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If you have questions let me know. Problem is, I'm generally clueless about most topics, but if I can be of assistance, feel free to poser un question a moi. My handle is Tomwsulcer. If you click on the purply talk to the right of my name, you can go to my talk page and write something there. One of the hardest things to do in WP is reference; but I wrote a quickie tutorial about one method (there are many possible). Click here: Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners with citation templates. If you click on the "star" icon on any page, it gets added to your watchlist. Then, whenever you log in to Wikipedia, click on "watchlist" and you'll see articles appear if there have been any recent changes. You can click on them. Clicking on the "history" tab shows previous edits and changes. --Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:29, 29 September 2010 (UTC)--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:34, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Tomsulcer! This is my first "talk" event...certain not to be my last. It is good to make wikipedia/wikimedia a welcoming place, which you have just done. Simply because a person is a "newbie" here (or, per the teenybopper set, a "nube," which has even broader non-positive connotations), does not imply that they are a newbie in the arenas of knowledge and accumulated wisdom that are at the heart of wikipedia's mission. If the wikipedia culture, or web 'personality,' come off as impenetrable edifices, the community risks missing out on great content. You may now take a bow--you are a risk mitigator!

Cluelessness is fine. No need to apologize. One thing is certain: compared to me, you are obviously quite clueful! Best, Sara (aka auroraz7) Auroraz7 (talk) 16:03, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Another convention is to put colons to the left; add another colon for each change of writer. That way we can follow who's saying what. Do you know how to use the pipes? In a wikilink in an article, there are two left brackets followed by where the wikilink goes to, followed by two right brackets. So it looks like this [[Article title]]. So if a reader clicks on the lit-up-term "Article" they'll be transported instantly to that article. Cool! If the word article is lit up red, then it doesn't exist (yet). A cool feature is that you can put a "pipe" character in (straight vertical line like a tall "one") in the middle of the wikilink. So what a reader sees is on the right of the pipe, but when the word is clicked, then the reader gets taken to the article on the left of the pipe. There are many uses. Here's the format: [[Article taken to|What reader sees]]. So they click on "what reader sees" but go to "Article taken to". Get it? Like, check this out: Congress. Click on "Congress" and you go to the article "United States Congress". I'm working on a revamp but there may be fussing about swapping in the new version. Also: on edit summaries, an "r" is shorthand for "reply", "rvv" = revert vandalism. When you look at what I wrote in editing mode you should see what I mean. You can use the word nowiki in angle brackets to turn off the wiki stuff so you can talk about stuff without having it happen. Somewhat of an awkward way to say it but I hope you get my drift. You seem like a knowledgeable person and it would be good having people here who know what they're doing, not just handymen like myself who aspire to be risk-mitigator types. Remember everythnig in these talk pages can be potentially seen by the public (but mostly only Wikipedians curious enough to look). --Tomwsulcer (talk) 16:55, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments on SkillSlate!--Tomwsulcer (talk) 04:28, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re Ben Wedeman

Your concern re libel re Wedeman article has been raised at ANI. Quis separabit? 21:45, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And you should respond there! Quis separabit? 22:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your last edit. You need to work with other editors. There is no ownership of articles. I opened a discussion at the administrators noticeboard regarding the Wedeman article and you are free and encouraged to comment there and on the Wedeman article talk page. If you continue to act unilaterally you may find yourself blocked for violating 3RR or NPOV. Quis separabit? 00:39, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I saw that. I'm a total novice and apologize for my error. I'm afraid the first time I read your note, I didn't quite follow what you meant. However, it did dawn on me that I had possibly goofed, even before I read your second note (above). By the time I saw your second note, I had already gone to the administrators notice board and done precisely what you suggested. Believe me, I don't wish to violate anything! Again, my apologies. (Note to self: slow down! Read more carefully!). saraw1 00:50, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

No problems. Happy editing. And sign all your posts with this symbol ~~~~. Yours, Quis separabit? 02:38, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

manually signing with "saraw1"

not clear to me what is going on with your signing. if you use four tildas the WP software will automatically fill in your username, which is "Auroraz7". it is not right that you are manually adding a different account name "saraw1" as you keep doing, for example here. If you want to change your account name to saraw1, the instructions for changing your username are here Wikipedia:Changing_username and the links to actually do it, are at the bottom of that article. Jytdog (talk) 01:21, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Signing errors merely a result of confusion on my part. Ironically, I signed correctly at first then "corrected" it to the wrong type of signature. Sorry. saraw1 02:44, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

you just did it again! your account is not "saraw1" it is "Aurorazy". like i wrote above, if you type four tildas right next to each other (on most keyboards the tilda is in the very top left corner of you keyboard and it looks like this ~ - on mine i need to use shift to get it) after your comment, and then click "save page", the WP software will automatically convert the four tildas into a complete and accurate signature, with your username and the date. Quis separabit? demonstrated it above. Jytdog (talk) 02:50, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's really weird: I did used the four tildas. My username is "auroraz7." I have no idea why it is coming out as saraw1 but I'm going to run an experiment (now) and see what happens.saraw1 17:11, 23 November 2014 (UTC). How totally weird - I just did it again and it came out as saraw1. I literally clicked on the "sign your posts on talk pages" picture below. I wonder what's going on! in the mean time I'll just write in my correct user name using Wikipedia formatting (to the best of my ability). Please let me know if I did so correctly. Thanks! Jeez. Now the word "talk" is bolded, and I have no idea why ..... very frustrating. auroraz7 (talk)

hm. try just responding to me below, after "here". do the following three things and only those things. 1) Type "hi". 2) Type four tildas (exactly 4 - not 3, not 5. four) 3) click the "save page" button - don't do anything else. Jytdog (talk) 17:57, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

here: hi saraw1 18:52, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

hm. hard to help you without sitting next to you. i can only think of three options. 1) you didn't do exactly what i said; 2) you messed around with your signature in your WP preferences (did you?) 3) you are editing with Visual Editor and something is going awry (are you editing with Visual Editor?) Jytdog (talk) 19:56, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for your help - I appreciate your patience. re: 1) I did exactly, precisely, what you said; 2) I haven't messed around with my signature in my WP preferences - I actually went back and checked earlier (but will double check now); 3) I did try visual editor once, but that was just an experiment and I didn't post anything using it. Signing off to go back and double check that signature, with apologies in advance for what will almost certainly be an incorrect signature. saraw1 20:37, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

in preferences there is a button you can click to reset to the defaults... you may want to try that. Jytdog (talk) 20:39, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alrighty then. I've now done what you suggested. This will be the test (fingers are crossed). auroraz7 20:42, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

It worked! Please let me know whether it looks correct on your end, too. Many thanks. auroraz7 20:45, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

actually it didn't work. there are no links in your signature. i don't know what else to do for you. perhaps you could try the helpdesk or teahouse. good luck. Jytdog (talk) 20:47, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh Dear. I will do as you suggest. auroraz7 20:48, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Auroraz7 (talk) 20:52, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is this right? (I really hope so!) Auroraz7 (talk) 20:54, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

edit notes

please make sure that your edit notes accurately reflect your edits. this kind of thing is not good, especially on a controversial article. Jytdog (talk) 15:37, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, got it. Thanks for the guidance. Auroraz7 (talk) 18:04, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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