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Thank you! But how did you know I wanted to edit? Is this a default? And also, the "edit" tool used to be named "change" but why has it changed? Prime Contributer (talk) 16:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to remove article that have been created from the Most wanted list at any time. It does not require admin action to edit the page. -- Creol(talk) 13:30, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there Minor Contributer! I noticed your userpage is a red link, and I am encouraging you to create your userpage so that it isn't a red link anymore. Please consider this. Razorflame14:57, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi PC, noticed you've been creating a lot of new pages. If one takes material from the English Wikipedia, as you did, one should mention it on the talk page. Creol created the template ((Enwp based)) to be placed on the talk pages of articles that are created based on simplified versions of En:wp pages. The template requires the complete address of the version used as the basis for the article (and will tell you if you don't include the url) while providing a link to the version itself and informing the reader of the available history of the article. This should completely cover the reference back/history requirements under the GFDL. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This article or parts of it were created based, in whole or in part, on this version of the English Wikipedia article. The complete history of the article can be found there. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, people probably don't do it but they should. In order to comply with GFDL, all edits must be attributable to their original author. It's why copying and pasting articles is disallowed. It only takes a few moments to add the relevant permanent link to the talk page. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, when you wrote "This article or parts of it were created based, in whole or in part, on this version of the English Wikipedia article. The complete history of the article can be found there.", there was a link to the EN Wikipedia page. How do I create that link, without typing the entire URL out? Prime Contributer (talk) 16:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You need the whole URL. And you need it to be the permanent link (which you can get if you select Permanent link in the Toolbox in en-wiki. The page will reload with something like &oldid=217770067 at the end of the URL. Copy that URL and paste it into the template. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:37, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I managed it, some how. It doesn't seem like what you wrote, but it has the same effect. I didn't add the &oldid=217770067 at the end, but it still worked. Took me 3 tries. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, you need the oldid to be added. When you copy the article from English wikipedia, you need to get the "Permanent link" - this is important because the article could change many times before it's referred to here. So the Permanent link takes you to a point in the en-wiki history which is fixed. It's not that confusing. I'll fix the one you've done, and perhaps you can check it out and see if it makes sense. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:50, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Here are some ideas I had for pages for you to edit:
Eusociality needs simplifying; also create/sipmlify the other two concepts; find a good category for them (bology is too general).
Create/expand/simplify the taxonomy from Muroidea downwards, If I am informed correctly, that is all hamsters, lemmings, mice, rats...
I am currently working on the Muriodea, any help would be appreciated
Okay, but I don't know what eusociality is, I'll have to check, I may not be able to help. And okay, I'll try to help on the rodents. By the way, you forgot to sign off, who are you? Prime Contributer (talk) 14:00, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have copied the article from EnWP, and started to simplify it; it basically is the used to describe the social behaviour found in ants, termites, some wasps and some bees. I think there are two African rodent species who also have a form of it. And sorry, I forgot to sign above. --Eptalon (talk) 15:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was just giving you ideas - I am not fixed on rodents. There are many rodents, and many insects too - very few of them have good articles here. I think getting the article into a form that is suitable is as important as getting an article at all. So when copying over, make sure to review the categories (we don't have all of them), and remove or comment out the templates we don't have. --Eptalon (talk) 15:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ohai. I saw you added the ((simplify)) template on the article baseball uniform. Do you think you can point out on Talk:Baseball uniform what you thought needed simplifying? I don't really see it needs further simplifying, but assuming you saw some non-simplified statements, I just would like to see where they were. Thanks, RyanCross (talk) 05:49, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Difficult to describe actually. It is more of the words and the general structure. I have a little difficulty reading the article, though it might be because I have little knowlege of baseball. Prime Contributer (talk) 