User talk:'wɪnd

May 2022

 * @Serols I appreciate your note. :) The edit corrected a previous change I added recently. It turns out the Greek lexicon is not sorted by English words, such as "mechanics", but rather by Greek words. That's why I corrected it, to more correctly reflect the source. I hope that clarifies things. &#39;wɪnd (talk) 14:19, 15 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello 'wɪnd, please use the font used here. --Serols (talk) 14:33, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * To clarify: would you prefer me to use ASCII letters only? The Greek script in Unicode is what's used in the source lexicon. I checked the Wikipedia Manual of Style, but can't find any reference to that only ASCII may be used. Maybe you can help me understand. &#39;wɪnd (talk) 15:39, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * @Serols Here are some Wikipedia articles which use a similar format:
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography
 * and so on &#39;wɪnd (talk) 19:59, 15 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello 'wɪnd, please check your edit -> here. Only Greeks know what this title means. Change the title to something like title = mechanics (μηχανική) or title = μηχανική (mechanics). The first example would be better here. Please excuse my warning, it was inappropriate. Best wishes --Serols (talk) 12:46, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello again, @Serols. Now I fully understand what you mean. This makes sense to me. Thank you. :) &#39;wɪnd (talk) 12:52, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, @Serols, I now made it just since when using two words it split the tooltip weirdly into two lines. :) &#39;wɪnd (talk) 13:02, 16 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello 'wɪnd, this is fine. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Best wishes --Serols (talk) 13:04, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Question to @Serols concerning References
I'm gladly taking you up on your offer for questions, @Serols. There's still a lot to learn. :)

I noticed on the French Wikipedia, they have special "Reference" pages like this one https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence:Histoire_des_notations_(Cajori) which can then easily be embedded into various Wikipedia articles as sources.

Does the English Wikipedia have something like this too? If so, is usage encouraged?

A belated welcome!


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 * @Interstatefive I appreciate the warm welcome. :) &#39;wɪnd (talk) 10:58, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

October 2022
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. The quote is from a book that is copyrighted and/or under an incompatible license (A license must allow derivatives). In many cases, it is best to summarize in your own words a quote, or only use a limited amount of it. Thank you. Sennecaster ( Chat ) 17:37, 10 October 2022 (UTC)


 * @Sennecaster Thank you for the kind note and information. This is helpful for me. If I understand you correctly, the blockquote (and in-text attribution) I added falls under "extensive quotation of copyrighted text" (WP:NFCCEG). This is a bummer, since the 1948 original is very precise on the origins—however I now also understand the copyright perspective. Would you say the threshold for quoting goes somewhere between 200-300 words for Wikipedia? Or, where would we draw the boundary? &#39;wɪnd (talk) 23:50, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I think that the quote is really cool actually, and I'm glad that you thought to include it. I would recalibrate your expectations; you might be able to get away with that many words, but similar to me, others may remove that much citing WP:NFCCEG. I don't like to put word counts on quotes; I think most editors would say that up to a paragraph is fine. However, quotes tend to not be within WP:NPOV as well, so that's why editors may object even a small paragraph of quoting in some cases. Here, I think if you were to trim it to the last two sentences in the first paragraph of the quote, it'd be golden. The rest can be summarized neutrally before the quote to give context. Happy editing, and feel free to reach out to me or other editors for any further quote questions. Sennecaster  ( Chat ) 00:01, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Sennecaster Thank you, I learned a lot again. I just republished according to your suggestions (which I like, and make a lot of sense to me). Also, I want to reiterate how happy I am about this interaction with you. After some unpleasant experiences earlier on Wikipedia, this gives me a lot hope as a newcomer. :) &#39;wɪnd (talk) 01:06, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm glad to hear that :) I'm pleased about this interaction as well, and happy editing! Sennecaster  ( Chat ) 03:29, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * @DPL bot Thank you. Corrected. &#39;wɪnd (talk) 15:44, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

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