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I was wondering what type of accomplishments or connections are required for a band to be considered worthy of the wiki. Are there certain criteria that the editors are looking for on their way to the delete button?
I don't want to make the page like a press release, but I need to boast some accomplishments so that we're taken seriously. Any tips on walking that line gracefully? Thanks. 108.209.60.18 ( talk) 04:50, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello teahouse, Me and two other University Students have recently been building upon the Internet Addiction Disorder page adding new sections and information. We requested feedback on the talk page but only one user appears to have responded.
At the top of the article it asked for 'reorganization to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines' me and the other users have rearranged the page and would like feedback as to whether this meets Wikipedia standards.
Also as I am a newcomer to Wikipedia, please also take the time to request any additions, inform me of any mistakes or even give me tips for future edits, thanks. MikeMov89 ( talk) 19:04, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Hallows AG, thanks for taking the time to look at our page. MikeMov89 ( talk) 00:18, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello there, I'm new to Wikipedia and am currently doing an assignment at University. We've been advised not to use primary references, but to instead use secondary references. For example, my group is making a page for Adam Joinson, we've searched high and low for information which can be found on his website but not anywhere else (e.g. early career). Is it a case of looking harder, or is there a point where we give up and reference his career from his own web site? (which is linked externally from the University of Bath through here: http://www.bath.ac.uk/management/faculty/adam_joinson.html) Thank you. Sjr250790 ( talk) 16:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering if you could help me. I'm working with a group of other Wikipedian's to create a Wikipedia page on "Internet Relationship's" and I'm stuck as to how you code tables into the Wikipedia pages?
Any assistance/guidance would be much appreciated. Tlarco29 ( talk) 15:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi guys,
I'm new to wikipedia and have just started writing bits for wikipedia in my sandbox. I was wondering if there were any particular tips I should be aware of or things to watch out for?
Thanx
Cnurney9 ( talk) 11:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi
We have done some revisions on Emusic page as part of our university module and would love to gain some feedback if possible. Is this a good place to request this?
Thanks
Jason Yorkshiregeek ( talk) 13:52, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi all,
I'm new to Wikipedia, and I am editing an article that currently exists for a University project.
I'm not too sure if we need to cite a reference within our text, or do we just use a footnote to reference?
Any help would be appreciated, thank you :) LucianaFash ( talk) 13:14, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you both, your comments have been very helpful. I see what you mean Charles. Although I'm still unsure. I'm currently editing the Internet relationship page.
This is what I have in my sandbox, and I have included in there a citation, which I am unsure if it is the correct way to cite. Would either of you be able to comment if, that would be the correct way to go about it please?
Thank you LucianaFash ( talk) 14:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
Cite book}}
, which helps keep things consistent, but it is not necessary.
Rich
Farmbrough, 19:43, 20 March 2012 (UTC).I'd like to edit the Digital identity article. As it's been pointed out on the talk page and by people addressed by the question, the article needs serious rewrites to make it less technical and more comprehensive. However, as I'm a beginner Wikipedian, I am not sure how should I approach rewriting what other people have already written, what is the etiquette for such procedures? Thanks, Bettinusz ( talk) 10:31, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
One of the things I'd like to edit is the description of "Progressive Mennonites" on the Mennonite page under Worship, Doctrine, and Tradition (not remembering how to link to a subsection). It's not inaccurate, it's just incomplete and it's something that frustrates progressive Mennonites (like me). We have LGBT members, but because that puts us under pressure, people sometimes emphasize that over everything else. I'd like to expand on the final sentence "Progressive Mennonite Churches place a great emphasis on the Mennonite tradition's teachings on peace and non-violence."
The problem I'm running into--there's not a lot of documentation on what, specifically, a "progressive" Mennonite is. It's used casually and as a term of self-description, but I haven't been able to find published works on the subject.
