User talk:Mimsie

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Hi. I'm not going to get into a discussion as to whether every episode of a TV series needs its own article, however ... please verify your title capitalization. Such words as "the", "a", "an", etc., don't take capitals in titles. RickK 22:25, Jun 9, 2004 (UTC)

Friends[edit]

Hi. You have left some of the Friends episode articles without the synopses. Most users will consider such an article as an "empty page" and it's only a matter of time until someone lists it for deletion, which will be carried out by a sysop. I have already reverted one such attempt, but that one was rather premature. If the articles are left empty, however, there's really nothing to be done, and they will be deleted. If you have given up on writing the plot summaries, I suggest you eliminate the links to pages without the synopses. I know what that's like because I've been a victim to "unexpected deletion", in fact, if your intention is to eventually go back and finish the work, it's saffer to leave a "note" on the article to let people know that it's a "work in progress". I hope this was of some help. Best of luck. Redux 23:46, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Well, in my experience, the stub message is meant to indicate that the article is not as comprehensive as it could be (usually because the person who started it did not have sufficient knowledge or time to write everything), but if you leave a page empty with a stub message I guess it looks like you're trying to leave all the work to someone else. When I was new at this, I inadvertently did it and a sysop immediately deleted it, and it was something very much like your Friends pages. Disabling the links would definately make it more difficult for people to find the pages, but they'd still be there, and someone always finds them (I don't know how they do it, it's like blood to sharks!). The "note" I was referring to is perhaps best left in the article's talk page or even in the summary of your last edit. It helps, but it's no guarantee that the article will be left alone. The best thing to do would be to write at least part (a draft, if you will) of the synopses you intend to write on the already existing pages and not create any new ones until you're ready to write them.

On a different subject, don't forget to sign your comments on talk pages. If your keyboard doesn't have tildes ("~") and you can't do as Jrdioko explained above, you can always do it "manually", by writing: [[User:Redux]] or [[User:Redux|Redux]] (and it will look like this, respectively: User:Redux and Redux). That stuff is important because it makes it easier to let people know who wrote what, and especially so you get credit for everything you write on the Wikipedia. Just a helpfull note.

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Redux 00:26, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Votes for Deletion[edit]

Hi Mimsie. You put Pixomatic on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion but ... well ... you didn;t get the procedure 100% right. After creating the section, which you did splendidly, you need to go back down to the bottom of the page and hit the red Discussion link, and enter a reason for the deletion. (Oh, and that would be the place to put your username and date, not below the section heading as you had it.) Could I invite you to hit this link: Discussion and provide a quick reason for the VfD nomination. If you then save it & visit the bottom of the VfD page, you'll see your comment nested beneath the Pixomatic entry. And yes, VfD is a very cranky area of Wikipedia; please take all the above as well meant advice not criticism - I've messed up VfD more times than you, honest I have ... best wishes --Tagishsimon