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[edit] wikipedia:collaboration of the week obsolete

Why is there an incentive to join the wikipedia:collaboration of the week, when that page is inactive? Mortsggah 07:56, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British currency

I tried to add some info that I considered miss<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here<math>Insert non-formatted text here</math></nowiki>ing . This is my first attempt at doing anything active on the Net. I tried to add some facts about the "crown" and the "guinea". Was I of any help???Alex marcus 14:49, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apologies

--dan1024 11:16, 12 November 2007 (UTC) I too am new to editing Wikipedia, and now I realize that instead of editing out the vandalism I spotted I should have simply reverted the page to a clean version. All apologies. Kabethme 17:52, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] chocolate milk?

In the Tips sedtions, it says that sometimes it just so happens that choclate milk. Maybe choclate milk does just happen sometimes, but that hardly seems to calrify things. (This is my first-ever comment on Wikipedia. :)) ````

[edit] Chocolate Milk Gone

I removed the phrase and replaced it with the prior wording. Thanks for pointing it out! Kabethme 20:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jonathan Vilma

I am currently reading up on him, and in his sophomore season at Miami it says he "compiled 20 forced fumbles", now I don't know the exact number, but I extremely doubt he caused quite that many fumbles, and then followed in his Junior with less than 3 forced fumbles.. if someone knows could they fix that up? 70.77.126.32 19:25, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Civility messages

Dear WIKIPEDIA people:

It is now the SECOND TIME i get civility messages warning me of this and that when i did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! First time, someone accused me of uploading unprotected images, DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, the person eventually apologized. The second, i was accused of ADDING DEFAMATORY INFO to an article, and WAS THREATENED WITH PERMANENT BLOCKING!!! What i did was correct an article that was conceived in very poor english, if the vandalism was there it was previous to my inputs. WHAT IS THIS??!!!

ALL i acknowledge of doing was INSULTING people that deserve to be insulted, MORE, they deserve to be BANNED from here, because they are VANDALS!!! I tend to contribut in the areas of SPORTS and MUSIC, and the former subject is one of the favorites to vandalize, you all know how the story goes in the world of sports. THOSE PEOPLE REALLY TICK ME OFF!!!

If any of you wants to block me permanently, okeydokey, just consider that it is a measure of the UTMOST UNFAIRNESS, i only want to help!!!

SINCERELY, FROM PORTUGAL VASCO AMARAL (user nº217.129.67.28)

I took have experienced accusations of vandalism when I've made valid changes because some other person didn't agree with it, and they've been here longer. Now I just add notes to the talk pages because otherwise people say you're a rotten vandal. (Last time it was because I capitalised DMD, which I was advised it wasn't a proper noun, even though that's how it's referred to by many sources / institutions.) Isn't there a page round here 'be nice to the newbies'. Then another 'don't advise the regs' or something, because if they same something it's not vandalism, it's just incorrect. But if it's a newbie, it's vandalism. (144.32.155.5 (talk) 23:19, 18 January 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Watch out for vandalism

Just removed some advertising. See [1] for old version. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spandrawn (talk • contribs) 10:21, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Multi-monitor

It is recommended that Wikipedians use a multi-monitor setup, as this greatly increases the efficiency of copying and pasting urls, references, quotes, etc. Captain Zyrain 19:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

(removed some spam) And good idea, Zyrain! thanks. --dan1024 11:16, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

given that about 97% of students, in recent surveys, use a laptop computer, I dont think this is necessarily a very important or realistic first step. I might as well advise everyone to start off by getting a 24 inch monitor. DGG (talk) 02:21, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Contractions

Just fixed a few contractions (don't, isn't, you've, etc.). Did not mean to make so many versions. In the future I will edit the entire page at once instead of each part. If anyone disagrees with the slight changes I made, I apologize. Just trying to follow the Manual of style while reading up on things. Maximus23623 (talk) 14:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Moved from Wikipedia talk:Tutorial (Keep in mind):
Given the conversational tone in which this article is written, I should think this unnecessary, and a rather superfluous edit. Contractions are standard English, and have been for years (yes, I've read WP:Manual_of_Style#Punctuation, but this article is not written in a formal style).
In fact, in such an article, contractions can be more forceful than their constituents. For example, I have heard that "don't" is one of the strongest words in the English language, much more than "do not". (specifically, this comes from Negativland's Freedom's Waiting.) superlusertc 2007 December 07, 16:34 (UTC)

[edit] Neils Mortenson

Neils Mortenson is incorrect founder if Pinedale. His name is Niels Petersen he was married to Mary Mortenson.

He and the Mortenson family founded Pinedale AZ. He named the town after his wifes maiden name.

[edit] Neils Mortenson

Islam mahdy is incorrect founder if Pinedale. His name is Niels Petersen he was married to Mary Mortenson.

He and the Mortenson family founded Pinedale AZ. He named the town after his wifes maiden name.```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.190.2.149 (talk) 22:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pob

sex is type an unclassified alien that has landed all over the world there are currently over 500 "pob's" in curculation of the world! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.60.128 (talk) 22:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "merge pages"

somehow, I don't think merging pages (as distinguished from making links) is quite the ideal thing to suggest that people start out with. Though certainly often very much needed, doing it appropriately takes at the least a considerable knowledge of the general layout and nature of WP pages, and the organization of the pages relating to a general topic. And, personally, there's a little mergist bias that not everyone shares--I might just as well suggest people start off by splitting pages where they think something deserves an article of its own, also something often needed, but not the first thing to do when someone comes here. Anyone thinking about doing either really ought to first find an appropriate WikiProject. I intend to do the first thing that occurs to me, and be BOLD and delete that paragraph, MERGing the suggestion for linking somewhere else on that page. DGG (talk) 02:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)