User talk:Stephen23541

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StephenDJenkins, good luck, and have fun. --Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 04:37, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Information boxes
How to add the information column similar to what you find at the right of many Wikipedia pages describing the main features of a product or organization? Do these exist as templates? Or can they be custom made? S. Jenkins (talk) 23:54, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Those are called infoboxes. You can find out more information about how to use them at Help:Infobox. Let me know if you have any more questions. LegoKontribsTalkM 00:14, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Good link. Bad title (error)?
How do you add a a picture with caption onto a page AND make so this when it is clicked on, you will be taken to the page discussing the image where a larger resolution is available. I have have already uploaded the image, but have not figured out how to link to it or make a scaled down size version of it appear on the page I am editing. It has been uploaded to Wikipedia, not Commons. For example the following link only gives me a "Bad title" error. How do I solve it?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenDJenkins (talk • contribs) 23:24, 21 September 2012 (UTC)


 * File:History of American Methodism, Flowchart of Major Methodist Divisions and Mergers.gif works for me. You can add it to a page by [[File:History of American Methodism, Flowchart of Major Methodist Divisions and Mergers.gif|thumb|right]] .  THis will produce [[File:History of American Methodism, Flowchart of Major Methodist Divisions and Mergers.gif|thumb|right]].  GB fan 23:34, 21 September 2012 (UTC)


 * See more at Picture tutorial. You shouldn't write the url at all when you add pictures but let me just mention anyway that when you do make an external link with  there should be no pipe character '|' in the middle. Pipes are for internal wikilinks. See more at Help:Link. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:31, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Getting Established at Wikipedia. Leaning the ropes of safe Wikipedianism
This may be a very abstract silly question, but silly questions make a difference... so here it goes...

I'm a new user. Instead of jumping to edit an article, I have chosen to go about this a safer way. First, I built my user and talk pages and THEN proceeded to edit only the talk page of the article. I tried to point out on that talk page what I thought needs to be improved about the article. I also joined the workgroup and asked for adoption by a more experienced editor. Am I going about this the right way? As a new user, I am scared to death to try to make an edit on an article for fear of rejection, and the whole thing collapses and whole thing goes wrong. Am I being too cautious? I have not made any edits on an article yet, but I want to ensure that I know enough in advance that my experience at Wikipedia will never go wrong.


 * Maybe a little on the cautious side, but then that's not a bad thing compared to some who take the opposite approach! Most editors will not "bite the newbie", and Wikipedia encourages ALL contributors to be BOLD (meaning if you find a mistake, you don't have to ask permission to fix what's wrong). The trouble generally comes in when people find what they believe to be a mistake...! Right at the top of your page you'll see a link to "My Sandbox": that's your experimental area, where you can do just about anything you like, and test anything, and it will be recognised as experimentation. It's the best place to learn what happens when I.... whatever.
 * Start reading the help pages, the policy guides (for a better understanding of how Wikipedia works). Visit the Tea House and read the questions and answers. Feel free to ask anyone anything, anytime. Some won't answer, some are too busy. So what, you lost nothing by trying! And most - almost all - WP editors are very friendly and helpful. When you do edit an article, just remember this key element: a fact is not a fact unless it is backed up by a reliable, widely published and independent reference. Jump in and paddle, the water's fine!  David_FLXD  (Talk) 15:30, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

What is the meaning of 'Currently Active' ?
On this project membership page, WikiProject Christianity/Methodism work group/Members, the active ones are highlighted in green. Does this mean they are currently online at this very moment? Or, does it only just mean they have made an edit in the last 30 days?

S. Jenkins (talk) 16:59, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It means somebody added highlighted text to the page that says that they are still involved in it. It could have been them, or someone else. - Purplewowies (talk) 17:22, 27 September 2012 (UTC)


 * All the highlighting was added in this series of edits by last July. You'll have to ask him what criteria he used, and whether he plans to keep it up to date. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:25, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Having embarked on it, I will update it every so often. Perhaps it would help if I made a note there of the criteria!  David_FLXD  (Talk) 15:12, 5 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks. Will do. S. Jenkins (talk) 17:36, 27 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi Stephen, thanks for your message/s. Regarding this thread and the Methodism WG members, I noticed a couple of months ago that some listed members appeared to have ceased activity or had never been actively involved (apart from putting their names down on the list). I highlighted everyone who had made any contribution to WP during the past 12 months (as at July 2012), to make it easier to see who was or had been relatively recently active.
 * Re adoption, I am currently on a Wikibreak (and therefore checking messages only occasionally), due to busyness in real life. In principle, I would be willing to adopt you, but would not be able to do so before the end of October. After that, I should be able to give you the necessary attention for about three months, which should really be long enough. If you should find someone else who is willing to adopt you before then, my advice would be to grab the opportunity!
 * If you reply here, please place another Talkback on my Talk page, so that I will be sure to see it when I next check in. Regards,  David_FLXD  (Talk) 15:12, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Adoption
Hi Stephen. I notice that you've put yourself up for adoption via the adopt-a-user program. I would be happy to take you on as an adoptee if you wish. Take a look at my edit history, my userpage and my talkpage to get an idea of the sort of work I do here, and tell me if you'd be interested. If not, no problem, just drop me a line on my talkpage and let me know.

Oh, as regards your query at the top of this page - I'd suggest creating a user subpage for your helpdesk queries, to save confusion on this talkpage. You can do this by starting a page at User:StephenDJenkins/Helpdesk responses and copying everything there. Cheers, Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 09:21, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User talk:StephenDJenkins/sandbox
User talk:StephenDJenkins/sandbox, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:StephenDJenkins/sandbox and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User talk:StephenDJenkins/sandbox during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. DexDor (talk) 08:02, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

Proposal to move Methodism work group to child project
You are listed as an active member of the Methodism work group, as such I'd like to bring my proposal to your attention WikiProject Council/Proposals/Methodism. Jerodlycett (talk) 13:02, 4 March 2015 (UTC)