User talk:W.carter

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W.carter: I appreciated your earlier suggestions on editing. May I now ask your advice on finding editors interested in the same subjects I am interested in?

I have proposed revisions of the instrumentalism article on talk pages of inductive reasoning, John Dewey, and Karl Popper--with no response after several weeks. Are there further sites or actions I could take to find people with my interests? Many Thanks.TBR-qed (talk) 15:16, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello TBR-qed and welcome back. Sometimes certain subject are not as frequently visited by editors involved as one might like to, but there are a couple of things you could do.

• First: The page Instrumentalism is within the Wikipedia:WikiProject Philosophy so you could post something at that project's talk page: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Philosophy.
• Second: Several editors have worked on the article over the years. You can see all of them and what they have done by either look at the page's history starting at Instrumentalism: Revision history and work your way backwards, or at the Statistics for Instrumentalism, where you scroll down to see all contributors. Look at who might be interested, compose a greeting/comment/invitation and post at their talk pages the same way you contact me.
• Third: You can do the same for relevant pages for Inductive reasoning: Revision history, Wikipedia:WikiProject Psychology, Wikipedia:WikiProject Education, Statistics for John Dewey and Statistics for Karl Popper
• Fourth: You can also look at John Dewey Society and maybe Karl Popper debate for more clues.

As for other sites, that is unfortunately beyond my knowledge. Hope this will help you in some way. Best, w.carter-Talk 16:02, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

W.carter: Extremely helpful. Thank you.TBR-qed (talk) 14:57, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

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Whampoa Anchorage

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		For your dedication in turning Whampoa anchorage from a tersely-written stub into an interesting and well-referenced article, in what seemed record time. Euryalus (talk) 13:39, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Oh, thank you Euryalus! This was unexpected, it was my pleasure to work on the article. —Stay tuned for more updates on the Sweden/Canton project. Best, w.carter-Talk 13:51, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks

Dear W. Carter,
I am very very grateful, for the barnstar, it is honors for me.
Best wishes and regards.
Aftab Banoori ^(Talk) 15:25, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Whampoa anchorage

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Good Graces

Okay, so I want to put the past behind us. What can I do to get into your good graces? I need to know. I don't want to feel as if you're off limits.Amanda Smalls 18:20, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

BTW:My name is different because I'm changing it from Andrew to Amanda.Amanda Freak 18:24, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Amanda. You just keep on doing what you have been doing since you got out of the can, that seems like a good place to start. I like that you are trying out writing articles, that's a good thing. And also that you respect my way of being, which is I don't like to be nagged at. If I say no, then it is no. I edit the WP to wind down when I get home from work as a hobby and I want to be able to choose what I do here. You can read about us Wiki-sloths here. I also like people who contribute as part of the team, where we all have our separate roles and those roles should be respected. And take it easy on the barnstars and things, they should not be overused. With me a simple 'thanks' is always better.

— And while I'm still a bit pissed of that you wasted so much of my time with nonsense, I applaud your guts to come out like this and stand by who you are. Such things are never easy. I wish you every luck with changing your name legally. If anyone ever give you grief about that, they'll have me to deal with, and you know I'm not always easy. And thanks for dialing down the signature, I really needed shades for the last one. Best, w.carter-Talk 18:58, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

Understood. Thank you for your kind words about my coming out. I appreciate it.Amanda Freak 19:04, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for making a "tersely-written stub" in a nice article! :) (Msrasnw (talk) 16:48, 16 October 2014 (UTC))

How kind of you Msrasnw. Thanks for providing the foundation for it. And as for "terse stubs", is there any other way to write them? :) I know I have a host of those behind me as well, I'm not exactly Oscar Wilde. :) Best, w.carter-Talk 17:41, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

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stumped again

Hello W. My immediate problem is to find WP help desk or teahouse so I can ask a question. What title do I search?

My next problem is to know which of these 2 sites is most appropriate to help me format references. I want to place 2 references side-by-side with different characteristics: the first an author whose book I will refer to repeatedly, but two separate page references here; the second an author with an article in an edited collection, to which I will not refer again. I am unable to attach the formatting I got and where I got stopped. Is this a tech support question?

Thanks in advance for suggestions.TBR-qed (talk) 21:58, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello TBR-qed. The right place to ask such questions would be the Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions. Normally I would be able to help you here, but unfortunately things has occurred at work and I have to be mostly absent from the Wikipedia during the next few days (see message at the top of the page). If you still have trouble when I get back to editing as usual and the message is removed, I will be glad to help you. Best, w.carter-Talk 08:51, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

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