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User:Alawa

Hello, Alawa! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 21:17, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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You're welcome. By the way, I reformatted all the references in the TEA article and since you are doing a lot of referencing in articles (which is great!), there are a few style guidelines I thought I might tell you about.

  • Normally we don't provide the naked URL of a site, but link the title to it. So, for example, instead of: TITLE http://www.example.com, we use [http://www.example.com TITLE] which formats as TITLE.
  • Punctuation should always go before the footnote;
  • The footnote should be snugged up right against the text preceding it, and there should be no spaces between references (so it's[1][2][3] rather than; [1] [2] [3]
  • We often use Wikipedia:Citation templates for ease and formatting consistency. You just grab the code and fill out the parameters you need, deleting those you don't and place the citation template between ref tags. For example, a book reference you might use:
<ref>{{cite book
  |last = Doe
  |first = John
  |title = Title of Book
  |publisher = Doe Publishing
  |location = Chicago
  |url = http:///www.book.com
  |edition = 3rd
  |year = 2009
  |isbn = 0-000-000-0000
  |accessdate=November 15, 2009}}</ref>

See the end of this post for how this formats;[1]

  • The most common ones are {{cite web}} {{cite news}} {{cite book}} and {{cite journal}}; and
  • Finally, you can add to the editing buttons above the edit screen a button that gives you a drop down menu of citation templates and which provides a really time saving interface for filling them out. Just go to your preferences, go to gadgets, and in Editing gadgets, put a checkmark in "refTools, adds a "cite" button to the editing toolbar for quick and easy addition of commonly used citation templates." Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:46, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ Doe, John (2009). Title of Book (3rd ed.). Chicago: Doe Publishing. ISBN 0-000-000-0000. Retrieved November 15, 2009. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help); Check |url= value (help)

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I've responded to your message. If there's anything more I can try to help you with, please don't hesitate to ask. Take care~ ♪ daTheisen(talk) 23:19, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Greensword

I think the best route would be to redirect greensword to Argyroxiphium grayanum and place a dablink on the top of the article that links to the now extinct A. virescens. One of the reasons I made greensword redirect to Argyroxiphium is that green/silversword hybrids are sometimes observed, and that may need to be addressed in the article if greensword redirects to A. grayanum. I'll leave it up to you to decide.TDogg310 (talk) 04:24, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Wilkesia hobdyi

I guess the article really isn't a stub anymore, with the additions you have made to it. Feel free to remove the tag. It's good to see someone else to contribute to articles I created.TDogg310 (talk) 03:23, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Argyroxiphium grayanum

Just to give you a heads up, I made a number of changes to this article and rearranged some things. Fuhghettaboutit reverted a big bunch of my edits before you made your most recent ones so I had to undo those as well, but I think I put back all the ones that were good. One thing, you should be aware that zipcodezoo and even ITIS are not always good sources (in fact zipcodezoo is usually pretty bad). I've dealt with ITIS myself and while they are better about getting things right to begin with, once something bad gets in it's very hard to fix it. KarlM (talk) 07:30, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if I made it sound like you'd written a bad article; I was just expressing my irritation that Fuhghettaboutit had reverted all of my edits, scattered throughout the article, when s/he could have just pasted back in the paragraph they thought deserved to remain. In the grander scheme of things, the corrections are pretty minor, mostly clarifying things that were vague or gave the wrong impression (the individual flower heads hang down, but this is the same as the silverswords, and the original wording kind of implied that the flower stalk was horizontal; it can grow up to 2 m tall, like the cultivated one in the original picture, but in bogs where most individuals live, they're under 30 cm tall; and it has a fairly wide range, on almost all of the bogs on West Maui and several on East Maui). But I've had previous experience with another article that was placed on DYK for information that was blatantly wrong; I don't know if the DYK was part of Fuhghettaboutit's motivation, but it irks me when inaccuracies are included on the front page. Also, I certainly didn't mean that the species isn't notable - it's pretty damn neat - just that the fact that it's at the end of Argyroxiphium's range of variation doesn't mean much, given that it's both closest to its ancestor and a small genus to begin with.
Apologies again for coming off in a bad way, and keep editing! KarlM (talk) 03:10, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect templates

