User talk:Jimkloss

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Please forgive any newbie silliness here or questions that aren't appropriate for Wikipedia. I'm so overwhelmed by all the information that I'm having a hard time locating what I need. Feel free to just point me in the right direction and I'll take it from there.

I just set up a [wiki] on our Whole Wheat Radio website today. My question is this: the software does not come populated with, for example, help files. I am wondering if:

1) I'm supposed to (and allowed to) download the help files from the Wikipedia database dump? (Doesn't seem likely.)

2) I'm supposed to configure my wiki to somehow point to Wikipedia's help section. If so, I could sure use a link that explains how/where I'm supposed to do this.

If I'm crazy and have a totally non-wikipedian idea about sharing the help files, please let me know!

Thanks!

1 Answering help request
2 Hello Sparkit From A Wheaty Wikinewbie
3 Village Pump question
4 Just a little something...

[edit] Answering help request

Hello. I'm here to answer your help request. Well, yes, you are allowed to download the help files from the Wikipedia database dump (as long as you follow the GFDL), but just linking to relevant wikipedia help pages might be easier for you. See Template:Welcome for some useful links. Henrik 08:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

There's a project at Mediawiki working on creating public domain help files. >>sparkit|TALK<< 17:36, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Sparkit From A Wheaty Wikinewbie

I hope it's okay that I'm communicating with you this way Sparkit. I spent a little time looking at your contributions and subpages. I'm impressed! I was wondering, if I have some quick questions for you as I learn my way around wikiland (particularly with templates which I haven't used yet) would it be alright if I ask them here? I completely understand if you'd rather I not ask them here though - just say the word. All this wiki stuff has been pretty exciting to learn over the last 2 days. And thanks again for your response on the WWR article (which I resonded to). Oh, one more thing since you're the only person I know on Wikipedia ... if I do something stupid or non-wikilike, please let me know. Thanks! Jimkloss 14:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

LOL! Of course it's OK. Thanks for the compliment. I've learned a lot about editing and writing here, and it's been like a self-taught course in art history for me. As well as fascinating observation of people interaction in internet interfaces.

Ask anything you'd like to here, Jim, or on the WWRwiki. I'll likely be more candid on WWRwiki.

Templates are easy. Just enclose them in {{}}. I just learned the other day about WP:SUBST templates.

You are learning wikis quite rapidly. I'm not going to follow you around and read your edits, but if you step into some muck give me a shout. >>sparkit|TALK<< 17:26, 16 March 2006 (UTC)