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Formatting Edits
Timrem, I've realized that I need to learn a lot more about formatting and adding edits before I make a serious effort to contribute anything. I sure hope I didn't screw up your Talkpage too badly. Thanks for your patience with a silly newbie :) Doc Tropics 19:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- No problem, I'll fix my talk page. If you start a line with a space, it won't indent, but put all the text in a box. To indent, you can use a colon (:). I started making a list somewhere of editing markup, I'll see if I can find that and give you a link to it.
- I looked at Interorbital Systems, they seem to be a valid company. The German Misplaced Pages has an article on them, and doing a simple internet search on MSN gave me a link to a page on the National Geographic website which references them.
- If you have any other questions, don't be afraid to ask. I won't always be so quick to answer, though :-) Timrem 19:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- I found that markup page I mentioned, it is here. It's not done yet, I might be back to finish it some other time, but it should help a bit. It is, however, on the "Test Misplaced Pages", not the main English Misplaced Pages. Therefore, your login won't work there unless you create an account on that Wiki, as you would have to for any foreign-language Wiki or a sister project such as Wiktionary. The entire test Misplaced Pages is like a giant sandbox, so feel free to do any experimenting there if you want. Hope this helps, and thanks for trying to improve Misplaced Pages! Timrem 19:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- You can see Misplaced Pages:Barnstars for all types of barnstars. From there, all you have to do is copy and paste, then replace the word "message" with whatever you want. Timrem 20:00, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- I found that markup page I mentioned, it is here. It's not done yet, I might be back to finish it some other time, but it should help a bit. It is, however, on the "Test Misplaced Pages", not the main English Misplaced Pages. Therefore, your login won't work there unless you create an account on that Wiki, as you would have to for any foreign-language Wiki or a sister project such as Wiktionary. The entire test Misplaced Pages is like a giant sandbox, so feel free to do any experimenting there if you want. Hope this helps, and thanks for trying to improve Misplaced Pages! Timrem 19:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Spanish interest
Hey doc. Remember me? I'm your cookie dealer. I read your talk page and since most of the major articles I work on are translations of Spanish featured articles (in Spanish: Artículos destacados), I was wondering if I could call on you if I get stuck or need a second opinion. I am currently working on this translation. Oh, and feel free to drop by my talk page if you have any newbie (or other) problems—this place can be daunting for newcomers.--Fuhghettaboutit 22:46, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for replying. I would love it if you reviewed the article for errors but note that some text has been modified and added to without outside research. I wasn't necessarily requesting this however; rather I was hoping to add you to my list of people to call on if I get into trouble with difficult passages in the future. I just posted the article as an example of translation efforts.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:41, 14 June 2006 (UTC)