06:08, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My reply here. Are you watching my talk page? Because I'm getting a little tired having to always add a link to my reply. Watchlisting my talk page will be so much easier. -- RyanCross (talk) 14:19, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi i was wondering if the Charlotte Lindström article isnt ready to be published on English wikipedia. On the article name of 2007 hitman case or something similar.Have a nice day--217.209.116.113 (talk) 09:56, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I see you have been contributing to the article, but I don't understand you. Remember that wwhatever is on Simple EN Wikipedias isn't meant to be put on the EN Wikipedia. Prime Contributer (talk) 09:58, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi PC. Thanks for your comments. Can you point to exactly which criteria you feel this PVGA fails? You mentioned it was incomplete, the criterion for that says "The article must be comprehensive. A comprehensive article is not missing any major facts and details." - I've covered all the major facts such as her personal life and how she got on in every single major tournament - the Grand Slam tournaments. The en-wiki article needs serious work - it has far too much trivial information. Can you be specific about what you think is missing so I can alleviate your concerns? Also, if you could point me to the other articles which you said were as good as this but hadn't been considered very good? Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:02, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I see what you mean. I'm not too sure on what a good biography should have, but I feel it should be as comprehensive as posible. I cannot point out to you the other good articles at this momment, I cannot remember, but I'm sure I've come across quite a few before. I'll show the articles you when I come across another, but for the time being, I think I'll look at the EN version first. Prime Contributer (talk) 10:08, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've looked through other biographies, and Albert Einstein is quite up to standard, and the article on Beethoven is fully comprehensive. The Beethoven article has only been voted as "good", and I feel it to be much better than the currently voted VGA article on Hantuchova. If this article is a VGA, then I think this Wikipedia might already be able to have a featured article for each day! Prime Contributer (talk) 10:17, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But the two articles you refer to deal with biographies of people who were around for 60, 70 or more years. Hanutchova is 25 and the article meets all PVGA criteria. As for Einstein's article, I think it's far from good - there are no references, plenty of red links, and 42 quotes?! That's just crazy. Beethoven has many red links and very, very few references. It's better than Einstein by a mile, and it may well make GA, but neither of those articles are close to VGA. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:21, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I see. Alright, I think I need to know more about good and very good first. I'll try to read the requirements again, but not now, I need to go. Prime Contributer (talk) 10:23, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to be one of the main subjects of philosphy; almost every philosopher has said something about it. I mentioned Hume because his ideas are easy to understand; I could laso have mentionen immanuel Kant (would probably be harder, though) --Eptalon (talk) 13:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I much admit, I am a bit amazed my all this. When I started on the English Wikipedia just a few months ago, I believe I was just an annoying user who asked a million questions. And all I really ever did there was change and add to my userpage - I had not yet learned how to edit. I nearly decided to completely slide away from editing on Wikipedia, for it was very boring.
Then Andrew from NC posted somewhere on EN:WP about a new "Wikiproject Christianity" he had started on ‘’Simple’’. Out of curiosity I checked it out. I decided to join it, so I created an account under the username "America Needs Jesus" (that was my user name there at the time). Some editors here did not like my username and asked me to change. I told them that I was allowed to keep it on EN:WP, but they still persisted.
I had done a little overview of this Wikipedia and I liked it. I had even already started a few articles (something I could never do on EN). All my life, I've felt like such a bother, so I really wanted to avoid doing that here. I decided to change it for them. I wanted my username to have something to with my country, America. I don't why, but "American Eagle" came to mind. I checked it, and it was free. They then changed it for me, and since then, I use American Eagle on pretty much any site I create an account on (including changing my username on EN to it).
Much to my amazement, I asked more questions here than I did starting out on EN! (Special thanks to all who answered my questions.) I now believe that if I had not had all those questions answered for me, and for the understanding and helpfulness of editors here, I would never be the editor I have learned to be. I had made so many mistakes starting out, such as changing all British to American English, and posted a SPAM message on tons of user’s talk pages (oh wait, what am I doing now?!), but believe I have learned my lesson.
