I did find some useful information on Ottawa mayors in the Chain of Office book mentioned in the article. Also, sometimes, one piece of information leads to another. --Big_Iron09:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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It seems from the looks of things that you are as interested in improving the quality of ballet-related articles on here as I am!! I noticed that you are working on an article on Nikolai Legat - if you like, I have some great photos of him and the ballets he revived, and information, etc. that you might like to use for your article - let me know! I can email them or point you in the right direction. If you need any asistance or have questions, please dont hesitate to ask, and if you have any info, please add it to any of the articles Ive created.....
I'm very glad that you're going to help. Unfortunately, it's still a test Wikipedia in Incubator, but if we manage to get as many supporting votes as we can in Meta, and to write as many articles in Quenya as our fingers allow us, we may end up with a real Wikipedia. :) --Djordje D. Bozovic21:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Kudos for creating the Ancient Egypt userbox! Another Wikipedian and I have been working on the Ahmose I article of late, hoping to eventually bring it up to snuff prior to submitting it as a Featured Article candidate. What it really needs now is a good copyedit pass. Given your moniker, and interest in things Ancient Egyptian, I though I would ask you.
Thanks for your look over Ahmose I. It has been needed for some time. I am confused on one technical thing-- is your sandbox a commentary alone, such that I should edit Ahmose I itself, or make my edits to your sandbox and then move the finished text? Thanatosimii02:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
After a long delay, I've finished adressing the problems you brought up on your copyedit of Ahmose I. I'll alert a few more people to it one more time, but after a few more days now, I'll put the edited text in the article and you can have your sandbox back. Thanks again for your help, Thanatosimii21:36, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Per the terms of the German userbox solution new userboxes should not be created in template space. Please read up on the current practices. That page has instructions on how to properly create userfied userboxes. --Cyde Weys20:31, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Does List of photographic composition techniques need sources? someone keeps adding a sources tag, but there's hardly any information there; the only info is "Photographic composition techniques are used to set up the elements of a picture." This is just common sense. I think references on this list would be a little redundant.
Sorry for using helpme, I don't have much time and I'm probably going to be gone for a week... — Editor at Large ( talk) 15:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
While it would be a little overzealous to insist that every particular minutiae should have sources, this article as a whole does need them. One of the main reasons in this case is most readers or editors passing by can't even confirm that what is there exists. They can assume that you are an honest, established editor—though don't whether you are indeed knowledgeable in the subject—but if someone else comes along and adds another item to the list, there is no way to determine whether it might be a hoax. Also, I recommend this list be moved/merged into an article on Photographic composition in general, with a more complete description of it and other encyclopedic elements. —Centrx→talk • 15:41, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I know of no way to transfer the individual edit history, unless one has special uber-admin powers, and/or is Jimbo. I do agree that the talk ought to be transferred. I'll get right on doing that. Thanatosimii20:29, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm new-ish to Wikipedia. I mainly edit articles of subjects in which I am interested. My interests are myriad, though, and so are my edits. I have been editing for years, but never with any real consistency. After facing some issues with some other editors, I realized that I may want to emphasize my credibility. I really like your user page and wanted to see if you would be willing to help me construct one of my own. I am educated in many areas, but am greatly lacking in my ability to make pretty pages on wikipedia. Thanks! Danielleb32 (talk) 15:41, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