I'm not sure how to proceed or whether to proceed. Ruthbrarian ( talk) 01:43, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, you've given me some food for thought. I'll keep doing research & see what I can come up with. No need to push, but I'd like to do it. Ruthbrarian ( talk) 19:48, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Dear all. I am a beginner at Wikipedia. I have tried to upload scans from newspapers to Wikimedia but have been told that the information is copyright, so what is the best way to present text from a printed article when there is no evidence of it on the internet but the article exists in printed media such as a newspaper. Thanks Benparcell ( talk) 13:41, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, this helps lots [User talk:Benparcell|talk]] Benparcell ( talk) 00:36, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
I was going through the lists of anime and manga and I wanted to learn more about one particular manga. I went to Wikipedia but it has no page. It's Shinyaku Ookami ga Kuru! This German/Japanese manga was interesting so I wanted to know more about it. Could anyone make it? I don't know if there's a certain way to make articles about anime/manga or not. HTcreager ( talk) 17:54, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
I want to start a new category in Wiki and to add some relevant articles to that. Someone please tell me how to do that ? Manmanoj ( talk) 15:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, some kind Tea House person was recently kind enough to award me a barn star. How do I display this on my user page so it neatly slots to the right side with user boxes? Wikiworld2 ( talk) 14:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
{{Userbox|id=[[File:Original Barnstar Hires.png|43px]]|info=This user has received the '''Original Barnstar.'''|id-c=#fdffe7|info-c=#fdffe7|border-c=#fceb92}}
Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to Wikipedia and have just started writing bits for wikipedia on the web design page. I was wondering if another person takes out a part of you what you have wrote can you re add it if you feel that it is a essential to the piece?
Thank you Teri Bateson ( talk) 11:45, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
I've been editing an article that has inline "references" written like an essay, like this: "Bean et. al (2001) states...". In some cases, I have found an online copy of the paper being referenced and can verify the reference (and change it to be more Wikipedia-friendly). In some others, however, I cannot find the paper at all, nor any mention of the paper except from the Wikipedia page and other websites quoting the Wikipedia page.
Should I just leave the block of text as-is, remove the citation, add "citation needed", or what? Thanks! -- Ace Jon ( talk) 11:23, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
If you've had an image tagged for not providing a license and/or the correct permission, and then followed the instructions to send off an email providing evidence of permission. How long does it roughly take to get the image sorted, and if theres not valid evidence will the image be unavailable to use on wikipedia for some time? Jack Greenaway ( talk) 17:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, was working on a page recently and there was some debate that the article needed to be fine tuned (userfied) a bit. How do I begin a new user page/space to begin this process? I read the userfy page but is unclear... I wish to begin a new user page entitled "Web-Based Addiction-Recovery" in my user space so what goes in the URL bar of my browser? Wikiworld2 ( talk) 21:10, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I have written a fairly large edit for the article on Goshen College. This is my first major edit. It is in my sandbox and I would appreciate any constructive criticism prior to me posting it to the article. Thanks Gtwfan52 ( talk) 06:44, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Gents! I resolved Chico's concern by simply rewording the intro. NtheP, I appreciate your input and rewrote it for readability. Thanks for using the template you used on it. I am going to put it up as is for now and at a later date will play with the template to fix it up pretty. This will not be the last thing I write. Wiki-ing is fun. Gtwfan52 ( talk) 08:29, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm trying to make sure that all of H. P. Lovecraft's works of fiction have links to the full-text story. I found a broken one earlier and am now checking them all. A great many are linked to Wikisource, using the template and that's awesome. Wikisource copies of the stories are high-quality.
But I've noticed that the links to Wikisource are all over the place. And sometimes it looks really awkward and out of the way. Nyarlathotep is semi-awkward, The Cats of Ulthar is pretty bad, but I like the way it's higher in the story page in Azathoth. I think it might almost even work in the top section.
