Do you edit Wikipedia much? - Page 2

Clodfobble · 03-26-2009, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

How about a semi-colon?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

Of course, I did seriously consider using a semi-colon; but I opted not to go hog wild on my first-ever Wikipedia edit.

Ahem... a semicolon would be incorrect in that usage. Both halves would need to be a complete sentence, and you can't begin a sentence with "Only to..." unless you made that whole clause the subject of an additional verb. Just for the record.

Flint · 03-26-2009, 03:41 PM

What's this? I rescind my earlier statement about the editing war.

Cicero · 03-26-2009, 03:45 PM

LOL! That is totally true. ahem.........

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handou...commacomp.html

I did have a labotomy since my editing days........I think they are over! lol!

classicman · 03-26-2009, 05:08 PM

Wiki seems to have some "moderators" who overlord err oversee some of that. There is another thread somewhere where a persons political affiliation kept getting deleted/added/deleted....

TheMercenary · 03-27-2009, 08:30 AM

Someone needs to have better control of some of the more controversial stuff. If it is known to be factual, as in the case with UT indication that a certain political person was an elected democrat, then it should be left alone and not deleted. A real problem with Wiki as a source for subjects which are known to be controversial. I am more comfortable using it for less controversial subjects.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-28-2009, 02:04 PM

Good place to get a bunch of links though.

toranokaze · 03-30-2009, 07:44 AM

Shouldn't the word thus be off set with two common, since it is a conjunctive adverb?

limey · 04-02-2009, 05:10 PM

I tried to edit the other day but my IP is banned. I can't be bothered to get myself unbanned from "collateral damage" so the world will never know what I had to say ...

Elspode · 04-02-2009, 05:54 PM

I've done a little bit of editing. Fleshed out an article about Raytown once, added some info on one of the Rainmakers, also added some info about the brother of Max Weinberg 7 member Mark Pender, and I've done some little bits of adding literacy here and there.

Torrere · 04-03-2009, 06:53 PM

One time I was studying for a final exam, and checked the Wikipedia article for the Aral Sea to make sure that I had gotten the right ideas out of the material.

I saw a [citation needed] marker, and realized that I had just seen that quote in one of my readings, so I found it and added the citation.

I think it's still the contribution that I'm most proud of.

03-26-2009, 03:41 PM	#17
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	What's this? I rescind my earlier statement about the editing war. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-26-2009, 03:45 PM	#18
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	LOL! That is totally true. ahem......... http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handou...commacomp.html I did have a labotomy since my editing days........I think they are over! lol! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

03-26-2009, 05:08 PM	#19
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Wiki seems to have some "moderators" who overlord err oversee some of that. There is another thread somewhere where a persons political affiliation kept getting deleted/added/deleted.... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-27-2009, 08:30 AM	#20
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Someone needs to have better control of some of the more controversial stuff. If it is known to be factual, as in the case with UT indication that a certain political person was an elected democrat, then it should be left alone and not deleted. A real problem with Wiki as a source for subjects which are known to be controversial. I am more comfortable using it for less controversial subjects. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-28-2009, 02:04 PM	#21
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good place to get a bunch of links though. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-30-2009, 07:44 AM	#22
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Shouldn't the word thus be off set with two common, since it is a conjunctive adverb? __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

04-02-2009, 05:10 PM	#23
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I tried to edit the other day but my IP is banned. I can't be bothered to get myself unbanned from "collateral damage" so the world will never know what I had to say ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-02-2009, 05:54 PM	#24
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've done a little bit of editing. Fleshed out an article about Raytown once, added some info on one of the Rainmakers, also added some info about the brother of Max Weinberg 7 member Mark Pender, and I've done some little bits of adding literacy here and there. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-03-2009, 06:53 PM	#25
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	One time I was studying for a final exam, and checked the Wikipedia article for the Aral Sea to make sure that I had gotten the right ideas out of the material. I saw a [citation needed] marker, and realized that I had just seen that quote in one of my readings, so I found it and added the citation. I think it's still the contribution that I'm most proud of.

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