User talk:Steeev/Archive

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Some of your recent edits, (e.g., Walthamstow Village) prompt me to offer this tip: Conventionally the title word or title phrase is highlighted at its first appearance in the article, often on the first line, thus: Walthamstow. I corrected this in two of your artilces. Michael Hardy 20:42, 19 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Hello, Steeev and welcome. Here are some useful links in case you haven't already found them;

If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! —Minesweeper 13:59, Nov 24, 2003 (UTC)

P.S. You can sign your name using three tildes, like ~~~. If you use four, you can add a datestamp too.

Hi steve. The minor edit check box is to indicate spelling corrections, formatting, reordering, that kind of thing.Many people ignore edits marked as minor, so you certainly dont want to check the box on a talk page. theresa knott 15:51, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

thanks for all your tips guys :) this wiki stuff is fun, but oh so addictive :( Steeev 01:09, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Tell me about it! It's like the village , number 6, we want information !HaHaHa!!! You are no longer a free man. You can never leave. Of course I'm not addicted, my score is only 96 so I'm fine (for now). Honest guv'nor. theresa knott 09:45, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

LOL! :D i will take the test later, dread to think what score im going to get though :-| Steeev 13:58, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

overlinking

Steeev,

I am sorry but I just undid your two edits to Joseph Stalin. Please don't overlink; it makes the pages hard to read. Wikipedia:Make only links relevant to the context has excellent guidelines on what should and should not be linked. In any case, please do not link common English words like birth, death mother, and father. This serves no meaningful purpose. Thanks, -- Viajero 18:17, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

The whole point of an encyclopedia is to provide information, and an online encyclopaedia to provide interlinked information, and the interlink-ed-ness imho, provides a whole new level of information, i.e. what links to where, how many links does an article have etc. On top of that you seem to be assuming that everyone has the same level of knowledge as you or I, yes, you and I know what birth a mother or a father is, but people that are perhaps new to the English language, or even kids who want to learn more about these subjects should be able to just click through to get more information. thats the way i see it anyway. BTW the page u linked to has this at the top of it: "The appropriateness of this page is disputed: see the talk page." so hardly a rule layed down in stone is it? -- Steeev 01:06, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I have to agree with Viajero, on the regular Wikipedia we try to avoid linking normal English words unless they deserve special emphasis. This is different on the Simple English Wikipedia, where unusual words are always highlighted for non-native speakers.—Eloquence

Monument

Not as in "X marks the spot" which is the way most people would interpret it rather than X points to the spot. Mintguy 19:51, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)