User talk:Meepy85

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Portia
hi Meepy :)

i just discovered the page you made on Portia africana. I enjoyed your graphical expression style, but found no information that was specific to this species; you describe the genus Portia, for which there is already a page. From the history i see that you were not familiar with the taxobox usage in the spider section, so i just wanted to inform you that you're not disappointed if your nice text should disappear in the future. If that happens, it's not because your entry was bad, but solely to preserve the form of wikipedia. Some short hints on style:


 * if you use a link like Portia (genus) in a text, please mask the parentheses with a |: Portia -> Portia.


 * only the first occurrence of a word in a page (or section, if the page is very long) is wikified. this is to reduce the stress on the database: every link has to be looked up, making wikipedia slower.


 * species and genus names are always in italics.


 * as great as a graphical style is (the german wikipedia for example is exceedingly dry in this respect), exact definitions are better suited for an encyclopedia. how big is a grain of salt? 1mm, or 5?

if you have any questions regarding wikipedia, please don't hesitate to contact me. I hope to see more pages from you soon :) cheers --Sarefo 13:31, 3 October 2006 (UTC)