User talk:Goosar19

Welcome!

Hello, Goosar19, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Zip codes?

Whats with all the zipcodes? - Abstract Idiot (talk · contribs)

Re: ZIP codes

Why Not???

No reason why not its just abit weird, hehe. - Abstract Idiot (talk · contribs)

R U just editing my page or is there a way to actually send messages back and forth?

Hi Goosar19, and welcome to Wikipedia. While all contributions are appreciated, it appears that the lists of zip codes you are creating may not satisfy Wikipedia's inclusion criteria, specifically Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Before you spend a lot more time on these articles, I wanted to let you know that there is a chance they will end up being deleted. Regards, Accurizer 15:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again, this is in response to the question you left on my talk page. The reason I contacted you was to give you a friendly heads-up about the policy in the event you hadn't seen it. Many list articles like these have been deleted at WP:AFD. Just because the information is already in Wikipedia doesn't necessarily mean that it should be. In fact, thousands of articles are deleted every day. Also, given that the information already exists as you noted, another editor may decide to redirect your articles to the pre-existing ones. Since it appeared to me that you were devoting a lot of time to these articles, I thought it would be a shame to see you continue for days or weeks without knowing there is a risk they could be deleted (or redirected) down the road. I thought you would be discouraged if this were to happen. In any event, please continue to edit as you see fit. Happy editing! Regards, Accurizer 18:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, your presumption about "redirect" was accurate (you can read more about it here if you wish.) I looked into this a little further, some articles like these were already redirected, see [1] for example. A good place to get an answer to your question from a group of people would be Wikipedia:New contributors' help page. This would certainly be faster than waiting to see if someone redirects it or nominates it for deletion. If you go there, I would be interested in hearing how it goes. I hope this works out to your satisfaction. Accurizer 19:21, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I think you just did! :) It is really as simple as going to the user's talk page, and posting on it as though you were editing an article. When you post on another user's page, the Wiki software alerts them that there has been a change on their talk page. Hope this answers your question. Accurizer 20:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

was just curions how you are able to get the same message that you type to me to show up on both my talk page AND your talk page and why under my watchlist that it shows that you truely replied to my message and didn't just send me one???

I'm not trying to be a pain sry :)

goosar19 (talk · contribs)

No problem at all. In these cases, I type "reply" into the edit summary box, which appears directly above the buttons for Save page / Show preview / Show changes. This isn't an automated feature. Using the edit summary box is considered good Wiki-etiquette. Also, the messages appear in both places because I post them there manually. This is my way of keeping track on my talk page of what I have replied to and what I still need to reply to. I've found it makes things easier for me, that's all. Accurizer 21:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! You have been a tremendous help with everything!!! :) :) :) You really made a newcomer feel welcome! :)

AfD's

One way to know if someone put an article you are working on, on WP:AfD, is by watching the page you work on. You can do this by clicking on the watch tab on the top of the article. Then, click on the "my contributions" tab, and it will show you who has edited the page last, what time, and if it was a minor edit. You can also check the "diff" button, and it will show you what they did. SynergeticMaggot 22:26, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion debate on ZIP codes

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List of ZIP Codes in the United States: Alphabetical

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all ZIP Code articles were deleted per Afd, no need for this page anymore

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