User:Gonzonoir/Adoption

The references
(That was a level 4 header, with four equals signs)

Other stuff
You can make lists and indents by adding characters to the beginning of a paragraph, like so:

A space before your paragraph will make the paragraph display in a box with, and will cause it to run off the page if it is long enough. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, A colon will cause a block indent, with all lines starting away from the edge of the page.

An asterisk (*) will make a bullet. A pound or number sign (#) makes a numbered list. You can mix and match the last three characters to get several different effects. The only caveat, though, is that you must have a continual line of #'s in order to maintain the numbering. This does not mean, however, that the numbered list has to be displayed at all times. See below for an example: Note that you don't have to hit enter twice when starting a new line from one of these types of paragraphs. However, when you don't use them, you do. Those last two sentences are on a different line from this one in the editing box, but there is no line break when they are displayed.
 * 1) First item
 * 2) Second item

Create a sandbox or subpage and just play around. Show at least one example of each code type (except redirects) listed above.


 * I've made a very ugly page at User:Gonzonoir/sandbox. I've used most of this formatting before, e.g. at the article I created for Lucy Mair. (The initial draft, where all the formatting is mine, is here.


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Discussion
Cheers roux - I'll get stuck in! Thanks for your quick response.

As for wikifauna, I've identified with the sloth, on the understanding that even sloths get into the coffee every now and then and have a manic phase. Gonzonoir (talk) 19:57, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Method and showing my working...
All right, just to kick off by being really dense, do you want me to fill out the assignments up there, or write out my answers down here? Gonzonoir (talk) 20:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm.. probably best to fill them in above, that way everything's nice and neat together. [ roux  ] [ x ] 20:10, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Basic concepts
Morning - thanks for the prompt marking. I've gone back to Ken Krippene and replaced the date with a question mark. Points taken in the other cases too. Cheers! Gonzonoir (talk) 10:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedies
Cheers Roux! So just to check, anyone can stick a speedy template on an article, the fact of adding the template then puts the article on a list somewhere which admins review and action as soon as they get round to it? Gonzonoir (talk) 17:41, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Bingo. If an article is tagged for speedy deletion, anyone can place a hangon tag on it and justify the existence on the talk page. And, anyone other than the page creator can remove the speedy tag. [ roux  ] [ x ] 17:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Grand. Thank you. Um, while we're at it, I've got a question about a page I contributed to a while back, Christos Demetriou. I have more than a hunch that its most prolific editor has a COI (in the interests of not "outing" I'm not going to link a username, but if you look at the edit history you'll see what I mean). That said, he's making good edits to the article which, as far as I can see, only improve it. What would you do here? I don't want to get officious for its own sake. Gonzonoir (talk) 10:32, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I would drop him a polite not (not a template) on his talk page, explaining how COI works and that it's probably best, if he is connected to the subject, not to edit the article. At a really quick glance it looks like the article is neutral and such, but it would be worth double-checking sources and generally making sure that major facts haven't been glossed over. [ roux  ] [ x ] 16:45, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent, thanks. I shall practice tact elsewhere first :) Gonzonoir (talk) 13:29, 29 October 2008 (UTC)