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[edit] Errorneous redirect

The Great article link redirects to itself. Wikipedia:How to write a great article redirects here. I'm not sure whether this should be the case. It could be the result of vandalism or an error. Please fix. Thank you. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 07:36, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA spam

please note, consensus is required before making significant additions to this page (e.g. long paragraphs about "good articles"). please discuss on talkpage instead of edit-warring. Zzzzz 10:23, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I created this page from a merge of two existing pages.[1] The GA section was part of the existing page.[2] You removed the section, starting the edit war. You are the one who needs consensus to omit the section. Gareth Aus

[edit] Link to Requests for feedback?

Several months ago, I created Requests for feedback. It's a process whereby new contributors can seek feedback on articles they write or major edits they make. The feedback is intended to help the newcomer understand his strengths and weaknesses as an editor, and to use the feedback to improve his editing skills, as well as the article he is requesting feedback on. This process facilitates both article development and editor development, and is a type of basic, general Peer Review, that is designed for new articles.

RFF is a relatively new initiative; traffic there is slowly but surely increasing, and I hope to make it an integral newcomer process. I created RFF after trying to solicit feedback on two articles I wrote, Google Groups and Homerun (film), but finding Peer Review only for high-quality, established articles.

I am thinking of including a link to RFF in the Peer Review paragraph, as RFF is, as I said, a basic, general Peer Review. If a newcomer posts his article on RFF, and a reviewer spots any glaring problems with the article, he can fix them himself, ask the writer of the article to fix it, or add appropriate tags - either way, the article gets improved, and the newcomer learns something. However, I would like to know what others think. I also started a discussion on the village pump that you may be interested in - please read and respond there. Thanks.

--J.L.W.S. The Special One 11:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirects to this page

I'm curious about a few things - and was wondering if anyone would object to a few minor changes.

  1. WP:IA is a redirect to this article - it seems to me that it would be more appropriate to redirect it to Wikipedia:WikiProject Iowa, as IA is the common abbreviation for Iowa and I don't see how IA abbreviates Article Development.
  2. WP:ARTICLE should probably be created as a redirect for this article - if I was looking for a source for information on developing an article, that's one of the first things I'd try. --Tim4christ17 talk 04:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Done. - Mtmelendez (Talk|UB|Home) 02:22, 19 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Featured articles on Main Page?

I removed and reworded these assertions in the Featured article section:

  • Once an article is certified as featured, it can usually be featured on the main page...
  • Just be patient, and the article will eventually get its turn.

At the rate we're going, not all FAs will reach the main page. See a much more detailed discussion here. - Mtmelendez (Talk|UB|Home) 02:22, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why isnt Good Article a part of this page?

Hi,

Good articles, while not part of 'becoming an FA' chain, definitely are a legitimate part of Article development. Can someone please enlighten me as to why this isnt so on ground?

Regards, AshLin 16:45, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Important information that is not present in this page

I have found this page with google, because i was searching HOW TO write a wikipedia article.

I need to know what is the programing language, or what editor I need to write the code for wikipedia pages.

that page needs a section that says "wikipedia pages are written in xxx language (html, php, plain text, wathever). To learn it (for example, how to make a hyperlink, or write coloured or bold code, insert a picture, etc.), go to that page.

For example, I have some info/ article writen in MS Word. I can save it on html, or other formattting, but I cannot copy and paste here, because it lost all formating (or maybe not?). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marraco (talk • contribs) 13:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Many questions you can answer yourself by clicking "Help" on the left. It will take you to Help:Contents. That page has a topic called "Editing Wikipedia". Click that and you will see among other things, "Edit a page, including markup details." You'll learn that wikipedia pages are written in wiki markup language, which is somewhat similar to html. The bottom line is that probably the best you can do is copy and paste from MS Word, losing all the formatting, then add in appropriate formatting using wiki markup.
P.S. Can you tell us how you came to this page to ask your question? There is lots of information in Wikipedia but much of it is not arranged in the most obvious and helpful way to inform newcomers. If we knew how you came to this page, we could rearrange things so that you might have found what you were looking for more easily. Sbowers3 (talk) 20:56, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Do any of you know how to edit the right way so I dont get reverted?

Im not sure if this is the right page, or if I'm even talking to anyone?GIVE YOUR MAMA SOME SUGAR! (talk) 02:45, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Adding useful information on a notable topic would be a good place to start. - JasonAQuest (talk) 03:13, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

CARMEN —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.79.181.243 (talk) 18:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Stubs

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In the Stubs section, please remove the link to "Wikipedia:Article Creation and Improvement Drive" as that project no longer is active. 199.125.109.104 (talk) 15:04, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Some enterprising soul could also do a "what links here" and take it out or move it to inactive in every place it is used. 199.125.109.104 (talk) 15:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

N Not done. This is only a semi-protected page. Any user who have had an account for some days can edit this page. So there are plenty of editors to ask for it. (About 60,000 active editors, only about 1300 active admins.) And if you get an account you can fix it yourself a couple of days from now. --David Göthberg (talk) 23:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Y Done Voyaging(talk) 23:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)