User talk:Eric Jack Nash
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Welcome to Wikipedia, Eric Jack Nash! I'm Celestianpower. I noticed that you were new and/or have yet to receive any messages so I just thought I'd pop in to say "hello". Hello. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it's so big but we won't bite so Be Bold and get what you know down in microchips! If you do make a mistake, that's fine, we'll assume good faith and just correct you: it'll take a few seconds maximum! Here, however, are a few links to get you started:
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[edit] Link
2006 is already linked where is states the release date. The page only needs one link for 2006, one of those needs to be removed. Bignole 18:00, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
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- I don't know if it is preferable to link to a general page (i.e. 2006 the year) or to a specific page (i.e. films of 2006). You may need to requisition a help bot for that. Otherwise, since they are going to two separate pages I don't know of a reason to not have both. Bignole 19:57, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Links
Please refer to WP:MOS-L for more information about having too much links in an article.
Internal links
The use of links to other Wikipedia articles, for example, Ant, is encouraged. Use the links for all words and terms that are relevant to the article.
The purpose of internal links is to allow readers to easily and conveniently follow their curiosity or research to other articles. These links should be included where it is most likely that a reader would want to follow them elsewhere — for example, in article introductions, the beginnings of new sections, table cells, and image captions. Generally, where it is likely that a reader may wish to read about another topic, the reader should not have to hunt for a link elsewhere in the page.
On the other hand, do not make too many links. An article may be considered overlinked if any of the following is true:
* more than 10% of the words are contained in links; * it has more links than lines; * a link is repeated in the same article (although there may be case for duplicating an important link that is distant from the previous occurrence); * more than 10% of the links are to articles that don't exist; or * low added-value items are linked without reason — such as, 1995, 1980s, and 20th century.
This also applies to tables, considered by themselves.
As a general rule, do not put links in the title; however, this may be acceptable with complex titles or verbose leads, such as those concerning multiple concepts.
Thanks
[edit] Electrical engineering comments
Hi Eric,
Thanks for your comments. I was mindful of building services when revising the article and so the article does actually mention building services (although not in those words) and has done so since August of 2005. Quoting from the article:
| “ | From the global positioning system to electric power generation, electrical engineers are responsible for a wide range of technologies. They design, develop, test and supervise the deployment of electrical systems and electronic devices. For example, they may work on the design of telecommunication systems, the operation of electric power stations, the lighting and wiring of buildings, the design of household appliances or the electrical control of industrial machinary. | ” |
However if you feel you can improve the article further please feel free to do so.
Cedars 11:23, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Supernova
I wasn't aware that there were two bands by the same name. I dismissed the rewritten article as a hoax. I looked at the pop/punk band's Myspace page, and as far as I can tell they're not a notable band by Wikipedia standards. I'll bring this up on the talk page and see if we can reach an agreement to the band's notability. Jtrost (T | C | #) 20:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rock Star: Supernova
Just an honest mistake. I was removing a formatting error the same anon introduced, and didn't notice I had removed that paragraph either. I've put it back. Kirjtc2 14:44, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help in the clean up. I was going back to revisit what I just wrote and it still could use some polishing. But I appreciate your help :) --vi 01:11, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] re:Rock Star - compromise
No problem. I'll be there to fix any other problems with the article or related articles. P.S. Go Magni and Josh! :P íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 17:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, I like Josh because he's from Manchester, NH. But I like Ryan too, especially after he sang Losing My Religion. That was awesome. íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 17:58, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] RfA
Check it out. I've been nominated for admin. I hope you vote. Thanx. íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 19:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WPWikiProject Musicians
Wikipedia is in sore need of a policy on for musician pages, and you have been active in this area before. Therefore, please provide your comments and opinions on the policies there. Thanks in advance!--Esprit15d 19:35, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] My RfA
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Thank you for voting in my RfA. I would especially like to thank those 18 people that supported me. But I'd also like to thank those that may have not voted for me, but gave me advice to make me a better wikipedian. Once again, I thank you all. Unfortunately, the final result was 18 supporters, 32 opposers, 9 nuetrals, therefore I wasn't promoted to sysop. I hope to see you vote in my next RfA in late 2006, early 2007. Hopefully you'll support me. íslenska hurikein #12 (samtal) 15:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] FYI
You are the spitting image of actor Jason Lee (see?)--Crestville 20:19, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- You made the key mistake of providing a link to your myspace site on your wikipedia profile, and me being the curious cat I am checked it out. It's a complament BTW and you look much better now than you did in that older pic where you looked a little bit like Fred Flintstone.--Crestville 18:29, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Quarrymen
Can you sort out The Beatles line-ups? The Quarrymen is missing a lot of people.--andreasegde 16:22, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- Are you familiar with The Beatles line-ups? The rock family tree in The Quarrymen is continued in The Beatles line-ups. If by missing you mean that Ringo Starr isn't listed, then the reason is because he is in the continuation in the other line-up/rock family tree. Maybe we need to note that it is continued there. Otherwise, if you mean something else, then please let me know and I'll try to help. Thanks. --luckymustard 17:20, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Pete Shotton and (the other ones?) were in it. I´ll find the photo and get back to you. I don´t want to touch the editing, because it´s too complicated for an amateur... I´ll be back soon. --andreasegde 18:18, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Ahhh... I see now. My point is that as it seems impossible to put the whole Quarrymen line-up on The Beatles line-ups page, is there a way of directing readers to The Quarrymen without putting the line-up on there? "See: The Quarrymen", might be better. At the moment it looks as though McCartney and Harrison were in it right at the beginning. --andreasegde 18:29, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 6, October 2006
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[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 7, November 2006
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Again, the issue of the month is inline citations. A Day in the Life, A Hard Day's Night (song), and Get Back have all been defeatured, as they failed to satisfy criterion 1(c) of What is a featured article?, and other song FAs are due for the chopping block. Inline citations are an important aspect of articles—they ensure verifiability and reliability, and they remove original research. Additionally, they give readers the option to read the original source material and view it within context. Basically:
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[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 8, December 2006
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Wikipedia's standards are improving all the time, with the result that many articles in The Beatles Wikiproject are being nominated for review of their FA and GA status - and many are losing that accolade. It is difficult, with such a large number of articles and the ease with which editors may make changes which are detrimental, to maintain the standard of articles, let alone improve them. As ever, members efforts are both appreciated and needed to keep the Project on course.
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[edit] Wikilogos
I thought you might be interested in my proposal for Wikipedia to use logo variations created by members of the wiki community to mark national and international awareness days, Remembrance Days, notable anniversaries, and observance days. Please comment on Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Logo Variations and on my talk page. Thanks! FrummerThanThou 10:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 9, January 2007
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[edit] Redlink removal on List of text-based MMORPGs
Wikipedia is not an Internet directory, nor an indiscriminate collection of information - if we're including games that aren't notable enough to have Wikipedia articles, then the page becomes one or the other of these, depending on whether or not we externally link to them. --McGeddon 11:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know - the redlink issue itself is fairly clear; there's no point making a redlink for a minor MMORPG if the created article would immediately fail notability guidelines and be deleted. Making them into external links would break the "not an Internet directory" guideline - a huge list of unlinked MMORPG titles (with or without descriptions) is possibly encyclopaedic, if it makes a good attempt at being exhaustive, and sheds some light on the subject, but I think it'd have to be an "Internet directory" to some extent, to be at all useful. --McGeddon 21:34, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
