User talk:Kdammers

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I have spent about an hour --> trying to figure out how to participate -meaningfully- in Wikipedia. I suggest that the W. staff show their site to some test volunteers and watch them to see all the places they get frustrated. Then the introductory material should be massively revamped.

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[edit] Why the deletion?

I removed that statement because it appears incorrect, and there is nothing specific enough for me to research its validity. How exactly can the health history be read from an osteon? What are the right conditions needed? If you have references for this, I would like to see them. In addition, the formatting was incorrect,

since it appeared like this, which seems to suggest a cut and paste job.

Considering that it was added by a user with no user page or talk page, I didn't really expect you to be watching the article's talk page, so it was just easier to remove it.

On another note, your above statement should go on your user page. Also, there is no Wikipedia staff; everyone here is a volunteer. If you think the introductory material is lacking, then you should go ahead and fix it so it can help others. If you get frustrated somewhere because of wrong instructions or what not, you should fix that too, or at least, leave a message on the talk page. Finally, you should sign your posts with ----. This automatically adds your signature, and a timestamp. There is also a button (2nd-to-last) in the editing toolbar above the edit box that adds it. If you need help, or have any other questions about anything at all, don't hesitate to ask on my talk page, I'll be glad to help. Welcome to Wikipedia! --jag123 16:13, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Help

Hey there. I'm not really sure what you mean by dialogue pages. Pretty much everything you need is located here: Help:Contents. For markup help, you can visit Wikipedia:How to edit a page. If you add a space as the first character of a new line, then you'll get the fixed-width, grey-background thing happening. So don't try to indent paragraphs with a bunch of spaces, since it won't work. It's not unusual for people to put links of commonly viewed/used pages on their user page. (In your case, this is User:Kdammers)

If you want to make new articles, just enter the title in the search box located on the left of your screen and then press go. If that title isn't used, you'll see a red link that says "create an article with this title". Clicking that will then show you an edit box where you can enter the text of the article. If you do create a new article, you should use a category (by adding [[Category:Category Name]] at the bottom). Ideally, you should also make links from existing articles to point to yours. If you don't, it's unlikely that your article will be found.

As for the IP address, make sure you're logged in before you make edits. At the top of the screen, you'll see "Create an account/Log in" if you're not logged in, and "Kdammers My talk My watchlist..." if you are logged in. Wikipedia is a bit overwhelming at first, but you'll get the hang of it. Even though I've been here a few months, I still find new stuff every week. If you need more help, don't be afraid to let me know. --jag123 22:27, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Notice board

Hello Kdammers! I see you are from Chicago too. I hope Nonsan is treating you well. Anyway, I'm posting here to let you know that there is now a notice board for Korea-related topics. This board is a central place to discuss all matters pertaining to Wikipedia's coverage of Coreana. I hope you'll drop by and help the board to take shape. -- Visviva 15:00, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Visviva: If I don't get lost, I'll check it out. I hope to set up a Wik group here at Konyang, where we can contribute to the Korean material in Wik(e) as real-life practice in constructing English texts. I also hope we'll contribute to Wik(k).Kdammers 04:26, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
That sounds like a very cool idea. I hope it works out. By the way, thanks for your contribution to Gyeryong. I've tried to answer your question on the Talk page. -- Visviva 09:00, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Collaboration of the month

Dear Korea notice board member,

Starting this July, we will work to get one article as close to featured article status as possible. Please please please please please help! Below is the information message for this collaboration. Feel free to post it on your user page. Cheers! -- Visviva 06:42, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Image:Rabbits-30px.png The current collaboration of the month for Korea-related topics is Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598).
Please help bring it up to Featured Article standard.

[edit] Sea of Japan/East Sea

Hello! Currently, there is a vote over the name of Sea of Japan/East Sea in Korean contexts. If you are interested in voting, please go here. Kokiri 12:32, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Korean article template

Hi, thanks for your question. Sorry I'm so late getting back to you. Life on and off Wikipedia has been full of all sorts of unexpected hecticity... Anyway, the Korean article template.

The idea behind the template is pretty simple. The basic idea is that every article should have the following, unless there is some reason to the contrary:

  1. a relevant "See also" section,
  2. at least one relevant Korea-related category, and
  3. a name table.
  4. Template:Korean on the Talk page.

