User talk:Nygdan
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[edit] Bektashi
I have now reverted your edits for a third time. Stop dumping copyrighted text. You also claim to be changing the "image code" but I only see you deleting images. If you rephrase the content then it can be added. freestylefrappe 01:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Message
You're welcome. You should definitely check out Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for the syntax for images. The method I'm using for footnotes is pretty new, so if you ever edit a page that already has footnotes, it will probably do them a different way: watch out!
By the way, there's something very screwy with your signature. Clicking on it takes you to User=Nygdan instead of User:Nygdan. You definitely need to fix that.
—Bunchofgrapes (talk) 03:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
I remember getting the cleanup tag put on the very first article I created. It wasn't a good feeling. I suggest just looking over a few similar articles (Shinto, Je Tsongkhapa, Hussite) and see if you can get an idea of how they usually look. The easiest thing is to put section headings and sub-section headings. Those are inserted with the double or triple equals signs (==). Notice the category tags at the bottom of every article, edit the page to see how they are added.
For content, try looking over the Wikipedia:Cleanup page. Usually a good article will have a good introduction, with the who/what/when/why all in about 2 short paragraphs, and pictures are nice. You can scan in your own pictures too, see Wikipedia:Images for more on that. But more importantly on content, you should avoid making a lot of general vague comments and phrases like "some people think" or "apparently they do this..." If there is a source then quote it, or if you're getting info from a published source then quote the source under a "references" section at the bottom.
Good luck. Cuñado 
- Talk 02:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- Actually I'm not an admin, try User:Geni, he's an admin that works on a lot of Islam related pages. Cuñado - Talk 22:39, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The References code style
Not too long ago you helped me in using the <ref> tag. On the Tinwiki, we are trying to work out how to standardize our citations. Do you know what is involved in establishing the <ref> tag format for new Wikis? I very much like the <ref> tag format, and want to introduce it early to our Wiki. Or perhaps you can point me out to someone that can help? Nygdan 14:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
- Well, I know it's a MediaWiki extension; see m:Cite/Cite.php. I know user User:Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote it, so he could probably answer any technical questions that the Cite.php page doesn't. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:55, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikis and Conspiracy theory
Thank you for your generous offer, but given a choice between assisting you in a scheme that slyly promotes conspiracy theories, as opposed to mortification of the flesh by rusty chain saw, I would not hesitate to choose the latter. I decline.--Cberlet 13:10, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
