User talk:Wikipedian231
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[edit] Monkstown
Please note that the format for Irish towns is first "Townname". If this is not available, or disambiguation is necessary, the format "Townname, County Countyname" is followed - except for Dublin where the city and county are too closely associated (we use "Townname, Dublin"). Any suburbs are at Suburbname or Suburbname, Cityname.
This is the current status quo for Irish town articles.
zoney ♣ talk 15:59, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Welcome
Hey, welcome to Wikipedia! Hope to see you active on the Irish Notice Board. CGorman 18:06, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fáilte
Just thought I'd give you an official welcome to Wikipedia! If you made any edits before you got an account, you might be interested in assigning those to your username.
You might find these links helpful in creating new pages or contributing: How to edit a page, How to write a great article, Naming conventions, Manual of Style. You should read our policies at some point too. If you ever think a page or image should be deleted, please list it at the votes for deletion page. There is also a votes for undeletion page if you want to retrieve something that you think should not have been deleted.
If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump, or ask me on my talk page. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!
Here are some tasks you can do:
- Wikify: Mor-Taxan, General Placido Vega y Daza, Timothy Morss, Backlog...
- Cleanup: Special:Whatlinkshere/Category:Cleanup from July 2005, Albany Movement, Special:Search/Cleanup from July 2005, Backlog...
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- Verify: Hipster (1990s subculture), Banu (Arabic), IMBEWU, Al Sharpton, Excitatism, Suzlon Energy, Backlog...
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- Neutrality: Iraqi Security Forces, Kristin Nelson, Adam Beattie, Bobby Bland, Martha Chávez, Jewish Bolshevism, VKB, Backlog...
- Copyedit: Kandahar, Pearse Jordan, History of Baku, Aziz Abdul Naji, Chocolate City Records, Teachings of Falun Gong, More...
- Merge: Steady state theory, Faculty of Forestry and Geomatics of Université Laval, Univision.com, Military of Iraq, Pi, Backlog...
- Style: Sarkar (film), Sting and Lex Luger, Newsbreak Magazine, Production logo, Peer exchange, More...
- Expand: Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple, The Curse of Yig (short story), Erotica, Harivamsa, More...
- Requests: Lam ploen, Amenable set, Literature by region, Top-coded, Nattura, Bidding function, Transient evidence More...
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Cleanup backlogs - Review recent overhauls - Active fixup projects - Maintenance projects - Maintenance COTW: be merged
zoney ♣ talk 20:37, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] How to edit a page
Wikipedia:How to edit a page has the details of how to use the wiki-markup.
A useful fact is that adding ~~~~ to the end of your edit will automatically appear when you save a comment as your name and datestamp. Like this:
zoney ♣ talk 09:45, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
You can use just three tildes (those squiggly lines) for just your name, or five for just a datestamp (less usual).
Linking and headings are the two most important things. Tables are important too, but harder to grasp (but I think the page I've linked to covers the basics, or links to another page that does. Adding images is about the only other thing I can think of off-hand.
Having a look at how an existing page is done might help, don't forget, you can change things and then hit "preview" and it won't save your version, but will show what it would look like if you do.
Hope that helps.
zoney ♣ talk 09:45, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 17:28, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)~
Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Gamaliel 17:11, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry about that. Got bored and didn't know what to do
Hi! Here's a page that will help you get started: Wikipedia:Manual of style. This is the single best resource for learning what should and should not go into an article. The "weather in London" contribution was more of a comment than an actual article. Anyway, please click on my user name and leave word on my talk page if I can be of further help. Best, Lucky 6.9 17:15, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Pleasure to be of service. Oh, and keep in mind that you don't have to write a huge, fully-fledged article right off the bat. Just tag your work with the stub notice the way you did and come back later to fill it out if you wish. Have fun!! - Lucky 6.9 17:25, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
If you want to create your own sandbox, just create a page at User:Wikipedian231/Sandbox. See Wikipedia:About the Sandbox for more information on the use of a sandbox. Angela. 13:50, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Sandbox bot cleanup
May I ask why the change when the other sandboxes have a period of one week before cleanup? -- AllyUnion (talk) 05:59, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Mind Bendrs
Hello! I've noticed your past interest in Wikipedia:Mind Benders and wanted to share the following announcement with you! I've taken over the responsibilities of Mind Benders, and the page will now be regularly updated. Right now, the pre-round is open (it's more of a creative artistic competition), and round one will open soon (the questions are done, we just need to wait for the pre-round to begin/finish)! So why not check it out? I'll keep you updated! Thanks, Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 01:43, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
P.S. Feel free to pass this news on to other Wikipedians.
[edit] Mind Benders
Thank you for your submission to the pre-round of Wikipedia:Mind Benders! The voting has now begun, and you are welcome to submit one vote! In addition, why not try round one, which is now open? Round one consists of many challenging (I hope) problems that are lots of WikiFun! Hope to see you there! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 15:40, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Mind Benders
Hello, Wikipedian231. Thank you for submitting an entry to the pre-round and/or participating in round one of WP:MIND. I sincerly hope you enjoyed it. Round Two, which I have made a bit more difficult than round one, will open at approximately 2 PM EST, Sunday, July 24. In addition, the voting for pre-round has also been extended until the end of round two. I hope to see you at Round Two, so prepare for some WikIFun!!! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Wikimedia UK/Wikimania 2006
Hi, this is a circular to Wikipedians in Ireland to draw your attention to Wikimedia UK, where the establishment of a local Wikimedia chapter for the United Kingdom (and possibly for the Republic of Ireland) is being discussed. See the talk page, as well as the mailing list; a meetup will take place to discuss matters in London in September, for anyone who can get there. On another topic, plans are being drawn up for a UK bid for Wikimania 2006, which would be conveniently close to Ireland. On the other hand, Dublin's bid was one of the final three last year - might we bid again? --Kwekubo 19:39, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Reunion_flag.jpg
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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see User talk:Carnildo/images. 13:18, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Monkstown centre.jpg
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Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Stan 05:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] License tagging for Image:Bebo090606.png
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