User talk:Lantern23
The article Convert Interleaf QuickSilver has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- difficult to establish context, but I think how-to guide and lack of notability are good deletion grounds
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Your submission at Articles for creation
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{{subst:submit}} to the top of the article.)
- If you would like to continue working on the submission, you can find it at Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Interleaf (Quicksilver) Conversion.
- To edit the submission, you can use the edit button at the top of the article, near the search bar
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- Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Chzz ► 18:15, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Sincere offer
[edit]Hi.
"a 72 yr. old retired former academic person" makes me sit up. I try to help people; just ask Howard Zimmerman - in fact, you may like to introduce yourself to him, on his user talk page - User talk:Hezimmerman.
Of course, I can only help within the remit of Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Without wishing to sound condescending: You need to understand, it is an encyclopaedia - a tertiary source of information which presents things that others have written about. We collate information, we present it in a meaningful way, to add to the 'sum of all human knowledge'.
You want to help add to that, I realise. And that's quite possible - if you'll understand the requirements for adding to wikipedia.
First, you can't put "meta information", ie
"This article affects a relatively small group of people and companies, but for those who face the problem of conversion of Interleaf, the issue is immediate and the solution not obvious.
This article, therefore, discusses some of the history and problems associated with conversion of Interleaf (Quicksilver) documents, and, discusses two pathways to achieve conversion"
We don't talk about 'this article'. We just give facts, based on references to what "we" (community) consider 'reliable sources' - that's newspapers, books, and so forth. We state facts, and let the reader form opinion. It all has to be verifiable.
"The Interleaf company gave indications of failing by 1996-97,[3]." - yep, that's OK. Good information; referenced. Verifiable. Not really interpretation. Fine.
"By 2000, the company ceased operation. The code was purchased by Broadvision" - OK, so, now, we need references. Where can a reader check that? It has to be verifiable - through a published, reliable source. We cannot present anything we "just know".
"The market for Interleaf conversion is small, the task is complex and technically non-trivial" - that may well be "true" - I believe you. But, again, it must be verifiable through references.
I hope you understand. Let me know.
One thing is for sure - there's plenty of help available to people who want to add to Wikipedia; and I humbly offer to help. Any time. No question is silly or too much trouble.
I wish you all the best.
I apologize for the unnecessary obfuscation caused by the tech. I hope you'll stick with it, and seek more help, from me or others.
My name is "Chzz". You can email me, chzz@live.co.uk or, leave a message on User talk:Chzz.
You could ask for help on the helpdesk.
Thanks. Chzz ► 19:39, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Interleaf (Quicksilver) Conversion, a page you created has not been edited in at least 180 days. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace. If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it. You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements. If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13. Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 20:16, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
Your article submission Interleaf (Quicksilver) Conversion
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Hello Lantern23. It has been over six months since you last edited your article submission, entitled Interleaf (Quicksilver) Conversion.
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. HasteurBot (talk) 06:05, 2 November 2013 (UTC)