On Jul 22, 2005, at 6:03 AM, <janisc(a)adelphia.net> wrote:
I read that article before I joined and I'm still
confused as to
how you do it.
There are naming conventions, see [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions]].
If you have been around a long time you remember the struggles over
them, but as no one can remember the details you may still have to
consult that page to refresh youself. If you are new you may have to
consult it more frequently.
And does it ever bother anyone else when you spend time making a
page nice and neat someone comes along and messes it all up?
That happens to everyone and bothers everyone. Often changes are
useful, but sometimes folks can be quite mistaken. This may require
discussion on the talk page of the article,
I had a separate page for a TV show soundtrack. Someone came by
and REDIRECTED it to the actual show page. I'm afraid if I take it
down, they'll get angry and report me. But it really belongs on
it's own page. What happens if more soundtracks/books come out
based on the TV show is that person going to put them on the main
page too? It looks too crowded!
Which way it ought to be is a matter of opinion, there is no
Wikipedia policy to my knowledge on this point. It doesn't sound like
the soundtrack is distinctive enough to have its own article, but I
suppose it is open to discussion. They can "report" you well enough
if you undo the redirect, but to get into real trouble you have to
persistently and aggressively insist on having YOUR way and ignore
input and warnings from other users. Isolated mistakes will not land
you in the dock.
Sorry for the vent. I just spent a half hour a few days ago making
it look nice so when someone came and cluttered it up I got flustered.
We have a few thousand editors. It is not surprising that opinions
among them differ as to the fine points.
and how do you redirect? Say someone's album is called "Helium",
well we already know helium is a gas. How do you redirect to
"Helium (album)" That's
what I'm trying to do and the articles in the help section don't
explain it step by step, that's why I joined the list here. I
usually just post by trial and error, but I don't want to make any
mistakes.
You would not want to redirect [[helium]], but a short note at the
top or bottom of the page might link to [[Helium (album)]]. The
coding for a redirect would be #REDIRECT [[Helium (album)]], but as I
say you would not want to do that, someone might want to know about
[[helium]]. Also, although there might be a town named Helium, or a
planet, or a person as helium is such an obvious subject for an
article, you would not want to make helium into a disambiguation
page, [[Wikipedia:Manual of style (disambiguation pages)]], as anyone
searching for helium is probably after the gas. However, if a
disambiguation page was made there would be a link to [[helium
(element)]].
Thanks. :)
You just need to dig in an familiarize yourself with the details. If
you make an error, others will correct it. Best not to get into big
arguments until you are familiar with the policies.
Fred
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