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Hello, MDaisy! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 15:28, 17 March 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] Dates

I happened to see your question about dates. Linked dates can be in several formats, for example:

• 17 March 2008 - European style
• March 17, 2008 - U.S. style
• 2008-03-17 - ISO 8601 style

By default, you will see them as they actually are in three different formats. If you click on "my preferences" at the top of the page, select "Date and Time" and choose a date format, then they will all look the same. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 14:11, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the information concerning dates. I am an American so I was taught to put commas after full dates. For example: June 14, 1908, was the date President Joe Johnson established Flag Day. I understand European use of the English language could be slightly different in grammar usage. I have done some writing at wikiHow, learned there are differences, so this does not surprise me.

Also, I have a B.A. in English/Communications and approximately 10 years writing experience. I am trained in AP Stylebook writing too. So I have learned to ask questions because everyone has slightly different style.

Please keep in touch, because I KNOW I will be needing help.

thank you,

MDaisy MDaisy (talk) 21:59, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

How did I do working the Fijian people stub? Is this what you want?

thanks,

MDaisy (talk) 19:45, 18 March 2008 (UTC)MDaisy

I have never dealt with this article and I'm not sure what you are asking. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 20:52, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photo question

Thanks for the question - since the photo is from 1908 it should be free under a {{PD-US}} license (published before 1923). Since it is of US Navy sailors and was likely taken by a sailor, it may also be free under a {{tl|PD-USGov]} license as works of the US giovernment are not copyrighted. I would only use this license if you know for sure it was taken by a US sailor. Please ask if you have other questions - I left a welcome guide to Wikipedia above. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 15:28, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Glad to be of help. Please ask if you have other questions, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fijian people

I did some copyedits on the Fijian people article and changed the first reference over to {{cite web}}. I think the material you added needs more references - for example Polynesian culture says that the direction of settlement was other than your additions imply. There also seems to be some potential for confusion between the historic Fijian peoples and modern ones. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:54, 19 March 2008 (UTC)