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Welcome & Note on SMK Semera

Hi!

I noticed that you created the page SMK Semera -- Thanks for Contributing! -- I wanted to mention that if you leave the page with only one line of content, it is likely to be deleted according to the Misplaced Pages:Criteria for speedy deletion. Adding a few wikilinks will likely remove this threat.

Thanks and Welcome to Misplaced Pages!

Moogle10000 05:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Help

In order to improve it you need to find outside sources that state the subjects notability. It also helps if you add links to the article. (PS, Thanks for choosing me to help you, any reason why you choose me?) The Placebo Effect (talk) 02:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

To create a user page, just edit the tab on the upper left that is red and says "User page". And sure, Everyone is a friend on the wiki? The Placebo Effect (talk) 02:28, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Barnstars are ginen to you by other users to commend the good work you have done. Also, dont add the helpme template to my talk page, that adds me to a category that I need help, when it is not the case. The Placebo Effect (talk) 02:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

SMK Semera

You need to find reliable sources (see WP:RS) that discuss the school. You haven't even given us a location or what grade levels the school teaches. These a minimum criteria for inclusion. See WP:N & WP:V. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 03:27, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

{{helpme}}

You seem to be under a misapprehension about this template. If you want to talk to a specific user, to ask for help or otherwise, then just leave a note on that user's talk page, as you did on User talk:Carlossuarez46. They'll be notified they have messages the next time they log on. If you want help and don't care who gives it, you can edit your own talk page (i.e. this page), explaining what your problem is and using the tag {{helpme}}. This will put your name on a list of people who need help, and someone should quickly come to your assistance. Happy editing! Algebraist 03:53, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Admins

Hi Mark, welcome to Misplaced Pages. I did a small amount of editing to the SMK Semera article you started, mainly yo point out the specific places where you need to provide proper sources for the information in the article. One small matter: I note you are referring to yourself as a "new admin". On Misplaced Pages, administrators are experienced users who have a few extra responsibilities. Most users, like yourself, are editors. Its generally not a good idea to claim you are an admin here unless you are one: it could mislead other editors. Anyway, good luck and let me know if there are other questions I can help you with, Gwernol 03:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Help Needed!

I am Mark and i had created a page - SMK Semera but i don't know how to add a reference and there are so many template. The references are:

1.Asajaya/http:en.wikipedia.org.wiki/Asajaya

2.SMK Semera School Magazine

3.SMK Semera diary

4.Mr. Longgo bin Mohammad

I hope someone can help me out. Can you teach me how to give barnstars?

--Mark Chung (talk) 00:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Mark, I suggest you start by reading Misplaced Pages:Citing sources which is gives you instructions about how and why to source articles. Its rather long, but there is a lot of good information there. Please be aware though that several of your proposed sources are not appropriate for Misplaced Pages articles. All sources must be verifiable which means that personal recollections by you or anyone else (e.g. Mr. bin Mohammad) cannot be used as sources. Ironically Misplaced Pages articles also cannot be used as sources, since they can be edited by anyone. The SMK Semera school magazine probably is a reliable source, as long as it has been published and copies are available to anyone to read.

For information about giving barnstars, see Misplaced Pages:Barnstars. Best, Gwernol 00:16, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		I awarded myself for cleaning a useless template at HD179949 !--Mark Chung (talk) 01:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Editor&Admin

Hi.I am an editor and I want to be an adminstrator. What are the requirements to become an admin?--Mark Chung (talk) 13:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC){{helpme}}

Hi Mark. There are no set in stone requirements. Most editors want to see broad experience across the project, including substantive mainspace edits (i.e., to the encyclopedia proper), familiarity with behind the scenes work (admin-like activities), participation in XfD processes such as at WP:AFD, knowledge of WP:CSD, vandalism fighting, civility, no blocks in your history, knowledge of policy and application of that knowledge, no vandalism and so on. In general, no one with less than 2,000 edits is almost ever made an admin. While edit count alone tells us little about you as a whole, experience can only be gained through editing, so the number is a gross indicator. Please note that with 53 edits total, you have no chance whatever at this time of being made an administrator based on lack of experience. I say this not to be harsh but to present to you a reality and hopefully stop you from the harsh results of posting an RFA that cannot succeed. Please read Misplaced Pages:Guide to requests for adminship, and review the current candidates at WP:RFA.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Vandals

How can I notice, warn and fight vandals?Mark Chung (talk) 13:41, 10 January 2008 (UTC){{helpme}}

