User talk:Dusenostachys123

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[edit] Use of the 'Save page' button when editing

Hi Dusenostachys123, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions to the Salvia divinorum article so far, but just a quick word about use of the 'Save page' button when editing. While it's ordinarily good practice to save regularly when working on a word processing type task, it's worth noting that in Wikipedia's editor 'Save page' actually means publish page. In other words, it posts the changes you've made so far to the article, and (importantly) it also creates an entry in the revision history log. So, if we look for example at the revision history for the Salvia divinorum article [1] around the 26th - 29th December 2006, we see you've created nearly 200 entries, one for each time you saved. This rather clutters the revision history. It would be helpful if you could instead consider working out some of your longer edits beforehand, e.g. in your own word processing application, then copy paste the text into Wikipedia's editor and publish them after your work is complete. Remember also that the 'Show preview' button can be used to test out how the edit is going to look - e.g. to check that links and references look and work as intended. - Hope that helps. Thanks.

--SallyScot 16:36, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi again. I noticed (on 05:40, 1 January 2007) you deleted the talk page post (which I've copied again) above. Over the space of a couple of hours or so after this time you made a further 28 edits to the Salvia divinorum article. - No probs if you disagree in principle with my suggestion about use of the 'Save page' button, but I was just wondering (if so) why this was and if you were prepared to discuss. Please be assured that hostility is not my intention.

Also, about your deletion of the talk page post - there are Talk page guidelines which might be worth a look in this regard. In particular there's a guideline there about not editing others comments. Once again, I bring this to your attention as a newcomer just for your info and in good faith, not simply to hassle you. Thanks

--SallyScot 14:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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Sally, you keep putting these statements in the MY TALK for me but I don't even know how to talk back to you via this board and have no idea what you are talking about with all of the references to hundreds of edits, where in the hell is that kept? Also, my buddy appears to have taken down the chemistry section when trying to put my own stuff back up that someone had completely deleted today. You might want to go put it back, I do not have a copy to do so or I would. Duesnostachys...

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Hi Duesnostachys. You can reply to points I've made on your Talk page here by putting an entry on your Talk page here. You can also put copies or new topics of conversation between us on my Talk page.

If the topic is specifically about edits to a Wikipedia article then use the Talk page for the article (e.g. Talk:Salvia divinorum or Talk: Salvinorin A).

If you click the History tab on the Salvia divinorum article you should see what I mean about hundreds of edits. E.g. check this link, and, go 'back' on that link to see earlier edits.

Also, that someone who deleted the Chemistry detail on the Salvia divinorum article - that was me.

Actually I haven't deleted it. I've moved the extraction / isolation detail to Salvinorin A article.

The way I see it, technical detail about the extraction / isolation of salvinorin is most suited in the Salvinorin article

If you want to move it back - please discuss on the Salvia divinorum talk page.

Thanks,

--SallyScot 02:01, 6 January 2007 (UTC)