In more detail...

  1. The "See also" section should include a link to the List of Korea-related topics (LKRT), and anything else that's obviously relevant but not linked in the article text. If you prefer, you can just put in the LKRT link and let someone else add the others. If you want to add more, here's the rule I've been following: look in each category of which the article is a member. If that category has a main article (like Korea in Category:Korea), then that main article should be linked -- either from the text, or from the See also section. The same for parent categories, within reason. Here's an example: Munmu of Silla is a member of the categories Silla and Korean rulers. Thus, the articles Silla and Rulers of Korea are linked in the article text. Those two categories are part of Category:Korean history and Category:Korean people. Thus, History of Korea is linked in the See also section, and so is List of Koreans (well, it is now). Both of those are members of Category:Korea, hence the link to the LKRT.
  2. You can find a complete (?) list of Korea-related categories at List of Korea-related topics#Categories. Or just start at Category:Korea and work your way down.
  3. Template:Koreanname noimage is fine for the vast majority of articles. Cut and paste Template talk:Koreanname noimage#Syntax and fill in the blanks. All Korean name tables require you to specify at least these four variables: hangul, hanja, rr, and mr. "Rr" stands for Revised Romanization of Korean, and "mr" stands for McCune-Reischauer Romanization. If you don't know what should go in these fields, just leave them blank -- however, at a minimum the hangul should be provided (that allows other editors to verify the article and identify the other name-related information). You can request help on the Korea-related notice board.
  4. This one's easy. Just paste {{Korean}} onto the top of the talk page. Done!

Most of our existing articles should already conform to this, since we just finished a housekeeping sweep in June. But there are more new ones coming in every day...

I've also taken to adding a "Wish list" to the talk pages of new/inactive articles, identifying 2 or 3 things that the article is lacking. Hopefully this will help other contributors see where they can help. (Of course, if I can contribute the information myself, I do so).

I hope this isn't all too overwhelming. Your excellent work so far is much appreciated.

Cheers,

Visviva 07:35, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Hey, that's a good idea. I have created Template:Korean article. To use it in a new article just enter {{subst:Korean article}} in the text box, and save. Then edit the page and fill in the blanks. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions. Happy editing! -- Visviva 05:37, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Usercategorization

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/South Korea page as living in or being associated with South Korea. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in South Korea for instructions. Rmky87 16:16, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome! Rmky87 18:12, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] SUB Goe

 I have copied this hither, since some-one wanted to delete part of this.

The Göttingen State and University Library (German: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, or SUB Göttingen; English short form: Goettingen SUB) is the library for Göttingen University as well as the central library for the German State of Lower Saxony (with its central catalogue), and the library for the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen. It also houses the Goettinger Digitalisierungszentrum, the GBV regional library consortium offfices, and numerous projects in librarianship and related fields as well as providing such online services as its virtual library and Vascoda.

One of the largest libraries in Germany, the Goettingen SUB houses some 4 1/2 million volumes as well as 13,000 holographs and other manuscripts and 350 Nachlässe (literary remains). The library works under a dispersed system, with numerous branch libraries located in various academic departments, supplementing the central collection housed in the new library building (construction completed in 1992) on the main campus and the historical library building in downtown. The library is responsible for a number of special-area collections (Sondersammelgebiete) under the German national library system. The historical library building holds manuscripts, rare books, and a significant history-of-science collection and research facility as well as works in the special-area collections, old-stock and other items. In addition, its original core, the Pauliner Church, has been made through adaptive re-use and reconstruction into an exhibition and lecture center. All newly accessioned materials as well as almost all old holdings are electronically cataloged; a small number of old holdings (some of those from the 19402-1970s) are only searchable electronically using a "virtual catalogue." The library holds a large collection of academic database CD-ROMs, an extensive collection of micro-forms, and collections of aural and audio-visual media.

In the year 2002, the goetttingen SUB won the German Library of the Year (Bibliothek des Jahres) award.



