User talk:Ecoelen2k

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Please add sources and information to New End Primary School to avoid deletion - CrazyRussian talk/email 19:26, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Violent Femmes (album)
You placed the line, for more information, see www.vfemmes.com on the article. I was wondering what you had in mind about that? What sort of information. Generally, we'd put an external link in the External Links section. And since Wikipedia is supposed to be the source of information, we don't really want to put links all over theplace - we'd rather just put the info in the article. And youput the line in the Personnel section, implying we should see the website for info about the people. But it's not even a link to a page about the people. -Freekee 20:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

mmm - sorry, not quite in keeping with Wikipedian format (i'm still new here, just keep hauling me up for my mistakes, in the meantime I will try not to make huge/difficult/controversial edits)

basically, there was no mension of the HoD (horns of dilemma, the v. femmes' backing band) and I thought that the link might be appropriate as their official website of course contains detailed information on members of the band. Therefore I have added in a link to the PEOPLE PAGE of the Violent Femmes website - I think it's called Band Members - and mentioned the HoD on the wikipedia site.

I also think it would be nice if you could have a link to the official site somewhere on the page - I saw no External Links section there, and wasn't sure about putting one in. But that would be good, because then fans who wanted more information could go to the official site, which has extremely detailed and often funny information on the band - more detailed than would probably be appropriate for a Wikipedia site.

Also, the aggressive tone of your comment was a little surprising "But it's not even a link to a page about the people". Considering you are a mod, I would perhaps like to point out - 'But' is not a good way to start a sentence, 'youput' is not a word, and 'what sort of information' should be followed by a question mark. Just a few points there.

I really don't want to start a war on the Violent Femmes page - as it seems has been started concerning 'the Violent Femmes is/are' - so sorry to have edited what looks like a disputed page.


 * I apologize if I sounded agressive. If I'd wanted to be agressive, I would have just deleted the line. ;-) I was really trying to find out what you intended, so we could put it where it best belonged, though I must say I'm not sure if it belongs at all. It sounds a little like you're confusing that article with the article on the band. The article on the album does list all of the people that performed on it, so a mention of the Horns of Dilemma seems a little out of place. And the article on the band has a whole section on HoD, and links to their website.


 * As for the other things you mention... no, I'm not a mod (actually, there are only user/editors and admins), I just watch the Femmes pages very closely. Something came up in the middle of my comment to you, and I had to finish it rather quickly. Sorry about the typos. Don't worry about the big is/are battle. It was back in April, and it was settled. Everything else is pretty minor. So no, it's not really disputed.


 * Since you mentioned you're new, I looked at the edits you've made. They look pretty good. I like what you did to the Princess Bride story, but we do have a rule not to change British spellings to American spellings and vice versa. There are some standard Wikipedia things that could be done to the New End School article. The subject of an article should be bolded in the first line. It could also use wikification - linkification. For example, "Hampstead" would make a fine link. There's a template asking for a category. I don't have any suggestions for that one except to create a category for Schools in Hampstead. One other thing. New comments are generally added to the bottoms of talk pages. I only mention that because your comments could get missed. Anyway, sorry for offering unsolicited advice. Just offering a few pointers to help you get on your way. I've been doing this for a year, and I'm still trying to figure out how some things work. -Freekee 01:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)