That's quite easy. In the section interaction on the left side of the window, you see the point "Recent changes". There you can see the changes, which were just made. There are signs, which show vandalism. Sometimes it is very clear, as "Replaced page with Fuck..." Other cases are much more difficult to see. For example an IP number or an editor with a username, written in red, makes a longer edit or removal of text. With time, you will get a feeling for this. You remove the vandalism (but be sure it really is vandalism or you will be blocked because of the three reverts rule very fast) and then you add a vandalism warning on the vandal's talkpage. Warnings can be found here There you can find additional informations about vandalism. After the final warning, you report the vandal at Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism and the rest is no problem of yours any more. You have successfully fought a vandal. Much luck and happy editing.--Thw1309 (talk) 16:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Projects

How can I get involved in Wikiprojects? How do I count my contributions? Manually (one-by-one) or with a feature? How can I know if an another Wikipedian is online or not?--Mark Chung (talk) 01:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC){{helpme}}

If the page of the WikiProject you're interested in doesn't make it clear how to get involved, you could try asking at the WikiProject talk page. If no-one answers the Project's probably dead anyway. See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject edit counters. I believe there's some kind of bot that lists users' status, but I can't find it right now. All it does is checks how much time has elapsed since your last edit anyway. Algebraist 01:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It's User:StatusBot. Algebraist 01:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

But it's crashed, and been replaced by User:Chris G Bot 3. Algebraist 01:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

(e/c) Wikiprojects are easy to join. Just find one you are interested in and with most, just add your name to a list of participants (see here for a list). They are generally places you need to come to and you need to act to participate in. Another words, someone may propose something on a talk page for people to collaborate on; the project doesnlt come to you , though they may have a newsletter. You can count your contributions using one of the many counters at WP:COUNT. I prefer Interiots counter. As or knowing whether someone is online, you can't, that is, unless they have set up one of those "status" fields on their userpage which tell everyone whether they are.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 01:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

User page

Please go to my user page...AFTER THIS! I want to sort the details to the right (neatly) like some of the user's user page but I don't know how! Can you help me to do this?Mark Chung (talk) 02:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

How? Everything seems neat to me. -- Mentifisto 04:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Templates

Where can I find more detail templates such as age, hobbies, favourites etc. ?(Like in my user page) Mark Chung (talk) 04:26, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

If you mean userboxes (since templates don't have hobbies or whatnot) you can find them here. -- Mentifisto 04:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

External links

Mark, the link you just added to Microscope was to a site that has a copy of the Misplaced Pages article on Microscope. In other words it was a link back to an earlier version of the same article. This is not useful and I have removed it for you. You might want to spend some time reading our guidelines on external links. Good luck, Gwernol 10:06, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject chess

Hi, and thanks for joining wikiproject chess! I notice you speak Chinese, and I would be very grateful if you could have a look at the Chinese Chess Championship. I translated this page myself from web sources in Chinese (although i can't read Chinese!). It would be nice if you could have a look at the article to see if there are any mistakes and perhaps you can fill in the missing winners (1962 and possibly 2007 championship). Possibly the winners can be found on the internet; but I just cant find them. All the best and happy editing! Voorlandt (talk) 17:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Thousands Of Questions!

GOSH! I got thousands of questions ...... er ...... I mean 6

1.How can I link a word to a page (e.g. clicking "here" leads to another page etc.)

2.How can I make my name funky(e.g. ZacharyCrimsonWolf - clicking Zachary leads to his user page, Crimson for talk page and Wolf for contributions)?

3.How can I upload a picture?

4.Is there an editor can do but an admin can't?

5.How can I count other user's contibutions?

6.How can I protect a page? {{helpme}}--Mark Chung (talk) 00:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! I hope I can answer these to the best of my ability.

1. You can use "Wikilinks", which consist of placing ] after it (example: ]; to change the text you see but keep the link destination, ]. You can also use HTML linking; just paste a url into two brackets, like this; http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:Mark_Chung link title].

2. You would just have to wikilink each part of the name. ]]] yields ZacharyCrimsonWolf.

3. See WP:UPLOAD.

4. Nothing technical; I guess an administrator can't run for a request for adminship, because that would be useless as they already have it.

5. See here for a list of edit counters.

6. Since you aren't an administrator, and only administrators can protect pages, you should file a request at requests for page protection.

Hope that helps! Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 00:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Bots

What is a bot? How can I have a bot? What does a bot do?--Mark Chung (talk) 14:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC){{helpme}}

Have a look at:

• Misplaced Pages:Creating a bot
• Misplaced Pages:Types of bots
• Misplaced Pages:History of Misplaced Pages bots
• Misplaced Pages:Bots/Approvals group
• Misplaced Pages:Bot requests
• Misplaced Pages:User access levels
• Misplaced Pages:Bot policy

Addhoc (talk) 15:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Newpage

How can I create a new page ?{{helpme}}

Before creating an article, please search Misplaced Pages first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines which all articles should comport with. As Misplaced Pages is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite to reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Misplaced Pages:Your first article and Misplaced Pages:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Misplaced Pages:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation.

