User talk:Mbartruff

Why are you removing references from the violin article? Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 16:20, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this is how I respond, Theresa, but I was just trying to change reference 4 in the list to the new URL. Then I tried to just delete my new reference and it deleted them all.

Clearly, I don't know what I'm doing. Any help would be appreciated.

Figured it out. I needed to change the reference url in the main text, not the footnote. I should have known it was auto generated. Sorry for the foul up.

No problem, we were all new once. Welcome to wikipedia btw.One tip to get you started. Sign your posts with 4 tildes ~. The software will add you username and datestamp. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 16:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tildes tip. I think I can provide some additions to the violins page, so maybe I'll do some research on how best to do that BEFORE I begin... Mbartruff 16:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * No I'd suggest you just dive right in and make a small edit. If you make a mistake it's easy for us to undo. It would help if you put something like "newbie editor - please review" in the edit summary box to alert the page watchers. If the edit sticks, then edit again later a bit more. If the edit is reverted, don't worry about it, it happens to us all, just use the article talk page ( which is rather confusingly reached via the "discuss" tab) to talk about it. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 17:06, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok Theresa, I don't know if you're still there, but I want to change the Luthier article tomorrow. I've already added a couple of articles to the violin section, which is my area of expertise, and removed dead links from the "laundry lists" I guess they're called. The page could go something like:


 * 1. Descibe the origin of the word Luthier with references.
 * 2. Describe the scope of the Luthier trade (i.e., stringed instruments not percussion).
 * 3. Keep the current division of the subject with a modification. Lutes, guitars, mandolins which are plucked or strummed in one section.  Violins, violas, cellos, bass which are bowed in the second section.  This is the usual division of this category.
 * 4. Integrate the names from the lists into the text.
 * 5. Do "something" with the spare links and references. Perhaps keep a shorter laundry list or say "see also" or ....?

Lemme know if you approve.Mbartruff 05:14, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

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