User talk:SurveyorMJF/Archive 2

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probably the best way forward is to go into things by reverse engineering - find a subject/article you are interested in - and open in edit mode, and see what makes it what it is - the markup items, and the components on both sides - main page and talk page - that gives you an idea how it 'works'... Then go to an article in the same category it is placed - and see if you can find another article that needs improving.. maybe more references, maybe tidying up grammar or spelling, or other things again... JarrahTree 09:50, 10 April 2017 (UTC) There is another again - check out what I have done in my edits in the last few days - or anyones for that matter - go in examine the hist details - see what we do, to try to keep the encyclopedia tidy/up to date/fixed - no need for PPE, fixed masks, or antibiotic sprays... just neoprene gloves only, probably - as you prise the edits and examine the details... JarrahTree 15:02, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * OK thanks.SurveyorMJF (talk) 21:20, 10 April 2017 (UTC)


 * hmm, I could lead you to some very interesting links of what are some of the very weird and wonderful community australia has as editors and former editors, you have to realise the general 'sense' is of many people who dont know much about anything, and others who probably know too much. the 'quirks' that are gained by sheer attrition and stumbled upon by accident do not come from help pages or other editors. For instance the way a 'newbie' is generally ignored. Or how the vagaries of talk and user pages are dealt with.  Unfortunately 'everything' on wiki is on oggle as well, bit like bookface's capacity to tell you what colour socks you wore last week... rig rother has nothing on the capacity of the biggies.  So it means that yours and others are known down to the last full stop.

go to your contributions - to bottom of page and see 'edit count' - the analytics from the are very well worth watching - and revealing - you can do it for yourself or others, something you should never aspire to - for instance.

the capacity to help feel part of the community is lost on most - there are many online mastodons, and power hungry triceratops, who give a sense that youre in the jungle and watch out, as well as the occasional albatross off in their own little world. if you are prepared to let your state be known, some states do have groups of people meetup. not all. meetups work, if they are not too formal.

I would like to thank you for your barnstart, I gave them up a long time ago, but thats another story. I would like to offer more advice and info - but as it is oggle able, and watched by unknowns, this as far as I can go on-wiki, the rest would have to be off-wiki, sorry.. Thanks again JarrahTree 00:09, 13 April 2017 (UTC)


 * WP is scarily like working with uni students and academics - herding cats doesn't come close. Also reminds me of working (1970s) on the ancient mainframe system CICS - press the enter key and duck down behind your desk to avoid the inevitable explosion and shrapnel.  Anyway all is good here in the south-east; hope it's the same in the wild West.  SurveyorMJF (talk) 00:45, 13 April 2017 (UTC)