User talk:Webbric

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Welcome once again, and good luck with your future edits. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 03:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Regarding a recent edit that appears to be from your IP [1], I would like to clarify that user pages are not part of the encyclopedia. They exist only to facilitate communication between members. Some users choose to write their user pages in a manner that resembles an encyclopedia article, but even so, user pages should never be linked from the main namespace. This qualifies as self-reference and is to be avoided in the encyclopedia proper. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 14:58, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Noted speedy response :-) - ta v. much !

Apologies. I think I blew it when I created "Webbric" ( should perhaps have been Richard_Webb_(duh!)  :-)

As a Newbie (in wikipedia) - My aim of making notes in this location [User:Webbic] was to encourage/ show /enable others how easy it can be to edit/add a little content....

After which, these (sections) can then be cut/moved to the correct, respective locations. ( eg. Church Stretton, Webb (Family), Maxwell (Family) etc., ....) - ie. I was using the location as a "scratch pad" for a group of people - "potential" Wikipedians - any advice appreciated. Webbric 21:57, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Next: As far as external links go. I have been supporting DMOZ.org since 1998-99 (I think) - Anyway, I'm adding xrefs UP to relevant wiki sections as best I can (by adding to my internal dB tables).

When I discover domain(s) that are a multi-domain, multi-xreferencing, self-referencing, ad-sites with RSS blogs atached - sometimes monkying as virtual domains (by IP block), - is it policy to remove these Google/Yahoo wannbes, and leave a message (with) - for example: some whois data ?

Merry Politically_Correct Time-of-year !

You are free to do whatever you want with your own user page. I myself often start new articles on user subpages before moving them into the encyclopedia proper. However, disambiguation pages in the encyclopedia should not refer to the user namespace, as this is self-reference. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 03:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah Ha ! Thus (eg. for a temporary working page) I should create "Richard Webb (wikipedian)" (example) Rather than the UserWebbric /namespace/ ?

ie: User:Webbric replaced by - Richard Webb (wikipedian), Ottawa - NCF.ca: Church Stretton, Shropshire U.K.

Still trying to get the hang of this mySQL/php markup language..... 20 years of old school EDitors, ISPF, Wordstar etc., .. :-)

Ain't it funny that the 1st chr of the line is new again ! . Webbric 15:18, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

My point is that, unless you fulfill the notability criteria, you should not have an article or mention in the main namespace at all. It's certainly not unheardof - my friend does, but if you just wish to profile yourself as an individual contributor to Wikipedia, it should be done on your user page. Ask yourself if mention of Wikipedia or one of its users would be appropriate on a completely different encyclopedia, if so, then the user is probably notable enough to deserve mention here. Hope that helps. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 22:52, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Helpme

re- "main namespace" (namespace ID) & advertising

Wikipedians_in_Shropshire {helpme} - example only

I'm trying to get the hang of the wiki definitions, controls and coding hierarchy. Please be patient :-)

As I stated earlier, I would like to add as many "UP to Wikipedia" links as possible (by key words, phrases, locations, surnames, maps). - On my 100+ personal pages.

Thus I will have my own normalized data dictionary (mySQL & php) converted from my existing tables (.dbf's) that have been running since the early 1980's. Local edit controls would be by trusted individuals / groups. (In my own selfish manner) I hope to encourage new responsible Wikipedians

I've been (lightly) researching Genealogy GEDCOM and derivatives since the late 1980's, and (since 1999) have noted the exponential volumes of generated webpage nonsense that appear in search engine results.

The last thing I need is to be classed as a userper of Wikipedia! HTH Webbric 18:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

What is your problem?--CJ King 18:22, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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Multimap (External link) in Shropshire_Revolution is under "Venue".
User:Spl1970 appears (to me, a newbie) as a single special interest editor.
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For my first stab at serious edits I will be adding "Families of" to Church_Stretton (my Original Home) in the hope that fresh content will be added by knowlegeable, ('tho perhaps inexperienced), community-minded people or ex-residents.

My (external) page for this village was created in 1996 and now needs a clean-up, (or be deleted) ... I have many emails to send out and it would be easier for people to update, add pictures etc., to a shared Church_Stretton resource than reply just to me :-).
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User:Webbric can be a temporary scratch pad for friends to use until I get the (format) location+familyname+firstname+date(born)+date_died + notes worked out (without re-inventing the wheel) and can link to other wiki-based systems :-) Webbric 19:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merck

I see now what you were trying to point out with your edits to the Merck article. Sorry about the vandalism warning, which I have removed. To avoid confusion in situations like this, it would be best just to remove the offending link and note why you did so in your edit summary. Thanks for your contributions. --Ed (Edgar181) 11:45, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - I'm still new (unsure of protocols:) at editing. This feedback is helpful. I'm busy with my own dB website with esp. interest in the career pages / fraudsters et.al. .... hence the edit.

Note: My pages at www.ncf.ca/~dw413/...... The Large Companies / Multinationals are (slowly) being re-directed to appropriate wikipedia pages, and multiple domains are noted for future x-referencing  :-) Hopefully more editors will be the result. --Webbric 15:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Shropshire

Hey, just wondering if you'd be interested in being a member of a proposed WikiProject to cover Shropshire? The proposal can be found here. If you are, could you possibly put your name in the list. Thanks Asdfasdf1231234 (talk) 12:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)