Would it be ok to move it or is that against general Wikipedia form? Right now it's so disjoined from story-to-story and the box really doesn't look as good with references or external links as a straight link to the story would. Thoughts? Precedent? Ruthbrarian ( talk) 19:56, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
{{wikisource-inline|Nyarlathotep|single=true}}will give:
Hi,
Myself and a couple of fellow students are editing the eMusic article and are in the process of merging the Cductive article as mentioned. Can anyone give any pointers please? Mynewdomicile ( talk) 11:45, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
How can I tell which resources need to be checked on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot
Do all the resources need to be checked?
Thanks! GMHayes ( talk) 06:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
I am currently adding a section to an article, and within that section I have incorporated the use of two direct quotes from a source. How can I cite right after both the quotes, while maintaining that both quotes are derived from only ONE source? Every time I've created a citation after the quotes (exact same citation for both), at the bottom where the references are listed it displays the exact same source cited twice (reflecting the two times I've cited that same source). How can I prevent this from happening, and cite the source only once? Thanks! Maya.Riaz ( talk) 16:46, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
<ref name="goto">Dijkstra, E. "GOTO Statement Considered Harmful."</ref>The reference name you choose (in this example, it's "goto") is not particularly important as long as it's unique, but it helps to have at least a somewhat descriptive name. Then, every time afterwards that you want to use "GOTO Considered Harmful" as a source, instead of typing out the entire information within the ref tag again, you simply use the ref name again:
<ref name="goto"/>Wikipedia will make another link to the same entry in the reference list as the first. Hope this helps! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 16:56, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Oh, I see. Thanks a lot Writ Keeper! I realized that you must also include the closing of the reference tag (</ref>) in order for that method to work, but I got it to work eventually. Thanks again for your help!-- Maya.Riaz ( talk) 17:14, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Ahh, I missed out the "/" in the ref name citation so I guess thats why it didn't work. Thanks for pointing that out Nthep, I'll be sure to fix that in my citations. -- Maya.Riaz ( talk) 17:25, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I've edited Wikipedia for a while now, but I never had a need to make an account. However, if you check my contributions, you will see that I joined to undo some bad edits to a page.
English appears to not be their first language and they aren't exactly proficient with it. I removed the opinions added and corrected the grammar. However, since then I've felt the need to monitor what they do to Tiesto related pages. I know they mean well, but it detracts from the quality of the article. Even besides the grammar, I've noticed everything they add doesn't use the correct way to spell Tiesto (Tiësto). lukini 15:19, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
What is the best way to request review of new article.
Rajenver ( talk) 09:47, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you everyone for your advice and help. I have been struggling with using Internet Explorer 8 up to now. Also, been unable to get much speed out the editing/show preview/show changes/save page sequence – and that's putting it mildly..! Tonight, I have successfully down-loaded Mozilla Firefox. Wow! My aged PC is "on fire" – it's lightening. Just tried your {{Wikipedia:Teahouse/Question-form|question=Click here to ask a question}} , AND IT WORKED. Kindest regards to you all, Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 01:22, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
I've already spoken to another user about this, but I'd like a second opinion. Recently, I've been trying to edit the page 'List of characters in Transformers Prime', because there is a notice saying it requires copy-editing for grammar, cohesion etc., but strangely, whenever I (or anyone else I've noticed) edit the article at all, the edit is always deleted within 48 hours and the page is returned to exactly, word for word, the way it was before, and all grammatical and spelling errors are returned as well. Is it common for users to do this? And if so, what can be done about it? To be clear, I do NOT vandalise the article or write anything obscene, I only correct grammar and spelling, and condense each character synopsis down so they're shorter and easier to read, because in my opinion, they're much too long. MunkkyNotTrukk ( talk) 16:00, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Seniors , further to my article"Hradyesh" as guided by you all have reworked the same n posted . sadly it again got speedy deleted. Unable to understand what promotion or advertising m doing writing about an entrepreneurs work which is first ever in the country. Request seniors to please assist me on this , first article- 2 speedy deletion- m getting little frustrated with this ..