[edit] History The Library was founded in 1734 at the same time as the university. It soon was considered one of the leading research libraries in Germany, pioneering cataloging systems (then in large bound volumes). Christian Gottlob Heyne's directorship (1763-1812) laid the basis for the library's status. However, a half century of reduced financing then weakened the library's status. Only in 1866, with official Prussian sponsorship, did the library again begin to flourish. Both Heinrich Heine and Wolfgang von Goethe used and commented on the library in their time.



[edit] Bibliography Fast, Jan-Jasper, Tobias Möller: The Future with Tradition: The Göttingen State and University Library. [Transl. Kim Dammers, Isabel D. Holowaty] Göttingen : Georg-August-Univ. 2003. Elmar Mittler: "Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen," in Bernd Hagenau (ed.): Regionalbibliotheken in Deutschland. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2000. Pp. 187 - 195. Fabian, Bernhard (ed.): Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland. Vol. 2, 1. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 1998. pp. 140-266. Christiane Kind-Doerne: Die Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen. Ihre Bestände und Einrichtungen in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1986.


[edit] Internet Links The library's English language Internet site: http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/index-e.html Wikimedia Commons (photographs of the new library builidng : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/SUB_G%C3%B6ttingen Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ttingen_State_and_University_Library"

[edit] U Dae

Kdammers
Hangul:
우 대겅
Hanja:
insert here
Revised Romanization: U Dae-keong
McCune-Reischauer: insert here

U Dae-keong is a South Korean ceramic artist.

Keep deletion tags off of peoples talk pages,they are ment for articles..Dudtz 10/7/05 3:13 Pm EST

[edit] Style and nature of his work

Using mostly local yellow clay, U creates pottery as well as other forms of ceramic art. Included in the latter are abstract objects expressing the present human condition as expressed through aspects of Korean history and culture.

U also teaches pottery to adults and school children.

He has had his works have been exhibited in Hamburg, Germany in 1995 as one of selected Korean, Japanese and Chinese artists, in Daejeon, and most recently (2005) at the Nonsan cultural center.

[edit] Biography

U Dae-keong is a native of Deajeon, where he graduated from university, studying under I Jeong-su.

[edit] Weblink

  • www.togam.net

[edit] See also

Category:Korea

Kdammers
Hangul:
우 대겅
Hanja:
insert here
Revised Romanization: U Dae-keong
McCune-Reischauer: insert here

U Dae-keong is a South Korean ceramic artist.

[edit] Style and nature of his work

Using mostly local yellow clay, U creates pottery as well as other forms of ceramic art. Included in the latter are abstract objects expressing the present human condition as expressed through aspects of Korean history and culture.

U also teaches pottery to adults and school children.

He has had his works have been exhibited in Hamburg, Germany in 1995 as one of selected Korean, Japanese and Chinese artists, in Daejeon, and most recently (2005) at the Nonsan cultural center.

[edit] Biography

U Dae-keong is a native of Deajeon, where he graduated from university, studying under I Jeong-su.

[edit] Weblink

  • www.togam.net

[edit] See also

Category:Korea

Kdammers
Hangul:
우 대겅
Hanja:
insert here
Revised Romanization: U Dae-keong
McCune-Reischauer: insert here

U Dae-keong is a South Korean ceramic artist.

[edit] Style and nature of his work

Using mostly local yellow clay, U creates pottery as well as other forms of ceramic art. Included in the latter are abstract objects expressing the present human condition as expressed through aspects of Korean history and culture.

U also teaches pottery to adults and school children.

He has had his works have been exhibited in Hamburg, Germany in 1995 as one of selected Korean, Japanese and Chinese artists, in Daejeon, and most recently (2005) at the Nonsan cultural center.

[edit] Biography

U Dae-keong is a native of Deajeon, where he graduated from university, studying under I Jeong-su.

[edit] Weblink

  • www.togam.net

[edit] See also

Category:Korea

[edit] Ko Ûn vs. Go Eun, Ko Un or Ko Ŭn

Hi Kdammers,

Thank you for creating the article on Ko Ûn. I was a bit surprised to see you wrote Û with a circumflex, which is used in none of the three major romanizations for Korean. I see you have also edited the German article to read "Ûn".

