User talk:Bagoncalves

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[edit] Adoption? Sure!

Hi!

I'm User:SteveBaker - you left a note on my talk page seeking adoption. Sure!

I have a couple of other adoptees right now - but they aren't making much demand on my time.

I've been floating around on Wikipedia now for a couple of years - I've made over 8,000 edits and I've had a couple of articles on the front page (Mini and Mini Moke) - so I've run into most of the common problems several times already!

There is no formality to the process - you add a {{adoptee|SteveBaker}} template to the impressive collection of userboxes on your talk page so you get added to the list of people who are adopted - and I add a similar one to my user page to flag that I'm helping you out.

Then, whenever you have a problem of any kind whatever, you can drop me a message on my talk page - or if it's something VERY difficult where you don't want other Wikipedians to be able to see the conversation, you can email me at steve@sjbaker.org

I generally take a look at the 'contributions' list of my Adoptees once in a while to make sure things are going OK - but aside from that, just use me as a sounding board for ideas - or a place to come for advice - someone to have on your side in times of trouble...whatever you need.

If (after a month or two) I feel you're doing just fine without me - I'll hand out some sort of hokey graduation certificate and we're done. If at any time you can't stand me anymore - just drop me a rude note and I'll stay out of your way.

I can generally help with the mundane aspects of editing - also navigating the maze of Wikipedia guidelines and procedures - but generally, my interests probably won't overlap yours - so the actual content that you add won't be something I can help much with...but we'll see.

I see you've been working hard on Diocese of Funchal - and recently a couple of other people have joined in...that's looking good. Then a long time ago you dabbled in a few other articles.

I guess the first comment I'd make (and it's not in any way a serious one) is that you are making a TON of tiny edits - all on the same day. That's not really wrong - but you might want to make more use of the "Show preview" button while you are editing - that lets you see what the article looks like without committing each microscopic update. But it's no big deal - I sometimes wind up doing that kind of thing too. (The reason it's a bad idea is that Wikipedia stores the details of every single change - so it can be undone easily. If you make 100 tiny edits then Wikipedia has to store 100 copies of the article! If you use the preview feature than you can make a lot of tiny changes - then use 'Save page' to save it when you're happy with it...but disk space is cheap - so it's not a huge deal).

So....what are the issues that made you seek adoption? Is there some specific set of things you have trouble with? I'm here for you!

SteveBaker 01:37, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Adoption? Sure!

Hey Steve. First of all, sorry for the delay, but here I am.

I'm gonna start using your first advice right away, and I'm gonna try to use the preview button more often. ;)

About the issues that I'm seeking help, well, I don't know if this is way too easy, but how can I upload one if my own pictures to incorporate in an article?

I must say that your curriculum in this area (wiki), is impressive. I guess being a computer games programmer it helps. Well, my help would be in a different matter as you can see in my vast number of userboxes. ;) And again, thanks for the time and patience to teach me some basic stuff.

Best Regards

Bruno 21:50, 13 October 2007 (GMT)

Pictures are easy! To upload a picture, use the "Upload file" link from the "toolbox" area on the menu to the left of every Wikipedia page. You'll need to be sure what the copyright status of the photo is. If you took the photo yourself then you'll probably want to release it under the GFDL license - but if you don't own the picture then you have to be VERY careful that you have the right to donate it to Wikipedia. If you need more help over licensing/permissions, please ask me because copyright violations are a really touchy problem with Wikipedia right now. But if you took the photo yourself, it's not a problem. When you've uploaded the photo, you'll be able to refer to it in any article by writing [[Image:filename]] - which inserts the photo at full size (rarely what you want) - or you can use: [[Image:filename|right|250px]] which puts the photo to the right of the text and scales it down to 250 pixels across. You can also add a title to the photo using: [[Image:filename|right|250px|thumb|your title text]].
Incidentally, you'll get a faster response from me if you leave messages for me on my talk page User talk:SteveBaker because I get an alert - otherwise I only see them when I happen to check up to see how you're doing.
SteveBaker 02:56, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lost interest?

Hi! I was looking in to see how you're doing - but it looks like you've given up on Wikipedia. Not one edit in six months.

Accordingly, I'm going to drop you out of the adoption program so I can take on someone else.

If you decide to come back to work on Wikipedia again - don't hesitate to contact me and I'll be happy to help with whatever you need. SteveBaker (talk) 02:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great work! (and some suggestions)

"Boss" - hahahahaha!

So I took a look at João Lobo Antunes - it seems pretty reasonable. One comment about references: When you need to refer to the same document several times, you should do this:

  • On the first occasion you refer to it, do what you did in the article but add a simple name for yor reference:
eg: <ref name="researchcafe">http://www.researchcafe.net/content/view/75/36/</ref>
  • On the second and subsequent occasions, you can avoid putting all that information in again (and, more importantly, avoid having the same URL appear three times in your 'references' section) by just saying:
<ref name="researchcafe"/>.
This makes it refer to the same thing as the previous <ref name="xxxx">.
  • Furthermore, instead of just giving the URL, you can provide more useful information using the 'cite web' template like this:
<ref name="researchcafe">{{cite web | url=http://www.researchcafe.net/content/view/75/36/ | title=João Lobo Antunes | accessdate=2008-01-12 }}
(The 'accessdate' thing means that if ever the web page disappears, someone can look at the access data and know when the page last DEFINITELY existed. They can then refer to the "Way Back Machine" site (which keeps an archive of the entire internet at regular intervals!) and find the article you referenced - even though it may subsequently have been changed or deleted.)
There is actually a bunch more information you can stick into the 'cite web' template. Go and check Template:cite web for more details. The url, title and accessdate are the bare minimum.

I guess it's unfortunate that you don't have any English language references - but this is definitely better than nothing.

Another comment is about the red-links to Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon. While it doesn't look like we have an article about that, we do have an article about the University of Lisbon - and that article has a section about the Faculty of Medicine. You can make a link to just one section of another article like this:

[[University_of_Lisbon#Faculty_of_Medicine]]

The '#' means "subsection". Since that '#' looks rather ugly, you'd probably want to actually use:

[[University_of_Lisbon#Faculty_of_Medicine|Faculty of Medicine]]

...to get a final link that looks like what you want - but still points to something useful like this: Faculty of Medicine. Incidentally - in that section of the university of Lisbon article, there are links to notable people who studied there - you might want to add a link to your article over there.

Overall - a very good start!

SteveBaker (talk) 22:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] hi

Hi. I found you in categories of users who can contribute in English and Portuguese. I myself am a native speaker of English, but I'm well on my way to learning Portuguese. Just check out my user page and talk page, and join in any of the discussions. To keep updated, you can even put a watch on my user page, which will automatically watch my talk page. :-) learnportuguese (talk) 18:38, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi Beth. Sure, I'll try to stop by and help! Bruno 22:48, February 7 2008 (GMT)
Olá Bruno. I think I have a secion on the Açores and Madeira Islands that you should contribute to (since you grew up there). :-) learnportuguese (talk) 00:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)