Help !!!!!
Aaanshu ( talk) 09:49, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I am trying to improve some articles on automobiles by adding external links to their corresponding websites. Is this a form of vandalism, especially if I add them to articles at rapid succession? (I haven't added any yet!) Jedd Raynier ( talk) ( contributions) 02:06, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
Official website}}
that helps.
Rich
Farmbrough, 02:47, 24 March 2012 (UTC).Are improvements in readability or style (not content) legitimate edits? I am wondering because i use Wikipedia content in my writing everyday (with links as citations) in the definitions of terms I make for newspaper articles (my rather strange job) and I often see places where the clarity or accuracy of the prose could be improved, but I could also see where the issue of readability might be ultimately unresolvable, an issue of personal preference, also I wonder about this from a sort of philosophical perspective too, Wikipedia content definitely converges to greater accuracy, but does readability require one unified author (I read my physiology textbooks & Wikipedia outloud into MP3 and then listen to them as a form of study, this really makes clarity of prose apparent). Fernquestjon ( talk) 11:38, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Any hints for making improvements to articles discretely while not offending people?
Example: I was changing some of the text about the rabbit digestive system and while I was doing this two things came to mind: 1. this is a big change smack in the middle of other people's work, so even though the change was important because some facts were wrong and the works cited either no longer existed or were not credible sources (e.g. pet food ad), I don't want to come across as Conan the Barbarian; and 2. in the end I came to the conclusion that what was needed was a separate article on the rabbit digestive system citing the highest quality sources (and I am writing this now, planning to keep a draft copy hanging off my user page, is this legit? don't really want to post it until it is a finished article, having someone critique it would be nice too, perhaps in the mammal project, but everything will be backed by the highest quality sources). Any feedback? :) Fernquestjon ( talk) 05:48, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
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This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | Archive 4 | Archive 5 | Archive 6 | → | Archive 10 |
I was wondering what type of accomplishments or connections are required for a band to be considered worthy of the wiki. Are there certain criteria that the editors are looking for on their way to the delete button?
I don't want to make the page like a press release, but I need to boast some accomplishments so that we're taken seriously. Any tips on walking that line gracefully? Thanks. 108.209.60.18 ( talk) 04:50, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello teahouse, Me and two other University Students have recently been building upon the Internet Addiction Disorder page adding new sections and information. We requested feedback on the talk page but only one user appears to have responded.
At the top of the article it asked for 'reorganization to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines' me and the other users have rearranged the page and would like feedback as to whether this meets Wikipedia standards.
Also as I am a newcomer to Wikipedia, please also take the time to request any additions, inform me of any mistakes or even give me tips for future edits, thanks. MikeMov89 ( talk) 19:04, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Hallows AG, thanks for taking the time to look at our page. MikeMov89 ( talk) 00:18, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello there, I'm new to Wikipedia and am currently doing an assignment at University. We've been advised not to use primary references, but to instead use secondary references. For example, my group is making a page for Adam Joinson, we've searched high and low for information which can be found on his website but not anywhere else (e.g. early career). Is it a case of looking harder, or is there a point where we give up and reference his career from his own web site? (which is linked externally from the University of Bath through here: http://www.bath.ac.uk/management/faculty/adam_joinson.html) Thank you. Sjr250790 ( talk) 16:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I was wondering if you could help me. I'm working with a group of other Wikipedian's to create a Wikipedia page on "Internet Relationship's" and I'm stuck as to how you code tables into the Wikipedia pages?
Any assistance/guidance would be much appreciated. Tlarco29 ( talk) 15:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi guys,
I'm new to wikipedia and have just started writing bits for wikipedia in my sandbox. I was wondering if there were any particular tips I should be aware of or things to watch out for?
Thanx
Cnurney9 ( talk) 11:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi
We have done some revisions on Emusic page as part of our university module and would love to gain some feedback if possible. Is this a good place to request this?