Is Ûn a widely used or the author's preferred romanization? Have you seen this on covers of English translations? If not, I suggest renaming the English and German articles to "Go Eun" and edit all in-text occurences accordingly; see the Korean names conventions on this.

Any clarification would help. – Wikipeditor 16:00, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

F451 - You managed to get more sense out of that German than I did. I'm comparing for any new data now, thanks. Alf melmac 11:35, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Buzz

Hi Kim,

I changed the link to point to Buzz (band), although there isn't an article there yet, because someone already had a link pointing there from Buzz. Please do feel free to start that article; I wouldn't know where to begin. ;-) -- Visviva 10:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for edit summary

Thank you for your contributions. And I have a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries more often when you contribute. An edit summary helps others understand what you changed when checking the watchlist or the recent changes, and often times complements studying the diff. Think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. I hope you don't mind. :) Cheers – Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:18, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Poetry Project

Hi — I see you are listed as a participant of Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry. The project was recently tagged as inactive, and I am trying to resuscitate it. Are you still interested in participating? — Stumps 08:30, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. Are there any particular things you'd like to see done, any possible collaborations that the project could help with? — Stumps 11:48, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the response, and apologies for delay in replying. How can we get started with Austrian poets (1890 – 1930): do you have a list of names we could work through? — Stumps 08:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for all the information! I'll make a start on some of these as soon as I can. I'll also get around to your other suggestions too ... children's poetry,improving the sonnet article etc. I'll put something on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry page about all this. Thanks again!! — Stumps 08:47, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo upload

Hi Kim,

The process is actually fairly simple. First, please make sure that your image file is on your computer, and that it's OK to use on Wikipedia and not copyrighted (for instance, you took the picture yourself, or it's public domain).

Here's how it goes:

  1. When you're logged in, there is an "upload file" link on the left side of the page. Click it. (The link is just above "Special pages." )
  2. Scroll down past the threatening legalese, and click the button that says "Browse."
  3. Select the file that you want to upload from your computer.
  4. In the "summary" box, write a brief explanation of where the picture came from.
  5. Select the appropriate license from the dropdown menu. If it's a picture you made or took yourself, choose "GFDL (self made)" -- near the top.
  6. Check the box that says "Watch this page," to add the image to your watchlist.
  7. Click the "Upload file" button.
  8. Finished!

If Wikipedia already had an image of the same name, you will get a warning message at Step 7. In that case, you'll probably want to go back and change the "Destination Filename" to something else... however, this isn't usually a problem with new images.

Let me know if you have any problems. I'm looking forward to your images. Cheers, -- Visviva 00:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disappearances

Hmm... the only explanation I can think of is that they were deleted. If you can remember the exact page title, you can check whether this is the case by searching the deletion log -- that will also tell you who deleted the page and why. Cheers, -- Visviva 08:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hwang Seok-yeong

Hi, created Hwang Seok-yeong. Feel free to fix it up as time permits. Cheers, -- Visviva 10:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joel Hedgpeth

It's simple actually, the article didn't assert the importance of the subject, not one little bit. If it made an assertion of any kind, then I wouldn't have deleted it. If you wish to indicate that you don't want anyone but you to edit it in 48 hours, place a {{construction}} tag. Thanks, Yanksox 11:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Please read WP:CSD, the article qualified as speedy deletion at the time. Yanksox 00:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Are we talking about the same thing? Please read, A7, the article didn't assert the importance of the subject. Yanksox 01:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links to lunapark6 film reviews

Hi, I saw you readded one to an article. The reason I removed them is because the user, Lunapark6 is doing nothing but adding links to his personal website, and wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. If you think the link is useful, fine, but I really don't think we should encourage spammers, seeing as there are likely to be reviews at more reputable sites. - Bobet 09:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Do you really feel a user with the username Lunapark6 linking to a site called lunapark6.com as his only edits doesn't qualify as a spammer? It might not be particularly malicious but I do not feel it's the best way to go around it. If someone else feels that linking to that particular review is a good thing, I have nothing against it, but I didn't feel that the judgement wasn't originally made based on the quality of the review, rather than the idea to get more hits on one's personal website. - Bobet 10:17, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I know you didn't originally add the link, and like I said, if you think it should be included, I'm fine with that. And I'm not commenting on the site's name per se, just the fact that the user is obviously someone who is promoting his own website. - Bobet 10:27, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Impact Factor: 08:59, 8 September 2006 Kdammers (PageRank)