Please don't subst: redirect templates, such as {{R to scientific name}}, as you did (for example) here. If you look at the page text you inserted, you'll see it includes template category links that are not intended to be used in the main namespace. Also, it includes category links that may change in the future, and will be automatically updated if you transclude the template, but not if you subst: it. In future, just type {{R to scientific name}} instead of {{subst:R to scientific name}}. Thanks. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 15:44, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for pointing this out. I'll follow your instructions, hoping the meaning will resolve itself. I don't understand templates very well, yet they seem to be central to good wikipedia practice. Lots to learn.Alawa (talk) 00:22, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Mauna Kea silversword

Updated DYK query On December 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mauna Kea silversword, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 19:42, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Argyroxiphium grayanum

Updated DYK query On December 22, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Argyroxiphium grayanum, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 11:42, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I thought my hook was many times better. The one on the front page has no punch; almost nonsensicle, as if "moisture-adapted" plays off of "also includes drought-adapted mountain plants" as an opposing extreme. C'est la vie. It's on the main page no matter how it got there. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:15, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

dyk question

I have a question about your dyk hook here. Perhaps you could clarify. Regards, —mattisse (Talk) 20:55, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Project Exploration

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Walter Lappert

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Royalbroil 00:03, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Nora Okja Keller

Updated DYK query On April 24, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nora Okja Keller, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for starting the Nora Okja Keller article!

Looks good! Aristophanes68 (talk) 17:23, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Heritage railways in Kauai

Hello! Your submission of Heritage railways in Kauai at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mjroots (talk) 09:29, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Heritage railways in Kauai

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Aloha

I've just discovered your fine work on the following articles:

Would you be interested in helping to improve at least one of these to Good Article status? Let me know. Viriditas (talk) 10:38, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My DYK nomination

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Rabotnitsa

Thanks for your message, Alawa. I contacted Dr. Blofeld, who had added the img to the article, and asked for assistance regarding the comment at dyk. Awaiting his response. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:30, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Did You Know review - Communication strategies

Hi there Alawa - I just saw your message at Template talk:Did you know#Communication strategies, and I've left a reply there for you. — Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 16:40, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: DYK comments

There has always been a backlog on DYK. I think your comments about the process would work better on the DYK talk page, not in the review. Viriditas (talk) 05:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are probably right. I looked at it. It's pretty crazy there right now.
It might help if you move your comment out of there. That area is supposed to be used for comments about the hook, not meta-comments about the process. Viriditas (talk) 12:17, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
done. Alawa (talk) 15:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK nom for Herb Kawainui Kane

Hi Alawa, there are a few issues with your nomination of Herb Kawainui Kane. Could you see my comments at T:TDYK? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:36, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Duplication Detector

The Duplication Detector is fairly easy to use, but also fairly easy to mess up. It is also quite rough. When you enter two websites, for example a Wikipedia article and a source, into the fields at the top of the page it will automatically look for text that is the exact same. It tends to show some false positives, so you would have to look at the surrounding text to see if it is a close paraphrasing or not. Also, it would be best to click the "remove quotations" box before comparing the two, as it will deal with some of the more serious false positives. For best results, you should use the exact address of the current revision. For example, just entering this will not work as well to prove/disprove close paraphrasing or copyvio because the contents will change from time to time; you should instead enter this, which never changes and is thus more reliable. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:50, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. MRG hasn't given any feedback yet at the nom, sadly. Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:05, 11 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Herb Kawainui Kane

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 13 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

TB

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I fail to see the DAB error, which is a simple reference to justify changing the status of the book to "published" from "forthcoming". Alawa (talk) 16:02, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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