Thanks
Jason Yorkshiregeek ( talk) 13:52, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi all,
I'm new to Wikipedia, and I am editing an article that currently exists for a University project.
I'm not too sure if we need to cite a reference within our text, or do we just use a footnote to reference?
Any help would be appreciated, thank you :) LucianaFash ( talk) 13:14, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you both, your comments have been very helpful. I see what you mean Charles. Although I'm still unsure. I'm currently editing the Internet relationship page.
This is what I have in my sandbox, and I have included in there a citation, which I am unsure if it is the correct way to cite. Would either of you be able to comment if, that would be the correct way to go about it please?
Thank you LucianaFash ( talk) 14:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
Cite book}}
, which helps keep things consistent, but it is not necessary.
Rich
Farmbrough, 19:43, 20 March 2012 (UTC).I'd like to edit the Digital identity article. As it's been pointed out on the talk page and by people addressed by the question, the article needs serious rewrites to make it less technical and more comprehensive. However, as I'm a beginner Wikipedian, I am not sure how should I approach rewriting what other people have already written, what is the etiquette for such procedures? Thanks, Bettinusz ( talk) 10:31, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
One of the things I'd like to edit is the description of "Progressive Mennonites" on the Mennonite page under Worship, Doctrine, and Tradition (not remembering how to link to a subsection). It's not inaccurate, it's just incomplete and it's something that frustrates progressive Mennonites (like me). We have LGBT members, but because that puts us under pressure, people sometimes emphasize that over everything else. I'd like to expand on the final sentence "Progressive Mennonite Churches place a great emphasis on the Mennonite tradition's teachings on peace and non-violence."
The problem I'm running into--there's not a lot of documentation on what, specifically, a "progressive" Mennonite is. It's used casually and as a term of self-description, but I haven't been able to find published works on the subject.
I'm not sure how to proceed or whether to proceed. Ruthbrarian ( talk) 01:43, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, you've given me some food for thought. I'll keep doing research & see what I can come up with. No need to push, but I'd like to do it. Ruthbrarian ( talk) 19:48, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Dear all. I am a beginner at Wikipedia. I have tried to upload scans from newspapers to Wikimedia but have been told that the information is copyright, so what is the best way to present text from a printed article when there is no evidence of it on the internet but the article exists in printed media such as a newspaper. Thanks Benparcell ( talk) 13:41, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, this helps lots [User talk:Benparcell|talk]] Benparcell ( talk) 00:36, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
I was going through the lists of anime and manga and I wanted to learn more about one particular manga. I went to Wikipedia but it has no page. It's Shinyaku Ookami ga Kuru! This German/Japanese manga was interesting so I wanted to know more about it. Could anyone make it? I don't know if there's a certain way to make articles about anime/manga or not. HTcreager ( talk) 17:54, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
I want to start a new category in Wiki and to add some relevant articles to that. Someone please tell me how to do that ? Manmanoj ( talk) 15:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, some kind Tea House person was recently kind enough to award me a barn star. How do I display this on my user page so it neatly slots to the right side with user boxes? Wikiworld2 ( talk) 14:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
{{Userbox|id=[[File:Original Barnstar Hires.png|43px]]|info=This user has received the '''Original Barnstar.'''|id-c=#fdffe7|info-c=#fdffe7|border-c=#fceb92}}
Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to Wikipedia and have just started writing bits for wikipedia on the web design page. I was wondering if another person takes out a part of you what you have wrote can you re add it if you feel that it is a essential to the piece?
Thank you Teri Bateson ( talk) 11:45, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
I've been editing an article that has inline "references" written like an essay, like this: "Bean et. al (2001) states...". In some cases, I have found an online copy of the paper being referenced and can verify the reference (and change it to be more Wikipedia-friendly). In some others, however, I cannot find the paper at all, nor any mention of the paper except from the Wikipedia page and other websites quoting the Wikipedia page.
