User talk:Yves Revi

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello, Yves Revi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  --Robdurbar 19:13, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for replying! A talk page is used to discuss changes to an article or to propose new ones. They are used to contest someone's edits, ask for people to add certain information to an article or to work with others to improve an article (see this page for a full explanation).
If your first language isn't English then that's fine - Wikipedia is a great place to learn more and if you like translating articles from other Wikipedia's into English, then that is always considered really helpful. As for signing a post - this is usually done at the end of a message - like this --Robdurbar 19:39, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question About Translation

I am a new here and I've just read all of the information about Wikipedia and the tutorial. My question is: Because of my mother tongue and my willingness expand Wikipedia, can I translate a page only in Indonesian to an English one? If I've already translated it, will it be corrected first by Wikipedia? Thanks for anybody helps. --Yves Revi 14:18, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

That depends on the exact nature of the original article and tranlation. The article still has to meet all of the English wikipedia's standards such as no original research, neutral point of view, use reliable sources and so on for inclusion and you have to be able to license the work under the GFDL literal word for word translations may have copyright issue if the original work is not GFDL and/or may need refererncing to the original author. After that the article will also still be subject to all the normal wiki things, such as possibly being subject to deletion, editing by other users etc. etc. --pgk 14:40, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

You might also want to read Wikipedia:Translation_into_English. Cheers,  Netsnipe  ►  14:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question (Again) About Translation

This is my second question: Can I translate the page only available in Indonesian, but not included in the list of pages needed translation? Can anybody explain me about this kind of job? Thanks. --Yves Revi 15:45, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Translate whatever you want. This is a volunteer project after all. The list is just what the translation team thinks is more important to do first though. --  Netsnipe  ►  16:59, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Yves

You are more than welcome - regarding Icelandic names. You'll find several different reactions from folks at wikipedia - from the very friendly to the . . .. very contentious, who will want to argue about everything. My advice is to respond in a way that makes you feel good. That is why you are here [my opinion]], to feel good about your contribution. I see that you have interest in translating from Indonesian. My mother learned some Indonesian during the 7 years she spent there and has only fond memories. Life is good. Carptrash 03:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

My parents and my youngest brother moved to Indonesia after I had gone off to college. Both my parents are now to old to take a trip that long and far but I would love to and likely my brother would too. However, like you, there are things going on for me here that preclude my jaunting off around the world. Oh yes, most of the contributers at wikipedia are dedicated and I've learned to just allow folks who want to argue to have their way. I now pick the spots where I take a stand very carefully. life is good. Carptrash 15:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Question at WP:NUH

Hi, this is regarding the question that you asked at WP:NUH. Please see Wikipedia:Userboxes for a big list of userboxes that you can put up at your userpage -- Lost(talk) 14:26, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stickers

The stickers are called userboxes. See Wikipedia:Userboxes. utcursch | talk 14:26, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

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