User talk:Prime Contributer
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Hello, Prime Contributer, and welcome to the Simple English Wikipedia! I hope you will be happy helping here. You should begin by reading these pages: Wikipedia:Useful, Help:Contents, Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, and how to write Simple English articles. If you want some ideas of which pages to work on, read Wikipedia:Requested articles or the list of wanted pages.
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Good luck and happy editing! 12:34, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you! But how did you know I wanted to edit? Is this a default? And also, the "edit" tool used to be named "change" but why has it changed? Prime Contributer (talk) 16:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
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- Please see my reply on Simple talk. --Gwib -(talk)- 09:29, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
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[change] Most wanted pages list
Feel free to remove article that have been created from the Most wanted list at any time. It does not require admin action to edit the page. -- Creol(talk) 13:30, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
[change] Userpage
Hey there Prime Contributer! I noticed your userpage is a red link, and I am encouraging you to create your userpage so that it isn't a red link anymore. Please consider this. Razorflame 14:57, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- What kind of information do I need to have in my userpage? Or is it just a blank page? Prime Contributer (talk) 04:30, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
[change] Barnstar!
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American Eagle's Barnstar of Excellence | |
| For all your hard work, I award you my Barnstar! -- ✰AmericanEagle 05:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC) |
Thanks! Prime Contributer (talk) 06:47, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
[change] Just FYI
The grammar edit you made to Nose was actually in a paragraph which was an earlier vandalism. Just FYI to watch out for that in the future. ;) TransUtopian (talk) 05:52, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, I knew there was something wrong with it. Prime Contributer (talk) 09:44, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
[change] Copying and pasting from en-wiki
Hi PC, noticed you've been creating a lot of new pages. If one takes material from the English Wikipedia, as you did, one should mention it on the talk page. Creol created the template {{Enwp based}} to be placed on the talk pages of articles that are created based on simplified versions of En:wp pages. The template requires the complete address of the version used as the basis for the article (and will tell you if you don't include the url) while providing a link to the version itself and informing the reader of the available history of the article. This should completely cover the reference back/history requirements under the GFDL. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Please see this edit to see what I've done. It's important you do this so edits can be attributed correctly, even back to en-wiki. Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:25, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, I've yet to see what you posted in the last post. I'm a bit confused. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, I'll use that template from now on. Does everyone do that? I've never noticed it. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- This article or parts of it were created based, in whole or in part, on this version of the English Wikipedia article. The complete history of the article can be found there. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- How do you link the words to the EN Wikipedia? I always see the arrow, but I don't know how to create it. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- No, people probably don't do it but they should. In order to comply with GFDL, all edits must be attributable to their original author. It's why copying and pasting articles is disallowed. It only takes a few moments to add the relevant permanent link to the talk page. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "see the arrow"? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:32, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Well, when you wrote "This article or parts of it were created based, in whole or in part, on this version of the English Wikipedia article. The complete history of the article can be found there.", there was a link to the EN Wikipedia page. How do I create that link, without typing the entire URL out? Prime Contributer (talk) 16:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- You need the whole URL. And you need it to be the permanent link (which you can get if you select Permanent link in the Toolbox in en-wiki. The page will reload with something like
&oldid=217770067at the end of the URL. Copy that URL and paste it into the template. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:37, 7 June 2008 (UTC) - I'll go try it out first. Seems confusing. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- I managed it, some how. It doesn't seem like what you wrote, but it has the same effect. I didn't add the
&oldid=217770067at the end, but it still worked. Took me 3 tries. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- I managed it, some how. It doesn't seem like what you wrote, but it has the same effect. I didn't add the
- You need the whole URL. And you need it to be the permanent link (which you can get if you select Permanent link in the Toolbox in en-wiki. The page will reload with something like
- Well, when you wrote "This article or parts of it were created based, in whole or in part, on this version of the English Wikipedia article. The complete history of the article can be found there.", there was a link to the EN Wikipedia page. How do I create that link, without typing the entire URL out? Prime Contributer (talk) 16:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "see the arrow"? The Rambling Man (talk) 16:32, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- This article or parts of it were created based, in whole or in part, on this version of the English Wikipedia article. The complete history of the article can be found there. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, I'll use that template from now on. Does everyone do that? I've never noticed it. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, I've yet to see what you posted in the last post. I'm a bit confused. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
No, you need the oldid to be added. When you copy the article from English wikipedia, you need to get the "Permanent link" - this is important because the article could change many times before it's referred to here. So the Permanent link takes you to a point in the en-wiki history which is fixed. It's not that confusing. I'll fix the one you've done, and perhaps you can check it out and see if it makes sense. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:50, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
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- I don't know where you are in the world, but it's very late where I stay. I'm going off now, I'll try it out tommorrow, or "later". Bye. Prime Contributer (talk) 16:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
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Not a problem. Have a good evening. I've made the change, the link is here. All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 17:01, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, it was an hour past midnight. Prime Contributer (talk) 06:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, I understand now, I'll try it out. Prime Contributer (talk) 10:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- I managed it in "macropodiformes". Thanks. I'll do that from now on. Prime Contributer (talk) 10:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Bingo! Nice work. Keep up the good article creation! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:54, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- I managed it in "macropodiformes". Thanks. I'll do that from now on. Prime Contributer (talk) 10:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, I understand now, I'll try it out. Prime Contributer (talk) 10:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
[change] Ideas for edits
Here are some ideas I had for pages for you to edit:
- Eusociality needs simplifying; also create/sipmlify the other two concepts; find a good category for them (bology is too general).
- Create/expand/simplify the taxonomy from Muroidea downwards, If I am informed correctly, that is all hamsters, lemmings, mice, rats...
I am currently working on the Muriodea, any help would be appreciated Okay, but I don't know what eusociality is, I'll have to check, I may not be able to help. And okay, I'll try to help on the rodents. By the way, you forgot to sign off, who are you? Prime Contributer (talk) 14:00, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- I have copied the article from EnWP, and started to simplify it; it basically is the used to describe the social behaviour found in ants, termites, some wasps and some bees. I think there are two African rodent species who also have a form of it. And sorry, I forgot to sign above. --Eptalon (talk) 15:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Insects? I though you were refering to rodents? I already created a few articles, by the way. Prime Contributer (talk) 15:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- I was just giving you ideas - I am not fixed on rodents. There are many rodents, and many insects too - very few of them have good articles here. I think getting the article into a form that is suitable is as important as getting an article at all. So when copying over, make sure to review the categories (we don't have all of them), and remove or comment out the templates we don't have. --Eptalon (talk) 15:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Oh yes! I forgot about those. I'll do it next time. It's very late where I am. Bye! Prime Contributer (talk) 15:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- I was just giving you ideas - I am not fixed on rodents. There are many rodents, and many insects too - very few of them have good articles here. I think getting the article into a form that is suitable is as important as getting an article at all. So when copying over, make sure to review the categories (we don't have all of them), and remove or comment out the templates we don't have. --Eptalon (talk) 15:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
- Insects? I though you were refering to rodents? I already created a few articles, by the way. Prime Contributer (talk) 15:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
