User talk:Fithsun

Welcome[edit]

Welcome!

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Welcome[edit]

Hello, Fithsun! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can 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

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The Art of War[edit]

I'm still a bit green at this so I hope this entry doesn't pop up somewhere that it shouldn't. Apologies if it does. Anyhow i'm just a poor boy without even a poor family - my parents left me in the woods and I was raised by monkeys. I really miss my monkey mum. I am polite and considerate of others and currently living in a cave: it is only by serendipity I find myself with an internet connection. So please Sir, Mr Twisted, would you consider adopting me... On a more serious note I'm looking to make some quite dramatic changes to Sun Tzu's Art of War article. I left a brief, of sorts, on mytalk, usertalk thingy. I could do with advising on changes that I am proposing and how to implement them. I should be a regular visitor for the next week or so(as some editing is a course requiement), more intermittently thereafter. I see that you are also researching this endeavor so a collaboration of some description seems sensible. Please get in touch and keep in touch ASAP, for the next week or so, as I want to get an edit or two in prior to my assignment deadline(09/04/09). Working under the auspices of one more erudite than I at such matters might be just what the course is looking for me to do.Fithsun (talk) 00:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As much as I love a good sense of humor, I will probably be in Europe during the time in question. For a list of editors accepting adoptees, please inquire here: WP:ADOPT. To help out though, I have enlisted a few other editors who have worked on the article in the past to monitor your proposals and progress. You seem to be getting the knack quickly, as communication between editors, and about the articles, is done on talk pages. Your main user page is for whatever you wish. As such, I will be removing the comments I made in response to your information, and re-locating it here, under The Art of War topic. Typing a colon before responses achieves the indentation formatting. For an example, view the code of this page.

Playing the Devil's advocate for the moment, I was wondering if a major overhaul of one of the most popular articles on Wikipedia is the best project to tackle as your first on Wikipedia? There are going to be push-backs. As a new editor, you might not be aware of this, but each edit made to an article is watched by several thousand people from all over the world. I just happened to be active at the time your edits went live. There is even software which identifies new edits in a queue, to make sure each one is analyzed by at least one experienced editor.

As an example, you might want to click on the "history" tab of The Art of War article (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Art_of_War&action=history) to see the frequency of edits and reverts which occur. Also, this article has been assessed by a committee, and while it most definitely needs improvement, it is important that the article not take any steps backward, in regards to WP:STYLE, WP:SOURCES, and WP:CITE. When I was a new editor on Wikipedia, I received a savaging over my first article, so I want you to understand that I am just giving you the "heads up," not trying to discourage you from contributing. I would wholeheartedly recommend joining the communities listed here: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Art_of_War). Also, be prepared to have your references and sources available, because the calls for them will be quick and loud. Once you join the communities, you will have dozens of other editors with whom to share ideas. Finally, you'll want to check out WP:SAND. This is a great place to create test articles, as you become more comfortable editing. Best regards. --OliverTwisted ^(Talk)(Stuff) 06:33, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption[edit]

Hullo there! I'm Skinny87, and I've just joined the adoption program as an adopter. I've been on wikipedia for more than a year now, so I've got to know most of the main areas and practices; more specicially, however, I'm a Coordinator of Wikiproject Military history, a project that covers Sun Tzu and the Art of War. If you're interested in being adopted by me, I could certainly help you out with any questions you have about editing that article and trying to add in your ideas. Cheers, Skinny87 (talk) 19:11, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry, I see you've already been adopted, my apologies. Still, if you have any questions, then please feel free to ask on my talkpage. Skinny87 (talk) 20:05, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

re: adoption offer[edit]

Great! Get ready to learn a lot! --♥Soccer5525♥Talk To Me! 00:51, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First Class[edit]

Click Here for your first adoption class! --♥Soccer5525♥Talk To Me! 23:30, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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