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[edit] Don Quixote
Hola Ricardo! Muchas gracias por la ayuda con Don Quixote y tu mensaje. The state of the article was truly lamentable which is why I started to clean it up. Your changes are good, although it may be a good idea to revert some of them back to my original redesign. For a strong article, it is customary to provide an informative, if not overly-lengthy, opening paragraph (the "lead"). So your restructuring of the lead is somewhat counter to what might be termed best practices. It may be judicious to restore some of the flow per my initial rewrite of the lead in that respect. In general, though, any help is welcome. In particular, I think we need to flush out the plot section and offer synopses of some of the more famous episodes as well as provide a more detailed account of the two books. The article has never been the object of a focused effort by specific editors, which explains its rather rambling incoherence. I had commented out many sections which I feel are problematic, badly written, poorly thought out, etc....
People tend to clutter up the article with stuff that is not particularly germane - the sidebar on Foucault is a case in point. My hope is that when the article is further stabilised, this will be both harder and easier to revert back. So, my view is edit at will, slash and burn as needed, and make bold changes.
One final note: as a matter of courtesy to other editors, it is usually a good idea to avoid making numerous small edits - instead concentrate your edits into a few larger changes - this makes reviewing the edit history easier. I made this mistake myself when I first started editing, so I am sympathetic when you are starting out that it one ends up making lots of small edits as a part of learning the ropes. So - just a comment for you and not a criticism! En todo caso, bienvenido y tengo la ilusión de disfrutar de tus ideas y observaciones. Eusebeus 23:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Admin?
No I am not; but thanks for alerting to the vandalism going on - I will attempt to keep watch. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] An Invite to join Novels WikiProject
 Hi, you are cordially invited to join the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels". We make no length distinction so all narrative prose fiction is of interest. This includes Novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories. Articles about the works themselves and the forms and genres. |
| As you have shown an interest in Don Quixote we thought you might like to take an interest in this well established WikiProject. |
| We look forward to welcoming you to the project! :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC) |
