User talk:Annie maverick

Hii..I am working for Wikipedia India Education Program.I am a student of Symbiosis School of Economics,Pune.

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Hi. Welcome, again. If you make yourself a sandbox, or any other user sub-page, it needs to start with "User:Annie maverick/ ". When you made Annie maverick/sandbox, as it didn't have "User:" at the start, it was an encyclopedia article; but don't worry, it has been deleted. I see you have already made yourself a proper one at User:Annie maverick/sandbox. Another way to make a draft article in your user space is to go to Help:Userspace draft. JohnCD (talk) 17:32, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Copyright
Please read Copy-paste, which explains that you must not copy material into Wikipedia, even if you alter the wording slightly - it will be deleted, because copyright violations could give us legal problems. I am not sure that this has been explained well enough to the India Education Program students. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 17:32, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

Welcome
Hi, It was a wonderful experience interacting with your class. Hope to see you guys again. Following box provides you with quick links to various help sections. Hope this helps. Enjoy editing...! Regards, Gurmeet


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A kitten for you!
Hello :)

Goldlionist (talk) 08:29, 20 September 2011 (UTC) 

KEEP IT UP I can see you have started to edit your article, please contribute and make this article a good article in the coming days. Happy Editing. Nikita.agarwal (talk) 19:48, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, friend!
Allow me to introduce myself — my name is Tim Davenport, "Carrite" on Wikipedia, and I live in Corvallis, Oregon, on the western coast of the United States of America. I'm 50 years old and have been active in the Wikipedia project since 2008.

I was just alerted this morning that I've been assigned as a "Wikipedia Ambassador" to be available to answer any questions you might have about your work on the article Monetary-disequilibrium theory. While I do have a Bachelor's degree in Economics, for the last 20 years or more I have concentrated exclusively on matters of history and political biography, so I will not be of much help to you in locating sources.

Fortunately, I do know a good deal about the mechanics of Wikipedia article writing, its sometimes confusing policies and standards, and its unique internal culture. If I may assist you by answering questions relating to any of these matters, please do not hesitate to ask. Just click TALK behind my user name below and leave a message for me on my Wikipedia "Talk Page," or you may email me directly at MutantPop@aol.com. Be sure to put the word WIKIPEDIA in your email header if you contact me directly so the message is not lost as spam.

Thank you for your forthcoming contribution to the project! Carrite (talk) 18:10, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

How to cite sources
I just got your message. Citing sources is a little bit tricky. I am going to put a footnote here and you can switch over to the edit screen to see what I typed. First I am going to cite a single page of a single source twice, both for this line here. And that one.

The part that goes inside the first brackets must say ref name= and then you can call it anything you want after that. In this case, I named this source WLC201. The second time you use the same source, you can just use the name you are calling the source, then a space, then a /, and the closing bracket. It is very easy to copy-and-paste this again and again if you are using the same source four or five times. See how I did this in the article Theresa Wolfson last night... Click EDIT THIS PAGE of that piece to see.

Now I will do a simple reference for another source which I am only going to use once.

In this case, you don't give the source a name, you just call it ref.

Does this solve your problem?

On your page
I see your problem. You do not have to add the footnotes below, you put them at the top, right where you want them to appear and the software automatically adds them below in the Footnotes section. The key thing is that the footnotes have to appear ABOVE the part that says reflist in brackets below, otherwise you get an error message. It's very easy if you put the footnotes above though, the software automatically numbers them for you. Carrite (talk) 20:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, while you are just learning, don't worry about setting up links for online versions of printed sources. Just work at getting the footnote information set up right. Use the triangular brackets like I am doing above and list things out just like that — it is easier than using the { { } } system. Adding links is not difficult and you will be able to do that later, but just concentrate on getting the footnotes in the right place for now. Carrite (talk) 20:39, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Content box
You ask how to make a content box. Do you mean the boxes in the top right of the page? I personally don't like those or use them myself (I like to use regular photographs with captions) so I don't have a magic page that has all the various "templates" for these. What I would suggest is that you find a box that you like on another page, switch to EDIT THAT PAGE and copy the template — all templates on Wikipedia are surrounded by double curved brackets { { like this } } — and then switch back to the page you are working on and paste that in. Of course you will then need to change the specific information inside the box.