Apologies for giving a templated response, but I think it says everything rather better than I can. Algebraist 15:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Quiz

I visited the Department of Fun and found a fish related quiz. I would like to create a game like that too. How can I do that? Also, must I put a summary after editing? Will it affect my RFA in future or cause inconvenience? I saw that most of my edits are without summary in the Interiots Counter.--Mark Chung (talk) 03:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC) {{helpme}}

1. I have NO IDEA what the department of fun is, but Misplaced Pages is not a place to play games.
2. You should ALWAYS enter an edit summary so other editors know what you are doing
3. You have been at Misplaced Pages less than one month, and you have edited an article exactly 17 times. I don't think Adminship is in your near future. You may want to become more familiar at Misplaced Pages and gain more experience making constructive edits to articles first.

I hope that answers you questions. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 04:50, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

To expand a bit, you should enter an edit summary wherever possible, since it helps other editors to know what to look for when they review your edit. Small edits like spelling and grammar fixes may be given a similarly small edit summary--no need for complete sentences.

I've got to agree with Jayron32, though, that you probably shouldn't be worrying about RFA for now. Most people have well over a thousand edits before they are nominated, so someone with only 17 mainspace edits wouldn't be able to pass. That said, though, people will be looking more at your recent edits when you do request adminship, so some small mistakes when you're still new are nothing to worry about. --Sopoforic (talk) 06:36, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

If you'd like to create this game, please do not do so on Misplaced Pages. Also, edit summaries are not mandatory, but should be entered whenever you are able to, as this lets other editors figure out what you are doing. Yes, most users who participate at RfA like to see lots of edit summaries because an edit summary may help eliminate confusion. Anyway, I hope that helps. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 06:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Response to comments on my talk page

As to your edit history: its visible for all to see here: And you have been editing Misplaced Pages since January 8th. Last I checked, the time expired between January 8th and January 26th is less than one month, as I accurately described above. Also, the number of times you have edited an actual Misplaced Pages ARTICLE, as opposed to a talk page, or user talk page, or something else is as follows:

1. 02:19, January 25, 2008 (hist) (diff) List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes‎ (linking)
2. 02:12, January 25, 2008 (hist) (diff) List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes‎
3. 01:28, January 25, 2008 (hist) (diff) Sarawakian Dialect‎ (Creating a new page - Sarawakian Dialect) (top)
4. 12:23, January 24, 2008 (hist) (diff) Gua Sha‎ (→Indications - adding a use of the treatment) (top)
5. 12:20, January 24, 2008 (hist) (diff) Gua Sha‎ (→Indications - adding a use of the treatment)
6. 02:54, January 14, 2008 (hist) (diff) Mahathir bin Mohamad‎ (→Personal)
7. 07:48, January 11, 2008 (hist) (diff) Microscope‎ (adding a useful external link)
8. 02:17, January 11, 2008 (hist) (diff) Flight square‎ (top)
9. 00:59, January 9, 2008 (hist) (diff) HD179949‎
10. 00:36, January 9, 2008 (hist) (diff) SMK Semera‎ (top)
11. 00:35, January 9, 2008 (hist) (diff) SMK Semera‎
12. 00:33, January 9, 2008 (hist) (diff) SMK Semera‎
13. 02:14, January 8, 2008 (hist) (diff) Asajaya‎ (classes)
14. 00:52, January 8, 2008 (hist) (diff) SMK Semera‎
15. 00:40, January 8, 2008 (hist) (diff) SMK Semera‎
16. 00:39, January 8, 2008 (hist) (diff) SMK Semera‎ (←Created page with 'SMK Semera is a school in Semera, Asajaya. Located approximately 10 kilometers southeast of Asajaya town, it is the best school in Asajaya District. ==H...')

So it looks like I was wrong. You have edited 16 articles, not 17 as I said above. My bad.

Finally, it was YOU and not I who brought up WP:RFA. I was responding to your question.

So please, before posting to my talk page, telling me that I do not know what I am talking about, you may want to check yourself. You asked for answers to your questions. I answered them. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Department of Fun

As you can see above, many Wikipedians disagree that I create a new quiz in Department of Fun because they think I shouldn't play in Misplaced Pages(probably?). If so, who created the quizzies in there? I am totally stuck!--Mark Chung (talk) 01:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC){{helpme}}

Hi there! I'm sorry some of the responses above have seemed a little harsh. Actually, I have found that many wikipedia users do not know about the department of fun (thus some of their hostility). A great way to create something a little entertaining and fun on wikipedia is to do so in a subpage of your user space. Don't go overboard or anything. Then, once you have created it, you can link to it from the DoF. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions, please feel free to respond here or on my talk page. Best regards! --omtay38 01:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)