gratefully received, thank you. Elucidata ( talk) 03:18, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
{{ help me}}
I can't find the place in Edit? View history? or somewhere else, which tells me what "rating" an article has. Or a summary of what the ratings are. Pretty sure I saw it another time, but no luck today re-locating it. Thank you!
Elucidata ( talk) 02:22, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
Much obliged Fuhghettaboutit & gadfium :) Elucidata ( talk) 00:04, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
Hello! Elucidata,
I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the
Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the
Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there!
Robert McClenon (
talk) 02:10, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
|
talk Thanks for the message. I realised it was light, but wanted to get the process going. I'll do some further revisions/additions as soon as possible. Elucidata ( talk) 05:21, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Hi, Wikipedia:WikiProject Oceania/The 10,000 Challenge and Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/The 5000 Challenge are up and running based on Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. The Australia challenge would feed into the wider region one and potentially New Zealand could have a smaller challenge too. The main goal is content improvement, tackling stale old stubs and important content and improving sourcing/making more consistent but new articles are also welcome if sourced. I understand that this is a big goal for regular editors, especially being summertime where you are, but if you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Oceania and Australia like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1700 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for the region but fuelled by a series of contests to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. The Africa contest scaled worldwide would naturally provide great benefits to Oceania countries, particularly Australia and attract new editors. I would like some support from existing editors here to get the Challenges off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile and potentially bring about hundreds of improvements in a few weeks through a contest! Cheers.♦ -- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:12, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
Kia ora! The Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand User Group invites you to read about the call for applications for a Wikipedian-at-Large for Aotearoa New Zealand in 2024. Group members are happy to explain the process and discuss ideas with interested editors.
Sent by Zippybonzo on behalf of MurielMary using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) at 06:37, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.
Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.
Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics. Schwede 66 09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)