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=Current=

I m back from wiki-sickleave .

=Intro=

I really don t know that there is anything important enough to put here, but it s in the user space so I ll do it...but just for the following reason:

:My favorite color is blue ...hmmm...doesn t sound like a reason, until you realize that creating this page changes links to my user name from red to blue.

=Really, Really Important things I ve learned about Wikipedia=

These are my notes:

==Write to the target audience==

**Audience: A related question, is who should the pages be written for Most writers are in college or past college. However, there is evidence that most readers are high-school students, or other people who are not familar with a topic. What is obvious and irrelevant to a CS student or grad, may be very unclear and important to a high-school student or someone who is thinking of returning to college. Of course, Wikipedia has yet to define its target audience very well. The lists make it accessible to a much broader audience. excerpted from a comment by an anon who signed his message: The Phantom Avenger for SE

Summary: **KISS Principle - Keep It Sweet and Simple. **Write first for the Educated Layperson (that s hard)... **...then try to do it better and write for the beginner (that s harder) *If an educated layperson can t figure it out by following the wikilinks, then it s too hard. *Yes, we re experts (more or less) but we re writing for a general audience. We could write a clever, concise, deep sentence to explain something...but it s useless if it isn t easy to understand. *Eschew argot, technicality and cant.

==Spelling/Grammar checking==

Whenever doing anything but minor editing, copy and paste to a word-processor with real time spelling/grammar checking!

That and that I can t spell. I also can t capitalize, but that s a different matter.

==Formating dates==

Date formats:

*# July 20, 1969 July 20, 1969 *# 20 July 1969 20 July 1969 *# 1969-07-20 1969-07-20

==Formatting ISBN==

*ISBN 3-540-60521-5 displays as ISBN 3-540-60521-5

==Very useful wiki pages that I use a lot==

  • This is a short cut into the alphabetical index of articles.
  • Grutness s stub list
  • Clean up templates

  • ==Tools==

  • new
  • old

    • ==Possible Tools==

  • *[http://jmr.org/lemotjus.htm a page on grammar errors]

    ==Categorizing==

  • fundamental categories to start at when looking for a category.

  • =Stub Sorting=

    I m part of the so people with special interests can more easily find articles to expand.

    My response to being informed (after sorting hundreds of stubs) that there were estimated to be 20,000 stub articles to sort was:

    : whimper...whimper...whimper...

    Fortunately, we seem to have gotten a handle on the number of articles left in to be sorted. More will gradually migrate in (as they are edited for other purposes and the category is updated) but at a more-or-less managable rate.

    I hope this project proves useful.

    =Cleanup Projects=

    We seem to have briefly caught up with stub sorting so I think I ll spend some time working on:

    : : : (a lot of these are pretty easy since they are actually stubs that need to be wikify-ed). : (maybe someday, when I catch up...) :

    ==Stubs I should be able to contribute to==

    : : :

    = =

    I m a member of the cleanup taskforce. I specialize in engineering, computers and science

    =I made admin=

    We all know admin is no big deal (in fact the quote is said it), but it s really nice to be asked.

    The vote is/was at . (I put this link here so I could watch while I was fretting over whether I d get it).

    is the admin s reading list that I m still trying to absorb and will keep handy as a refernce.

    =Spelling=

    Turns out these need to be done periodically:

    *resevoir -> reservoir *tendancy -> tendency *seperate -> separate *foriegn -> foreign *sportscar -> sports car

    ==Tools==

  • ==Words I m suspicious of==

    I am suspicious of the word whereby . It s a real word, but I want to take a look at articles that use it and make sure they are clearly worded.

    =Images=

    I ve uploaded these images to commons:

  • To English wikipedia (can use Fair Use licensing, these are magazinecovers)

  • (umm, this was a bad name, I now realize, since it is distinct from an existing image only by capitalization)

  • =Fun things to do=

    *Goto My Contributions and see which have been changed since I worked on them. Sometimes it looks like people are following me around and working on things I ve edited (but it s usually a case of someone coming after I wikify and adding categories, so I m not paranoid).

    =todo=

  • *tighten and cleanup Toastmasters International *merge Toastmasters & Toastmasters International *Reasoning engine

    *Roosterfish - Nematistius pectoralis [http://www.thejump.net/id/roosterfish.htm] *calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate *pericarp *hesperidium *Knotted cord - see other cultures comment on talk done *Naron (from the cleanup taskforce, review)

    ==images==

  • **There s a request for A/C pictures in there, I should do that (remember to recharge batteries for digital camera) *You d think I d have a couple of rasps to photograph, but I can only find one and it s rusty.

    ==keep an eye on==

  • died at AFD, all that remains is the discussion.

    • =Cute=

    :[http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits Kate s tool] : (out of date) :[http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm monthly statistics] :[http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/gems/umlaut.html Evolution of Heavy Metal Umlaut video]

    = Press Releases =

    This is a question I posted at Village pump (Policy) and the replies. I am placing it here so I don t forget it.

    15:56, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

    :In the United States, everything is copyrighted. -- 20:39, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

    ::But if it s a press release being sent out to be published, aren t they granting rights to reproduce on it Or does that just apply to people they directly send it to 20:55, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

    :::That may be (or may not be). IANAL. But I assure you, that press release is not under the GFDL. -- 21:09, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

    :Press releases are definitely copyrighted. They do not grant free rights to reproduction — they license it for reproduction to certain partners under certain conditions, in the same way that a record company licenses its music to the companies that print the CDs and gives people who buy the CDs very limited personal use rights. I am not a lawyer, however. 21:01, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

    ::I m not a lawyer, but I am a journalist. License at least implies more formality than exists. 21:15, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

    :::Thank you, everbody! I have chopped, added an external link to the press release, and marked corp-stub. (I will file this as a reminder. I appreciate it). 01:35, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)

    *[http://wikipedia.mozdev.org/ firefox ext link] (maybe)

    = Explain Expansion ,Alternative history in the article:Fictional Resistance Movements and Groups =

    Can this be explained 05:01, 28 October 2005 (UTC) :)