Should I just leave the block of text as-is, remove the citation, add "citation needed", or what? Thanks! -- Ace Jon ( talk) 11:23, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
If you've had an image tagged for not providing a license and/or the correct permission, and then followed the instructions to send off an email providing evidence of permission. How long does it roughly take to get the image sorted, and if theres not valid evidence will the image be unavailable to use on wikipedia for some time? Jack Greenaway ( talk) 17:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi, was working on a page recently and there was some debate that the article needed to be fine tuned (userfied) a bit. How do I begin a new user page/space to begin this process? I read the userfy page but is unclear... I wish to begin a new user page entitled "Web-Based Addiction-Recovery" in my user space so what goes in the URL bar of my browser? Wikiworld2 ( talk) 21:10, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I have written a fairly large edit for the article on Goshen College. This is my first major edit. It is in my sandbox and I would appreciate any constructive criticism prior to me posting it to the article. Thanks Gtwfan52 ( talk) 06:44, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, Gents! I resolved Chico's concern by simply rewording the intro. NtheP, I appreciate your input and rewrote it for readability. Thanks for using the template you used on it. I am going to put it up as is for now and at a later date will play with the template to fix it up pretty. This will not be the last thing I write. Wiki-ing is fun. Gtwfan52 ( talk) 08:29, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm trying to make sure that all of H. P. Lovecraft's works of fiction have links to the full-text story. I found a broken one earlier and am now checking them all. A great many are linked to Wikisource, using the template and that's awesome. Wikisource copies of the stories are high-quality.
But I've noticed that the links to Wikisource are all over the place. And sometimes it looks really awkward and out of the way. Nyarlathotep is semi-awkward, The Cats of Ulthar is pretty bad, but I like the way it's higher in the story page in Azathoth. I think it might almost even work in the top section.
Would it be ok to move it or is that against general Wikipedia form? Right now it's so disjoined from story-to-story and the box really doesn't look as good with references or external links as a straight link to the story would. Thoughts? Precedent? Ruthbrarian ( talk) 19:56, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
{{wikisource-inline|Nyarlathotep|single=true}}will give:
Hi,
Myself and a couple of fellow students are editing the eMusic article and are in the process of merging the Cductive article as mentioned. Can anyone give any pointers please? Mynewdomicile ( talk) 11:45, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
How can I tell which resources need to be checked on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot
Do all the resources need to be checked?
Thanks! GMHayes ( talk) 06:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
I am currently adding a section to an article, and within that section I have incorporated the use of two direct quotes from a source. How can I cite right after both the quotes, while maintaining that both quotes are derived from only ONE source? Every time I've created a citation after the quotes (exact same citation for both), at the bottom where the references are listed it displays the exact same source cited twice (reflecting the two times I've cited that same source). How can I prevent this from happening, and cite the source only once? Thanks! Maya.Riaz ( talk) 16:46, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
<ref name="goto">Dijkstra, E. "GOTO Statement Considered Harmful."</ref>The reference name you choose (in this example, it's "goto") is not particularly important as long as it's unique, but it helps to have at least a somewhat descriptive name. Then, every time afterwards that you want to use "GOTO Considered Harmful" as a source, instead of typing out the entire information within the ref tag again, you simply use the ref name again:
<ref name="goto"/>Wikipedia will make another link to the same entry in the reference list as the first. Hope this helps! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 16:56, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Oh, I see. Thanks a lot Writ Keeper! I realized that you must also include the closing of the reference tag (</ref>) in order for that method to work, but I got it to work eventually. Thanks again for your help!-- Maya.Riaz ( talk) 17:14, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Ahh, I missed out the "/" in the ref name citation so I guess thats why it didn't work. Thanks for pointing that out Nthep, I'll be sure to fix that in my citations. -- Maya.Riaz ( talk) 17:25, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
I've edited Wikipedia for a while now, but I never had a need to make an account. However, if you check my contributions, you will see that I joined to undo some bad edits to a page.
