Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 03:16, 26 March 2005

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→ JarlaxleArtemis 20:19, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that is the proper way to communicate with other users. To start a new topic, however, an easier way would be to click on the "discussion" tab and when a plus sign appears next to it, click on that. As for creating your own user page, click on the red tab that says "user page." Next, click on the tab that says "edit this page." You can then put pretty much anything you want on your user page and then save it. → JarlaxleArtemis 21:19, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

SQL error, and nanite

Hello, HappyCamper. The first problem the you saw is an intermittant database error that pops its ugly head up from time to time. Nothing to worry about, I'm told. :)

The second problem, about nanite redirecting to nanotechnology, is one of content (however, nanite – singular – redirects to nanorobot) You make a very good point that nanites shouldn't necessarily redirect immediately to nanotechnology, because they are two different (if related) subjects. However, nobody's taken the time to actually write a very good nanite page.

I looked over these pages, and there looks to be about 5

• Nanotechnology: a nice, primary article
• Nanite and nanobot: redirect to nanorobot
• Nanites: redirect to nanotechnology
• Nanorobot and nanorobotics: two pages that need to be merged (they are mostly redundant with nanotechnology, but some should be in nanite also.

Looks like you found a nice project: these pages are quite a mess. I would recomment that you do the following, but in the end its up to you:

1. Change nanite from a redirect to a real article
   • Merge whatever useful data you can from nanorobot and nanorobotics into your new nanite article
2. Change nanites from a redirect to nanorobot to redirect to nanite
3. Change nanobot, nanorobot, and nanorobotics into a redirect to nanotechnology (or whatever article you think is appropriate).
   • Any information left over, merge into nanotechnology.

If you don't know how to edit a redirect, here's the easy way: when you find that you have been redirected to, say, nanotechnology, you will see a small link on the top left of the page, just beneath the article title, that should read like this: "(Redirected from Nanites)". Just click that link, and you'll find yourself at the redirect page itself. :)

I hope that I was helpful, and feel free to ask me anything, anytime! – ClockworkSoul 15:31, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Pentominoes

You did everything just right :)

The reason you weren't seeing it is because that page is made of nested templates. In order to see it, you'll have to "purge the page cache". There's a link near the top of the page that will do that for you. Hope this helps! – ClockworkSoul 03:16, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)