[Wikipedia-l] HELP!!!!! HELP!!!!! HELP!!!!! HELP!!!!! HELP!!!!! HELP!!!!! HELP!!!!!
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Mon Aug 11 19:16:24 UTC 2003
I have sent the following directly to Mr. Crawford in response to his
inquiry.
Ec
> Hi John:
>
> I've read your desparate plea to have a question about a particular
> article answered, but the name of the article was not specified.
>
>> Courtesy of Google, I read an article on your site a week or so ago.
>> I have a query about that article, but do not understand from your
>> site instructions how to raise it with you.
>
>
> The usual place to raise questions about a specific article is on its
> "Talk" page. For access to this click on "Discuss this page" in the
> side bar. If no other comments have been previously made about this
> article you will receive an edit box where you can write your question
> and follow that by clicking on the "Save page" button below the box..
> Where their have been previous discussion you will receive a page
> (with a yellow background) showing all those discussions. To add your
> comments click on "Edit this page" wherever it conveniently appears at
> the top or bottom of the page or in the side bar. This will give you
> the edit box with all the previous discussion. Scroll to the bottom of
> the edit box, put four hyphens at the beginning of the line
> immediately below, and after a carriage return begin you questions or
> comments. When you finish your comments click on the "Save page" as
> before. The purpose of the 4 hyphens is to draw a line across the page
> to separate your comments from the previous ones.
>
> Any subsequent response will be from a person interested in that
> topic. If your query is about making an obvious correction to the, go
> directly to "Edit this page" from the article itself, and make your
> changes right there. Extreme caution is advised if the subject matter
> is of a controversial nature. Using the Israel/Palestine dispute as an
> example you can be assured that there are supporters of each side who
> will be quick to revert any change that in their opinion appears to
> unduly favour their opponents.
>
>> I am not a member ? do I need to be if I wish to read the articles on
>> your site, or raise queries about them?
>
>
> Not at all! Even a "non-member" may read, query or edit almost any
> article. Your edits will be identified by your URL number. Any edit
> that is so identified tends to be scrutinized more carefully to insure
> that it is in good faith. This has proved an effective technique for
> weeding out cranks and vandals. If you intend to stick around it would
> be advisable to open an account with a name (or pseudonym) of your
> choice. Your subsequent reappearances as a trustworthy contributor can
> then be recognized by the regulars.
>
>> I have already emailed you, but do not really understand the reply
>> which I received ? copy of both below.
>
>
> The response that you received appears to be an automatic one. If
> there was no problem, which I suspect to be the case, your letter
> would have been forwarded to the mailing list without further ado. The
> list is only very lightly moderated as a means of keeping spam from
> the list. The role of the moderator is simply to make sure that you
> are a real person. Once you have been so recognized, all of your
> future postings will go directly to the list without his intervention.
>
> I hope this answers your questions adequately.
>
> Ray (Eclecticology)
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