English appears to not be their first language and they aren't exactly proficient with it. I removed the opinions added and corrected the grammar. However, since then I've felt the need to monitor what they do to Tiesto related pages. I know they mean well, but it detracts from the quality of the article. Even besides the grammar, I've noticed everything they add doesn't use the correct way to spell Tiesto (Tiësto). lukini 15:19, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
What is the best way to request review of new article.
Rajenver ( talk) 09:47, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Thank you everyone for your advice and help. I have been struggling with using Internet Explorer 8 up to now. Also, been unable to get much speed out the editing/show preview/show changes/save page sequence – and that's putting it mildly..! Tonight, I have successfully down-loaded Mozilla Firefox. Wow! My aged PC is "on fire" – it's lightening. Just tried your {{Wikipedia:Teahouse/Question-form|question=Click here to ask a question}} , AND IT WORKED. Kindest regards to you all, Gareth Griffith-Jones ( talk) 01:22, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
I've already spoken to another user about this, but I'd like a second opinion. Recently, I've been trying to edit the page 'List of characters in Transformers Prime', because there is a notice saying it requires copy-editing for grammar, cohesion etc., but strangely, whenever I (or anyone else I've noticed) edit the article at all, the edit is always deleted within 48 hours and the page is returned to exactly, word for word, the way it was before, and all grammatical and spelling errors are returned as well. Is it common for users to do this? And if so, what can be done about it? To be clear, I do NOT vandalise the article or write anything obscene, I only correct grammar and spelling, and condense each character synopsis down so they're shorter and easier to read, because in my opinion, they're much too long. MunkkyNotTrukk ( talk) 16:00, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi Seniors , further to my article"Hradyesh" as guided by you all have reworked the same n posted . sadly it again got speedy deleted. Unable to understand what promotion or advertising m doing writing about an entrepreneurs work which is first ever in the country. Request seniors to please assist me on this , first article- 2 speedy deletion- m getting little frustrated with this ..
Help !!!!!
Aaanshu ( talk) 09:49, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I am trying to improve some articles on automobiles by adding external links to their corresponding websites. Is this a form of vandalism, especially if I add them to articles at rapid succession? (I haven't added any yet!) Jedd Raynier ( talk) ( contributions) 02:06, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
{{
Official website}}
that helps.
Rich
Farmbrough, 02:47, 24 March 2012 (UTC).Are improvements in readability or style (not content) legitimate edits? I am wondering because i use Wikipedia content in my writing everyday (with links as citations) in the definitions of terms I make for newspaper articles (my rather strange job) and I often see places where the clarity or accuracy of the prose could be improved, but I could also see where the issue of readability might be ultimately unresolvable, an issue of personal preference, also I wonder about this from a sort of philosophical perspective too, Wikipedia content definitely converges to greater accuracy, but does readability require one unified author (I read my physiology textbooks & Wikipedia outloud into MP3 and then listen to them as a form of study, this really makes clarity of prose apparent). Fernquestjon ( talk) 11:38, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Any hints for making improvements to articles discretely while not offending people?
Example: I was changing some of the text about the rabbit digestive system and while I was doing this two things came to mind: 1. this is a big change smack in the middle of other people's work, so even though the change was important because some facts were wrong and the works cited either no longer existed or were not credible sources (e.g. pet food ad), I don't want to come across as Conan the Barbarian; and 2. in the end I came to the conclusion that what was needed was a separate article on the rabbit digestive system citing the highest quality sources (and I am writing this now, planning to keep a draft copy hanging off my user page, is this legit? don't really want to post it until it is a finished article, having someone critique it would be nice too, perhaps in the mammal project, but everything will be backed by the highest quality sources). Any feedback? :) Fernquestjon ( talk) 05:48, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
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