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Anyone is welcome to edit the pages in this project! Please "be bold" and just start. If you are new to Wikipedia, there are some helpful links on the main project page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DaleMurphy (talk • contribs) 13:51, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note on template

As a new page patroller, I have just come across my first article created using Template:E-country template. The template includes references to this project and to the template itself. This violates the manual of style which states that references to Wikipedia or its mechanisms should be avoided in articles. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 16:57, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dan, thanks for your help! Much appreciated. It looks like the references of concern are these: "as part of the WikiProject on entrepreneurship policies in the Arab world. The article uses the categories and format of the {e-country template} for that project." Is there another way to indicate that the articles are part of the broader project? I wasn't sure what the options are, to indicate this. E.g., part of a series, or part of a project, and/or a category, or other ways, etc. (I've seen these, sometimes in a 'box' on the top right, sometimes in a 'header', but I don't recall offhand where or how to do it.) I'll be working on this for several years, with more countries to be added, so I appreciate your help in getting the foundations right. I'll edit the Template once I know. Thanks again! DaleMurphy (talk) 17:59, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 ==Note on template==
 As a [[WP:NPP|new page patroller]], I have just come across my first article created using [[:Template:E-country template]].  The template includes references to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Entrepreneurship policies in the Arab world|this project]] and to the [[:Template:E-country template|template]] itself.  This violates [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (self-references to avoid)|the manual of style]] which states that references to Wikipedia or its mechanisms should be avoided in articles. <font color="green">[[User:WikiDan61|WikiDan61]]</font><font color="green" size="5px"></font><sup>[[User talk:WikiDan61|ChatMe!]]</sup><sub>[[Special:Contributions/WikiDan61|ReadMe!!]]</sub> 16:57, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
+: Hi Dan, thanks for your help! Much appreciated. It looks like the references of concern are these: "as part of the WikiProject on entrepreneurship policies in the Arab world. The article uses the categories and format of the {e-country template} for that project." Is there another way to indicate that the articles are part of the broader project? I wasn't sure what the options are, to indicate this. E.g., part of a series, or part of a project, and/or a category, or other ways, etc. (I've seen these, sometimes in a 'box' on the top right, sometimes in a 'header', but I don't recall offhand where or how to do it.) I'll be working on this for several years, with more countries to be added, so I appreciate your help in getting the foundations right. I'll edit the Template once I know. Thanks again! [[User:DaleMurphy|DaleMurphy]] ([[User talk:DaleMurphy|talk]]) 17:59, 22 September 2010 (UTC)