User talk:Retailgirl2010

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November 2010
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because your account is being used mainly for spamming or advertising. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text below this notice, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Favonian (talk) 12:25, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation FisherQueen. I understand now. Could you please unblock my account and I will not continue adding this link (or any others). Thanks again. Retailgirl2010


 * OK, if I unblock you, what edits will you be making? HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   16:09, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

I would leave promotional material to my colleagues and focus on sharing my knowledge of retail and fashion. And perhaps a few random other subjects too!
 * That's a good start. Do you understand that this "sharing my knowledge of retail and fashion" must be compliant with Wikipedia's core policies of verifiability (cite your sources), neutrality, and no original research (your additions should be based on what reliable sources say, not your own thoughts or beliefs)? Dabomb87 (talk) 17:11, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes, *now* I understand much better. Hope I can continue to use wikipedia as it was meant to be used. I learned a lot today :) Retailgirl2010

Thanks for all of your responses. The truth is... and I hope noone important sees this! It was my first day at work, and I was only fulfilling a task. Clearly I am just a beginner (at wikipedia and everything else!). Please give me a second chance, I will explain the wiki rules to my boss. A very apologetic Retailgirl2010


 * You copied a little too much from Sandstein's post. I have removed the "code" and "nowiki" tags to leave you with a functional title. Notice that you have copied the article talk page and not the article itself, so you might do better to delete everything from "WikiProjectBannerShell" onwards and start again. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:55, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Actually, could someone please just delete my account. Thanks.
 * We do not delete accounts for purposes of investigations should one arise. They will remain blocked and on the site. The only time an account is "deleted" is when it is renamed to a random string and all edits are oversighted. This is only available to users in good standing, I see you are not in good standing so you do not have the right to vanish. I am sorry, you will stay blocked, we also cannot delete in the fear that you then can create another account and use that. I am sorry.  JoeGazz  ▲ 16:43, 25 November 2010 (UTC) (Not an admin)

= History of surfing =

Links for expansion
The following websites are worth a look: Maradja 07:37, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Surfing Museums
 * Huntington Beach, California
 * Santa Cruz
 * Marton, England
 * Torquay, Victoria
 * Oceanside, California
 * Other resources
 * San Diego State University
 * Legendary Surfers
 * Surfing's Golden Years
 * Surf Research
 * Early Surf History
 * The History of Surfing From Captain Cook to the Present

US-centric part
Regarding this sentence: "John Ledyard, an American serving under explorer Captain Cook, was the first American to witness surfing in Hawaii in the late 1700s." -- Why are we focusing on the American and the fact that he was American? Isn't the interesting bit that a Captain Cook expedition saw surfing on Hawaii in the 1700s?

History of surfing
''Surfing began in Hawaii over 1600 years ago by obviously, Hawaiians. There were 2 types of people that surfed. The noblemen and the basic cilvilian. The noblemen had boards that ranged in lengths from 5-6 metres and the average person had a board that was about 3-4 metres. A man named George Freeth was an irish-Hawaiian that travelled to California to introduce surfing. At first people werent to sure about the sport but after awhile people decided to give it a go and thus surfing was introduced and spread like rabbits breeding. George then sat back and became a life guard and became California's hero when he saved seven Japanese fishermen in a storm with nothing more than a bathing suit and a surf board. Carrying them 2 then 2 then 3. George passed out returning to the shore but was welcomed by the locals.''
 * Not a bad start, but there's some issues. How do you know surfing began in Hawaii?  Have you looked into it?  Try doing some research.  Some information about George Freeth should be added to the article, but you need to do some more reading on the subject.  The problem is that most sources credit Duke Kahanamoku as the father of modern surfing, so you have to reconcile the two stories and make it fit.  Good luck. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 14:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Ancient Hawaiians called it "surfing"?
In a passage about the ancient Hawaiians: this art the Hawaiians referred to as surfing. Sounds unlikely. 86.131.89.40 (talk) 09:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You are reading things too literally. Obviously, the Hawaiians did not use the word "surfing", but the art they referred to is what we call surfing. Viriditas (talk)