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New to wikipedia

Hey I'm new to wikipedia and I'm looking to be adopted. I really could use the help to figure out how to navigate and basically get started. I know with a better understanding of how wikipedia works, it'll be easy to manage.. But as a first timer I need the help to get going. I'd really appreciate any help that I can get. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iromarket (talk • contribs) 14:15, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

adopt me

Hi,

I want to do a biography for a prominent doctor. I already tried a couple times and it was deleted. I am too busy with work to figure all the ins and outs of wikipedia. Can you help me?

Jeneva (ibinc) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ibinc (talk • contribs) 23:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

A discussion

A discussion on Should WikiProjects get prior approval of other WikiProjects (Descendant or Related or any ) to tag articles that overlaps their scope ? is open here . We welcome you to participate and give your valuable opinions. You are receiving this note as you are a member of WikiProject Council -- TinuCherian - 12:27, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video games/Animal Crossing/to do

A tag has been placed on Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Video games/Animal Crossing/to do, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing no content to the reader. Please note that external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article don't count as content. Please see Misplaced Pages:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the page and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. MuZemike (talk) 02:58, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Pokemon Red Blue Glitch City

Hi, you voted a while ago in favour of some mention of Glitch City in the Pokemon Red/Blue article. Unfortunately, despite admin saying a Glitch section would be ok, the main editor of the page is turning it into a war, constantly deleting it despite sources and Pokemon-culture relevance. If you have an interest in keeping this kind of interesting information in wikipedia, please come over to Pokemone Red and Blue and help get the small Glitches section reinstated. Regards, MKULTRA333 (talk) 19:51, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Please Adopt Me.

I'm new to Misplaced Pages, and I have a few scattered question about this and that. And I was wondering if you could take some time to talk to me for a bit.

The Hellion (talk) 04:13, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

That's very much appreciated, cheers :-) Dbam /_{Contributions} 20:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

adoptme|20080728030114

i need to be adopted , i need help with doing my articles the correct way, please help me out,

--Daisy404 (talk) 03:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)daisy404--Daisy404 (talk) 03:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Isle O Hags.png)

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Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

Hi,

As a regularly contributing UK Wikipedian, we were wondering if you wanted to contribute to the Oxford bid to host the 2010 Wikimania conference. Please see here for details of how to get involved, we need all the help we can get if we are to put in a compelling bid.

We are also in the process of forming a new UK Wikimedia chapter to replace the soon to be folded old one. If you are interested in helping shape our plans, showing your support or becoming a future member or board member, please head over to the Wikimedia UK v2.0 page and let us know. We plan on holding an election in the next month to find the initial board, who will oversee the process of founding the company and accepting membership applications. They will then call an AGM to formally elect a new board who after obtaining charitable status will start the fund raising, promotion and active support for the UK Wikimedian community for which the chapter is being founded.

You may also wish to attend the next London meet-up at which both of these issues will be discussed. If you can't attend this meetup, you may want to watch Misplaced Pages:Meetup, for updates on future meets.

We look forward to hearing from you soon, and we send our apologies for this automated intrusion onto your talk page!

Addbot (talk) 20:37, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Adoptee notice: Bobo44

Hey, I am very new to wikipedia. I am up for adoption, and really would like someone to adopt me. Thanks! --Bobo44 (talk) 22:07, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

need basic help

hello,

I need basic help to set up a simple page for a middle-size music festival taking place in Copenhagen - Denmark.

I am the director of the festival - I have tried to make a simple and neutral description of the event.

The festival is quite popular with over 30.000 guests this year, so I hope we meet the "notability" requirements.

Of course, our intention is that the article on the festival should evolve on its own in the future, but I just would like to make sure the event is listed on Misplaced Pages since we have started to receive quite a few international guests who might want to have a Wiki description of the festival before coming over here from abroad.

Thanks very much for any help you can provide.

my work email is "tdf (a) nusnus dk" in wikipedia I am registered with my personal email "tdf (a) fleurquin net" both can be used (but I use work email more often).

All the very best, thanks again.

-Thomas Fleurquin ("totom dadal")  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Totom dadal (talk • contribs) 11:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:GTAIV Rotterdam Tower.jpg

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Help for inexperienced editor

Hi Alex,

I started one Stub in 2005 that has quite a bit of activity (Raw Feeding) and have expanded and contributed to several others. I would like to claim those early entries to my user account -- which I can't log into because I forgot my password and was silly not to include an email address.

I want to come out of the shadows and get a little more involved. Can you help me with some of these basics?

Thanks for your help.

68.237.71.59 (talk) 22:55, 14 September 2008 (UTC)Ben

Easy as pi?: Making mathematics articles more accessible to a general readership

The discussion, to which you contributed, has been archived, with very much additional commentary,
at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 35#Easy as pi? (subsectioned and sub-subsectioned).
A related discussion is at
(Temporary link) Talk:Mathematics#Making mathematics articles more accessible to a general readership and
(Permanent link) Talk:Mathematics (Section "Making mathematics articles more accessible to a general readership"). Another related discussion is at
(Temporary link) Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Mathematics#Making mathematics articles more accessible to a general readership and
(Permanent link) Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Mathematics (Section "Making mathematics articles more accessible to a general readership").
-- Wavelength (talk) 01:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

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Please help Jo3y

I'm a newly active user and seek your tutelage! Jo3y (talk) 17:20, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

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AAU reminder notice

A friendly reminder from the Adopt-a-User project =)

Hey there .:Alex:.! This is a friendly reminder to update your status at Misplaced Pages:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters whenever it is appropriate in order to provide new users with the most up-to-date information on available adopters. Also please note that we will be removing adopters who have not edited in 60 days. If you become active again (and we hope you do!) please feel free to re-add yourself. Cheers!

• Notice delivery by xenobot 14:01, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

WP:Sims

Hello I have proposed that WP:Sims to be moved to a task force in WP:VG under there Inactive project cleanup Task force. Since WP:Sims has been tagged inactive. There is a discussion on it, here.Hereford 17:00, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Requested move

Hi, I'm trying to clear up the backlog at WP:RM. I see that you objected in the past to the move currently being discussed at Talk:Grand Theft Auto Advance#Requested move. Could you please comment there to help us reach a consensus? Thank you.--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 03:39, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

GTA IV characters

Good job on starting to slim down the GTA IV characters article. It's really getting out of control and it seems like people are adding new content constantly. Bill  13:31, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

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Re Spore

The problem with this statement: while verifiable is that it will always be verifiable even if it changes, and even if its later reported that other games are the most pirated in history (or even 2008)--Crossmr (talk) 22:09, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I can see what you mean now. It could be changed later on ("second most pirated..." etc.) or could be changed to "currently the most pirated in history" or "as of 2008" or "...was ranked the most pirated game of 2008, having been downloaded over 1,700,000 times, making it the most pirated video game in history at this point in time". Eh, we can think of something. You can go ahead and change/remove it if you want of course. I just feel it's worth mentioning somehow, as obviously "most pirated game of 2008" and "of all time" are quite different. --.:Alex:. 22:14, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

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