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User talk:Thinmatzo
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Hello, Thinmatzo
THIS IS SERIOUS; READ IT.
Congratulations on joining ED! You probably fit into one of these categories:
- 1. New User
- Before making your first article look over ED:101. Try checking out random articles and fixing typos, grammar and/or bullshit where you find them before trying to make a new page. To start with, make multiple small edits to different articles until you have the hang of it. If you don't, it is unlikely that your article will survive for more than sixty seconds and you risk being molested by ED Sysops.
- If you don't know anything about wiki formatting and code, please read ED:BASIC and the Style Guide. Take your time and start slowly.
- 2. Mediawiki Migrant If you're an experienced wiki user (probably from a Wikipedia offshoot) who knows how to operate, please read ED:101 for offical policy and ED:MIGRANT for tips on assimilation and basic rules.
Whichever you are, to successfully contribute to ED, please take some time to look around, note why other people get banned and don't act like they did.
Communication with other users prevents misunderstandings and can be done through talk pages, TJC and the mailing list.
If you plan on sticking around, feel free to make your mark on the ED:Map and join the all new ED Facebook, the ED Myspace the ED Bebo and follow the ED Twitter.
--subseven 06:33, 22 October 2007 (CDT)
Uh, why the hell did you change my user page? That was a quote I liked from someone I was in the process of banning taken word-for-word, grammar and spelling problems intact. White•Mystery
- Also, I'm not sure you know what a double redirect is, because what you did fixed nothing. It was spelled "disk" on purpose and "disc" was intentionally a redirect. White•Mystery
Well, I know you weren't trying to mess stuff up on purpose. Let me give you some stuff to help. First, you should read this:
| Could you plz read How 2 EDit for Dummies. Its Learnings will give you a better idea of what is required of articles on the Graet Encyclopedia Dramatica 2.0 |
Second, as far as redirects and double redirects go, here's the deal. A single redirect (ex: Floppy disc -> Floppy disk) is fine. In fact, it's good. You get the same article for both spellings without duplicating content, which is a bad thing. A double redirect (ex: Floppy -> Floppy disc -> Floppy disk) is not fine. Some people's browsers won't do double redirects and it fucks up incoming statistics for the floppy disk page. In that case, you made it so that Floppy's content is #REDIRECT [[Floppy disk]] and all is well.
If you have questions, it's definitely better to ask first before acting. Lurking is encouraged here. White•Mystery
