Marycontrary

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Hello, Marycontrary, 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}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Check out my MediaWiki extension request

Hello, Marycontrary. You may be interested in seeing the MediaWiki extension I requested on Meta:

• meta:Extension Requests#Wikitext help annotator

Also check out this popup navigation extension:

• WP:POPUP

Teratornis 22:21, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Tip of the day

Here is a tip of the day for you. --Teratornis 23:55, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Tip of the day...

World of fiction

Our culture is full of fiction, entire fictional universes inhabited by millions of fictional characters. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that seeks to describe facts and opinions about reality. When writing about fiction, please be sure to establish the necessary context for the reader, so that it is clear that the article describes a fictional entity from a specific work. It is also often a good idea to combine many minor fictional characters or places into a single article about the fictional realm in question, especially when there is only a very limited amount that could be said about each of them.

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A wikitask for you

I added some links to this page, but it needs more:

• Web mapping

I.e., the original author of the page wrote as if he is relatively unaware of the existing structure of Wikipedia. Read the article, look up some of the non-linked jargon terms (program names, etc.), look up articles that define them, and add links to them. For example, this article links to other articles:

• Open Source Geospatial Foundation

from some terms that Web mapping mentions but does not yet link to. Find the first instance of each such term in Web mapping and link it. --Teratornis 06:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

for your thoughts at Race and intelligence futurebird 00:28, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

You cited no sources, yet nobody criticized you for that. Interesting. --Teratornis 16:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I should have used more citations, however I did include some Wikipedia links such as Gentrification. Marycontrary 17:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

The point is to illustrate the double standard of people with an obvious bias. --Teratornis 17:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

That talk page where I added the concept of "perception" has had continuing discussions on much more than just one point. If a bias is obvious, why would it need much illustration? Marycontrary 18:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Information about public sector wikis

Hello User:Marycontrary. Here are some sources of information about wikis in the public sector (a subset of wiki use that would fall under the heading of corporate wikis):

• google:wikis in government
  • Researchers recommend Wikis for government information
  • Wiki advocate sees government uses - this is about Larry Sanger
  • Etc. Just follow the links and start reading.
• google:wikis in urban planning

This book is about the use of wikis in organizations in general (mostly private companies, but the principles are similar for any organization):

• Wikinomics (book)
  • Table of Contents and Chapter 1 - PDF file showing some content from the Wikinomics book

--Teratornis 16:44, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

You could start a user sub-page about Wikis in government, or go find another wiki to start such a page. If you get the page into encyclopedic shape, you could start a Public sector wiki article here. --Teratornis 16:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

If the Google Searches don't give you enough to think about, you could ask about public sector wikis on Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. --Teratornis

Adding colours (Help Desk)

Hello, Marycontrary. I've left a reply to your question at the HD, but if you need any clarification or further assistance with this, don't hesitate to drop me a message. I'll be able to reply tomorrow. Regards, Adrian M. H. 22:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. I would be happy to make a specific change for you (as long as it is an appropriate edit) and then explain the method behind it. Just let me know what you would like to edit and how you want it to change, and I'll look into it for you. Regards, Adrian M. H. 14:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I hope to improve on the appearance of Bicyclingwiki Main Page and I have a user:Marycontrary sandbox sub-page at the following: User:Marycontrary Main Page. You will notice that I have attempted some colors and will check them with the Wikipedia guidelines. You will see the color edit text on the edit page and so my question was why other article edit pages do not necessarily reveal that code text info. like my edits do. Thanks again. Marycontrary 15:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

who are you

Hello ................................ May i help you with something?????????????????????????????????????????HoneyBeeBABY 23:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Hello. I am simply welcoming and assisting you as a new editor to Wikipedia. When I first began here, I received much help and introduction from other users as well. There are a lot of rules to editing on Wikipedia. I saw your queston on Wikipedia:help_desk#I_need_some_help_really_badly and wanted to help you. Enjoy! Marycontrary 00:28, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok now i get it so how long have you been with Wikipedia????????????????HoneyBeeBABY 00:32, 15 April 2007 (UTC)♥

Before commenting on user talk pages, it is in your best interest to view the policies of Wikipedia as I posted for you earlier. Here are some of the guidelines to consider -

Wikipedia:Civility

Wikipedia:Etiquette

Wikipedia:Vandalism

I hope that this helps. Wikipedia is not a website for simply socializing. I will post this on your user talk page as well so in order to better assist you. Best Wishes! Marycontrary 20:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Leave a comment tab looks new. Let's try it.

Leave a comment tab looks new. Let's try it. ~~ Marycontrary 21:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

My userbox

Regarding my userbox- I didn't know that having a userbox with a POV was wrong. (I didn't make it, by the way.) I thought they existed outside POV rules. I'll remove it for now, but I've asked at the Help desk about this... ~Crowstar~ 21:53, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Mary. I noticed you left a message on Crowstar's page stating that he should remove his userbox on anti-country music, because it was not NPOV. However, NPOV generally only applies when writing articles in the article namespace, and does not apply in user spaces, as user spaces are pages for users, and how boring would a user page be if it couldn't show personal opinions on such minor things such as thoughts on country music! :) Kind regards, Sebi _[talk] 22:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Mary, I'm inclined to agree with you about the userbox. Since it is divisive—userboxes and user pages can show opinion but should not fracture the community—I think it may be a candidate for deletion at...off the top of my head, Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion. Do you agree? —C.Fred (talk) 22:50, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello, I was referring to this userbox that says: "This user believes that mankind cannot progress unless Country Music is eliminated.†" In my previous post, I had also linked to the Wikipedia guidelines for designing userboxes in addition to the POV. HERE is the link to the userbox content guidelines. Thanks. Marycontrary 10:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Hola again ^^. I disagree, we sholdn't delete this, but alter it, as there are no other userboxes that say something about disliking country. ~Crowstar~ 13:07, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes I agree that music could have preferences, but I was requesting simply that any user or especially the creator of the userbox modify the statement to be about the music and not an attack on a population of people. I made this same request on the user's discussion page, whom I understand had created it, but also that anyone using the userbox could modify it too. Thanks. Marycontrary 14:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)