I hope this helps, ask again if you have additional questions about this. Carrite (talk) 17:28, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I think Annie maverick meant a table of contents. The Wiki software creares it automaticaly when a page reaches a certain number of sections.  I think 4 but don't remember exact number.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  15:44, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes. The software automatically creates these. All articles are supposed to have a "lead" (also spelled "lede") at the top describing the contents briefly and succinctly; then a heading and the main body of the article — which is usually further split into subheadings on longer pieces. After a certain number of sections are added, the software automatically inserts the content box. I already split out the lead for you and put in a main heading, so as soon as you add another section like "External links" or "Further reading" or whatever, the software should take care of the content box. Carrite (talk) 15:53, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Diagrams


Diagrams are used the same way as photographs. I dropped by the page for IS-LM model and lifted the section of code relating to the diagram used there and pasted it into this page, after making one little change to it for illustrative purposes here. Flip over to EDIT THIS PAGE to take a look at it.

Basically you have double square brackets on the outside, just like you use for a regular link. The first section of the material inside the brackets is the name of the file.

Then there is a straight line inserted and you will usually want to use the word "thumb" for thumbnail. This puts a frame around the image and space for a caption. Then another straight line and you position the graphic by using the word "left" (for the left side of the page) or "right" (for the right side of the page).

Then another straight line and you set the image size — in this case I set the size as 300 pixels — a number followed immediately by "px" for pixels. This relates to the WIDTH of the image, not the height or the total image volume. It's often a good idea to play with this size a little to make sure the proportion of the image looks right on the page.

Then there is another straight line inserted and the text for the caption follows. Use whatever you want.

The most difficult part of this is getting the image up on Wikipedia in the first place. You start with a file that you have created and then find the "Special Pages" link that says "UPLOAD FILE." From there you just have to follow directions. If it is an image you have created yourself, you should have very little problem. However it is an image you have borrowed from somewhere (scanned from a book, found on the internet, etc.) things get very tricky very quickly. Drop me another line if this is the case and we can figure things out. The photo rights volunteers at Wikipedia are very picky and they closely examine EVERYTHING, so don't try to fake things by saying something untrue about the source of the image. Image rules have to be pretty closely followed...

I hope this helps, write again if this doesn't answer your question. Carrite (talk) 16:32, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

A "User Box" for your user page
I forgot to mention that it's a pretty good idea to show a "Service Badge" on your user page... These are self-awarded trinkets and officially they are utterly meaningless. Unofficially, I think they help the "quality control inspectors" at Wikpedia (Administrators) identify who is serious about the project and who is just passing through town, so to speak, and makes it less likely that they will act hastily with respect to one's work. You can click the link in the user box to see the various "levels" of badges. I think you're showing something like 82 edits on your counter, so you are well on your way to the next "step". I do encourage you to put up the badge on your user page and continue to change it as you qualify for additional levels, but it is completely optional and your decision. Keep up the good work! —Tim ///// Carrite (talk) 18:17, 10 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Glad you like it. Say, I just wanted to let you know that there are people going crazy right now about the Indian Education Project articles because many of the students are committing copyright violations. You need to make really sure not to do this because there are administrators looking very closely for these and they're strictly prohibited. Make sure that everything you have put up is in your own words and not directly copied from a web site or a book — be sure to paraphrase, change, convert ideas into your own words. If you have accidentally done this, you need to go back and fix it as fast as you can. Thanks for your work! Carrite (talk) 19:43, 10 November 2011 (UTC)


 * It looks good. I would suggest that you go back and better describe each of the three graphs. I reduced the number of words, to which should be added "in which the X axis is blahblah and the Y axis is blahblahblah. When (some sort of action) happens, then (some effect takes place)." Basically, it is difficult to understand what is happening in the graphs just by looking at them — even if the same information is repeated in the text, the captions should inform the reader what is going on.


 * Also, as a general note, remember to always leave a blank space after a period and a line of space after every paragraph. I have tried to clean up all this very minor but important style stuff. Anyway, good work so far! Carrite (talk) 16:36, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

File:Increase in demand.JPG missing description details
Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as File:Increase in demand.JPG is missing a description and/or other details on its image description page. If possible, please add this information. This will help other editors to make better use of the image, and it will be more informative for readers.

If the information is not provided, the image may eventually be proposed for deletion, a situation which is not desirable, and which can easily be avoided.

If you have any questions please see Help:Image page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:18, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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