User talk:Epheterson

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Here are some useful links in case you haven't already found them; *How to edit a page *How to write a great article *Naming conventions *Manual of Style If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Alexandros 04:15, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Talk down here, thank you. Please make each new topic a heading.

The Biography Epidemic

 * Hello Eric, welcome from me as well. If you are the Eric Pheterson that you are writing about, I recomend you read Auto-biography and perhaps read the case studies listed at Criteria for inclusion of biographies/cases. Your article can only be included here if you meet the Criteria for inclusion of biographies. Angela. 04:39, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * Hey! It's cool. Epheterson 06:41, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * I see you've recreated your personal entry. Please don't put back pages that have been deleted after a community decision.  If it was deleted once, it will certainly be deleted again, with a cost in time and energy for those involved.  You seem to be good at page formatting and layout (much better than I am) so we could really use your help with other articles.  There's plenty of work to be done.  Isomorphic 05:56, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Well, if you want a place to start, you can go try one of the WikiProjects. A lot of them are concerned with standardizing the format of certain types of pages (for example, WikiProject:Countries is standardizing the format for the country page for every country in the world.  If you join a WikiProject, though, remember that it's a collaboration.  Talk to one of the people on the Project, and ask what you can do to help.
 * Or, if a WikiProject isn't what you had in mind, look at the Recent Changes page to see what people are working on, and pitch in.
 * Or, you could take a look at the pages linked from my User page. I know Star Wars Customizable Card Game could probably use headers and formatting;  I created it when I first got here, so my wiki skills were low.  Isomorphic 06:32, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

The Weather in London

 * It's good to know that the weather in London is fine. I don't think there's grounds for devoting that idea to an entire article -- do you? Dysprosia 05:50, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * I see you tried to fill a link on How to edit - it's supposed to be an example, and you can test at the Sandbox. Thanks Dysprosia 06:02, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * Umm.. whats the problem? The weather in london IS fine. Epheterson 06:42, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * The problem is that the Wikipedia is not a weather service. Appropriate content would be something about overall seasonal variations in weather in London, something encyclopedia worthy. Would you expect to see "The weather in London is fine" in the Encyclopedia Britannica? Dysprosia 06:56, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Votes for Deletion

 * Please read the guidelines for this page -- one vote per user per entry is the rule. Thanks. --Mirv 06:54, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * Hey there! Welcome to wikipedia.  Just wanted to let you know that you should only mark things as "Minor Edit" when it's a *very* small change, like correcting spelling, or fixing a broken wiki link.  Don't flag minor edit when you add a comment, or when you add or delete text.  See How to edit a page for details.  Happy editing!  Isomorphic 03:36, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Your User Page
Your user page is User:Epheterson. Content about you belongs on your user page, and not in an actual article. Thanks Dysprosia 06:20, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Image deletion
Listed under Images and media for deletion/2005 September 17. Thunderbrand 23:43, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

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Failure images
I have no problem with your most recent edit, but it's still sort of redundant with the image in the lead section. Would you consider finding a different image on Commons or somewhere, and using that one instead in the "meme" section? Just to mix it up a little bit. Take care. --Bongwarrior (talk) 22:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

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 * Hi, I've added copyright tags to File:Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895 FAIL.jpg for you. The original photo is PD due to its age (as you noted), and your addition of the word "FAIL" is PD because it doesn't meet the threshold of originality required to permit a new copyright on the derivative work. —Angr 19:57, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for doing the copyright stuff, I still don't know how to do it all, or even what is required. Epheterson (talk) 03:07, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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