Don't confuse an article with it's talk page! Yandman 09:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I just checked: My comments apply to the two articles (PageRank and IF), not to their talk pages. Kdammers 09:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Errr....Maybe so, but you should not put comments where readers can see them, nor should you sign them with your username. Yandman 09:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SmackBot

User:SmackBot is just a robot. However I've looked briefly at Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and reverted soem vandalism. The pictures look OK though. Rich Farmbrough, 21:01 26 September 2006 (GMT).

[edit] LH2

Actually I have no idea what it means (except of liquid hydrogen) and don't remember mentioning LH2... What exactly are you refering to? CP/M comm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 11:28, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I remember something, but it was a long way ago. On what exactly page it was? CP/M comm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 12:35, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Remembered it. Well, so, at least in the computer-familiar community some subjects are obviously more known; and today I'm not sure that even in overall coverage, except for ads, HL2 is lower compared to specified companies. Besides that, in general Wikipedia pays much less attention to companies than to products. So that subject is actually not connected to gender domination. CP/M comm |Wikipedia Neutrality Project| 15:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About your comments in Gojoseon

It is the way of representing the area in East Asia. 2000 Li just is directly quoting the history books. Yan and Gojoseon was located throught west and east, 2000Li may the horizontal distance. Korean still uses 3000Li in spoken language (not in written language) when referring to the area of current Korean territory. --Hairwizard91 17:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I added the unit of kilometers to gojoseon thanks. --Hairwizard91 04:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] That movie

Hi again,

Thought I'd mention that the movie article is at Love is a Crazy Thing (note the evil little lowercase "i"). I have created a redirect from a couple of other capitalizations as well. The article itself is only one sentence long right now... maybe you can add something? Happiness, -- Visviva 01:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to WikiProject Germany

Welcome, Kdammers, to the WikiProject Germany! Please direct any questions about the project to its talk page. If you create new articles on Germany-related topics, please list them at our announcement page and tag their talk page with our project template {{WikiProject Germany}}. A few features that you might find helpful:

  • The project's Navigation box points to most of the pages in the project that might be of use to you.
  • Most of the important discussions related to the project take place on the project's main talk page; you may find it useful to watchlist it.
  • We've developed a number of guidelines for names, titles, and other things to standardize our articles and make interlinking easier that you may find useful.

Here are some tasks you can do:

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me or any of the more experienced members of the project, and we'll be very happy to help you. Again, welcome, and thank you for joining this project! -- Kusma (討論) 11:24, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Search help

You posted some questions on the village pump proposals page. To keep that page on the topic of proposals, is it ok to move the discussion here to your talk page? I can try to help if you still have questions. Thanks! dr.ef.tymac 07:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Finding pending articles

How do I find the page that lists articles pending approval that non-registered users have written? (I'm sorry that this is the second time I'm asking this, but I can't find my question on this page or any record of it on my user page!) Kdammers 11:59, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Non-registered users are not allowed to post new articles in the main namespace to avoid the large amount of vandalism and nonsense that comes with it. Instead WP:AFC was created to handle such suggestions, which is where you will find that list. Make sure you read the instructions carefully so you know what to do when you come across a good suggestion. - Mgm|(talk) 12:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


To see a list of everything you've ever added to Wikipedia, click on the "my contributions" link at the top of the screen, just to the left of "log out". All pages which you've created and all edits which you've made, are on that list. The Transhumanist 16:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Eastern Germany

Perhaps you'd be interested in this:Talk:Historical_Eastern_Germany#Requested_move. -- Hrödberäht (gespräch) 05:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thanks

You're welcome. ;) Those vandals can be sneaky sometimes. Robotman1974 01:01, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your revert of my revert on American handball (Not a complaint ;O))

I was looking through my watchlist and saw that you reverted my edit on American handball

I looked at edit again and you were entirely correct in reverting my edit; I really should have gone through all of what was being removed. So thanks.. Flowerpotman talk-wot I've done 20:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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