User talk:Budhen

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[edit] Samuel Brooks

Well done on creating that new article on Samuel Brooks. You asked me why I unlinked the years; in case you don't see it, I've copied this from my talk page:

The relevant guideline is Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Autoformatting and linking: "Wikipedia has articles on days of the year, years, decades, centuries and millennia. Link to one of these pages only if it is likely to deepen readers' understanding of a topic." Basically, the link syntax when applied to dates is overloaded, and is really there to allow users with different preferences to see the date in a style they're familiar with—"autoformatted"—rather than as a conventional wikilink.

As you say, many articles do link years; doesn't make it right though. :) --Malleus Fatuarum 17:08, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

On 11 November 2007, Did you know? was updated with facts from the articles John Brogden and Sons, and John Brogden 1798 - 1869, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cheers, Daniel 00:59, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia's carbon footprint

I am putting this link to my reply here. You are quite mistaken in your belief that my creation of "16 permanent new versions" by making 16 edits in 30 minutes, had any effect on wikipedia's carbon footprint.

If you need any further help in understanding the way in which version control systems work, then I'll do what I can to try and expand on my answer. But the bottom line is that making an edit does not result in a new version of the article being stored. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 23:37, 23 February 2008 (UTC)