Lisaneal
Welcome
editHello, Lisaneal, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} and your question on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Sandstein 06:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, this is in reply to your question concerning the behaviour of the {{cite conference}} tag on Online Health Communities. The problem was that the "authorlink" parameter only supports internal links (to Wikipedia pages) and not external links (to other websites). I've fixed this.
Incidentally, although it is OK to cite one's own publications as a reference if they've been published by a reliable source such as a peer-reviewed journal, you may want to read WP:OR#Citing_oneself in this regard.
If you would like to reply, you may do so here or on my talk page, at your convenience. But please sign your messages - this page will tell you how to. Best, Sandstein 17:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- This is in reply to your question on your talk page. I've removed the sourcing tag. You may remove the wikify tag yourself - i.e., delete the text {{Wikify|December 2006}} - once you've wikified the article. To do that, you should make links to other articles where appropriate by enclosing words with double brackets ([[ ]]), format the lead (first sentence), and arrange section headers as described at Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Best, Sandstein 07:57, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Minor revisions
editI'm sure that adding the link to eLearn Magazine seemed like a minor revision to you, but it actually doesn't meet the standards of what Wikipedia considers a minor edit. Basically, if you're just correcting a typo or changing formatting, that's minor, but anything that changes, adds, or deletes content shouldn't be marked as minor. If you mark it as minor, you should believe that it "could never be the subject of a dispute." Especially in this case, that's not true. First, external links are always subject to review. Second, you have a potential conflict of interest by adding a link to your own site. Now, I actually agree that eLearn Magazine is a valuable resource and meets the criteria for inclusion as an external link. That doesn't mean other editors will though, especially other editors who work in the field of e-learning and recognize your name as editor of eLearn magazine.
If I'm in doubt for my own edits, I always figure it's easier to err on the side of caution and not mark it as minor. If you don't check the "minor edit" box and you include an edit summary explaining what you're doing, it helps the other editors understand what changes you're making and why.
Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any general questions. I'll be happy to help. WeisheitSuchen (talk) 14:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)