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:''This is a Misplaced Pages user page. For the fictional wolf of this name, see ].'' |
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== Things to do == |
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==Preamble== |
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Section for notices and other matters. |
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*For details of content work, see links below. |
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==Userspace== |
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* Look at other user pages and get ideas for layout. |
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*], of which the currently most relevant links are: |
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* Make summary of my contributions to date (including IP addresses). |
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* Start using watchlist. |
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* Start making bookmark list. |
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== Bookmarks == |
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*First edit as ] was January 2005. |
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== First article == |
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Spotted a missing article in ], and decided to add ]. Unfortunately I appear to have just missed out on the honour of creating the 1,000,000th article... |
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== Second article == |
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] might be considered a better attempt at an article, except for the fact that I <s>nicked</s>... translated it from the German Misplaced Pages. |
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== Creating an article from a disambiguation page == |
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These thoughts are based on work I did on ]. This started when I realised that Ptolemaic redirected to ], as seen (27/09/2003). This rang a warning bell in my mind, as I realised that many people would link Ptolemiac in articles referring to ], the famous astronomer of the 2nd century AD, not the Egyptian ruling dynasty (of Macedonian origin) of the 3rd to 1st centuries BC. Clicking on "What links here" confirmed my fears. I eventually got round to tidying up those links and redid ] as a disambiguation page (24/03/2006). While changing those links, I had got interested in the history of the Ptolemies, and the confusing tangle of Ptolemies in the Ptolemaic dynasty. I then gradually started tidying up the disambiguation page by adding descriptions to help people find the Ptolemy they needed. Previously, a reader had to click back and forth between different Ptolemies, and try and mentally keep track of where and when these Ptolemies existed. I also expanded the list and organised it into mostly historical sections. Over the course of a few days, Ptolemy (disambiguation) went from (25/03/2006) to (28/02/2006). During the course of this work I had been delving deeper and deeper into the history of the Ptolemies (see for 'The House of Ptolemy' by Edwyn Bevan, an enthralling history of the Ptolemies). At some point I also tidied up the disambiguation page at ]. |
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The reorganisation of Ptolemy (disambiguation) into historical sections had made me realise that there was a narrative thread here, one that spanned over 2000 years of history. This focused my interest on the etymology of the name Ptolemy, to add to the history of the people bearing the name, and how the name has come to be used in today's world. This accounts for the addition of the etymological section ranging across several languages. By the time of this (29/03/2006), my earlier fears that the page was no longer a disambiguation page were well and truly confirmed! |
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At this point, I initiated discussions at various places in Misplaced Pages, to add to the discussions I had already started at places like the Help Desk and the Reference Desk. Here, I provide links to some of these discussions (some discussions may have since been archived, and talk page discussions have not been refactored): |
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*] - ] points out that Ptolemy (disambiguation) includes more information that is needed. |
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*] - history summary and discussion on the talk page for Ptolemy (disambiguation). |
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