I'm really not sure why I wrote out an essay on this thank you message, I guess I just felt like it. I especially want to thank those who nominated me, but I am so grateful for each and every one of you who gave your trust to me in this way, I will not abuse it. I say it again, Thank you. -- America†alk18:09, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Even so, the main page exists all the time, and it ought to be corrected, immediately, since the new design might not come out very soon, or will it? Minor Contributer (talk) 10:51, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have answered why to Tholly. The translation link is a red link, in other words, no translation! What's the point of having it there when it links to nothing? Minor Contributer (talk) 10:46, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That is the point of the entire Totw system, to translate articles into as many languages as we can. The fact that there is no translation is exactly why it is listed - so we can translate it.-- Creol(talk) 10:49, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The TOTW is a project spanning all wikipedias; the idea is that it gets translated into as many languages as possible; and yes, it changes weekly (actually each Monday). --Eptalon (talk) 10:54, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your talk page, to answer your question... I could have said 'here', but 'there' was more about the topic than the place, as you asked on my page too. - tholly--Turnip--14:19, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please discuss the changes you're making to Main Page subpages at Simple talk first. I've had to fix several errors you've introduced, and some of your changes have been plain reverted by others. We s should discuss before changing the Main Page. —Giggy10:16, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well Mass is the sort of word that means what it means. Nothing else really means the same thing. I've linked it so if anyone wants to know what it its they can click that. Shall I link the title of the section? The Flying Spaghetti Monster!10:38, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh and sorry to be a bit picky with your edits but that actually is an animation and not a video. Its a lot of pictures taken over the course of several days by Voyager 1. I appreaciate that it does look more like a video though. The Flying Spaghetti Monster!10:40, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers for having a look and by the way that redirect it ok, I linked the page Venus to Venus (disambiguation) which I moved from Venus originally. Look at the way they do it on En:WP, the planet Venus is more important than those things so Venus links there but there is a link on the page Venus to the disambiguation. I know its a bit unclear, just look. Cheers for the comments!The Flying Spaghetti Monster!09:26, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I saw you edited Baptist, I don't know what your background is there. I copied (and started simpilfying) a section in that article that tries to explain the relationship of Baptists to other Christian Churches. For example, some don't like the label Protestant. If you have time (and knowledge), could you perhaps go over this section, to make it easier to understand, as well as checking for factual inaccuracies. Thanks. --Eptalon (talk) 10:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I can't really help much. I have really little knowledge on the subject. I think I editted it only for something minor. Sorry it took me so long to reply. Minor or Prime10:24, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Minor Contributer, please remember when copying articles from en that you simplify them and remove any broken templates etc. You copied Nasal consonant and its not simple, and has broken templates and cats. Normandy(talk)12:03, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ya was working on the template for the IPA in fact after I copied it. But will take quite a while to fix all of it plus all the missing links. I did do the simplification bit. thx for the note Minor or Prime
Thank you for trying things out on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it is now gone. Please use the sandbox if you want to do any more test changes, and see the welcome page if you want to learn about helping Simple English Wikipedia. Thank you.--213.107.74.132 (talk) 08:16, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I knew that by the way. I reverted my own changes after that. Was trying to see if the qd was necessary if you could the talk page. Apparently you can't. Minor or Prime08:19, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello there; just wanted to tell yoi I have awarded you autopatrol. This means that your article creations no longer show up highlighted in the new page log. Hope to see you more often again. All the best. --Eptalon (talk) 21:36, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
All the examples which can be shown in English are there. Those in foreign languages assume that whoever reads it either needs to learn about phonetics or knows the languages, otherwise they won't need to understand the IPA symbols - temporarily until I create the pages for each individual sound in the long term. thx for the advice Minor or Prime09:16, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that you put an rfd on this page, but didn't create a discussion page. Were you going to finish the rfd process? Just wondering. :) --Auntof6 (talk) 03:25, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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