User talk:Engineman

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!

Hello Engineman, welcome to Wikipedia!

I noticed nobody had said hi yet... Hi!

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing! --Alf melmac 12:48, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This May Help You

When you want to link to something on Wikipedia, you can just put two sets of square barackets around the words. For example, if I wanted to link to the USA article, I could just type [ [USA] ], without the spaces, to have USA. J Milburn 20:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello, it is me again. You been my friend just entails us being nice to one another! Adding an article to a Category is easy, just add an internal link to the bottom of the page, to the category page. Say I wanted to add a page to the Weaponlord category (I only say that as it is one I made) I would type [ [Category:Weaponlord] ] at the bottom of the page, again without the spaces. You can create new ones by adding one that doesn't exist, then following the link to write a line of description on the category. Another thing, when you use a talk page, sign your name and the date after the writing by typing four of these- ~ after your name. That way, people can quickly get to your user page, when you make one, and your talk page. Which article was it that was going to be deleted? J Milburn 22:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Um....

Alphachimpbot didn't decide to add the cleanup tag to the page. It was added by somebody else. My bot only fixed it. Your references look great. I'd encourage you to add them to the article in question. Best Regards, alphaChimp laudare 18:48, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Which article was it, by the way? alphaChimp laudare 18:49, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I added the tag... User:Alphachimp's bot just follows me around fixing the fact that I'm too lazy and/or stubborn to remember to used dated cleanup tags rather than the older undated ones...--Isotope23 17:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles

I'm still going through the references... I've noticed it is essentially the same references on every page... so all of these references each cover all of these topics?

The only other criticism I have is that the articles could (and should) be cleaned up a bit and made more accessible. Right now, they are a bit difficult to understand for someone not already familiar with the topic. Please remember this is an encyclopedia and the idea is to give a broad overview that will be understandable to the majority of people reading the article. This should be a starting point where they can start before doing more indepth research on a topic. You might want to consider rewriting the articles a bit so the core concepts are more accessible.

I should finish up looking at the sources in the next few days (I'm a bit busy with outside things right now)... hang tight, The tags will probably be gone by this time next week.--Isotope23 17:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

Hi Isotope - I've tracked down most of the original articles / sources which I will have next week, so when I do, I'll go through all the Wiki articles and trim the references specific to each article. Trouble is at the moment I can't exaclty remember which bit covers which and there is some duplication. Perhaps when I've done that you could just weed out the unnceccessary ones? - Engineman.

[edit] Concerned about your topics

Greetings! I stumbled across the series of articles which has largely been edited by you, and have some concerns about them. The articles in question are:

It appears to me that these are largely documenting your own personal research. Unfortunately, I believe that it may be in violation of several Wikipedia policies and guidelines. For starters, original research is not permitted (for fear that Wikipedia would be overwhelmed by everyone promoting their own pet theories). Also, the terms as you use them appear to be neologisms -- invented by you and used by few other people -- which are strongly discouraged. I say all of this based on the fact that the terms produce very few hits on either the web or in print publications. The few hits that are not actually authored by yourself (David Andrews) appear to be using the terms in ways other than what you intend.

I'd like to give you the chance to communicate with other Wikipedia editors who are focused on sociology issues, to have them review the articles. It may be that these concepts are already present on Wikipedia, using terminology that isn't neologistical. Or it may be that despite my largely futile efforts to find evidence of these concepts beyond Wikipedia, they do in fact have general support within the field, and thus should remain in Wikipedia. But barring such possibilities, I'm afraid that I will need to flag these articles for deletion. Please understand that this is not out of any antipathy towards you or your ideas, but out of respect for the Wikipedia process. Skybum 22:41, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How the UK National Grid is presently controlled

Hello! Thanks for writing this: it's wonderfully detailed. Is this your own original work? More specifically, are you the copyright owner? If you could add citations or web links to supporting references for this text, that would make it even better. -- The Anome 19:40, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] February 2007

[edit] Somewhere over england

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Unfortunately, an article you recently created, Somewhere over england, doesn't conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for new articles so it will shortly be removed, if it hasn't been already. Please use the sandbox for any tests you may want to do and please read our introduction page to learn more about contributing. Thank you. —— Eagle101 Need help? 03:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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