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Does anyone remember what the Getting Started page looked like? It is the last major redlink on the main page, so it would be nice to see it created.--[[User:Zdm|Zdm]] ([[User talk:Zdm|talk]]) 11:48, 9 December 2012 (PST) | Does anyone remember what the Getting Started page looked like? It is the last major redlink on the main page, so it would be nice to see it created.--[[User:Zdm|Zdm]] ([[User talk:Zdm|talk]]) 11:48, 9 December 2012 (PST) | ||
:Not that well. [[User:Osiris|Osiris]] should have it there somewhere. Searching doesn't turn up any pages in the '''Discworld & Pratchett Wiki''' namespace, although we have the Mended Drum. I'd like to have Help:Editing back, too. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 12:04, 9 December 2012 (PST) | :Not that well. [[User:Osiris|Osiris]] should have it there somewhere. Searching doesn't turn up any pages in the '''Discworld & Pratchett Wiki''' namespace, although we have the Mended Drum. I'd like to have Help:Editing back, too. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 12:04, 9 December 2012 (PST) | ||
==To edit or not to edit...== | |||
What if I have a question about the details in an annotation? I don't want to simply submit an edit (in case my recollection is faulty), but I'm pretty sure the annotation is wrong. Is there a way to submit something for verification by a moderator? [[User:aldric|Aldric]] ([[User talk:aldric|talk]]) | |||
:This is the first purpose of the Discussion page. Post your objection there and if no one rises to support the original in a few days, go ahead and correct it. Otherwise, you can just do the edit with a bit of explanation in the Summary or the Discussion ('''Be Bold''', as one of Wikipedia's many contradictory rules suggests) and see if there's any opposition. (Annotations are a bit trickier to edit because many are people's opinions, which are harder to argue with than facts.) --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 20:46, 8 March 2016 (UTC) | |||
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Does anyone remember what the Getting Started page looked like? It is the last major redlink on the main page, so it would be nice to see it created.--Zdm (talk) 11:48, 9 December 2012 (PST)
- Not that well. Osiris should have it there somewhere. Searching doesn't turn up any pages in the Discworld & Pratchett Wiki namespace, although we have the Mended Drum. I'd like to have Help:Editing back, too. --Old Dickens (talk) 12:04, 9 December 2012 (PST)
To edit or not to edit...
What if I have a question about the details in an annotation? I don't want to simply submit an edit (in case my recollection is faulty), but I'm pretty sure the annotation is wrong. Is there a way to submit something for verification by a moderator? Aldric (talk)
- This is the first purpose of the Discussion page. Post your objection there and if no one rises to support the original in a few days, go ahead and correct it. Otherwise, you can just do the edit with a bit of explanation in the Summary or the Discussion (Be Bold, as one of Wikipedia's many contradictory rules suggests) and see if there's any opposition. (Annotations are a bit trickier to edit because many are people's opinions, which are harder to argue with than facts.) --Old Dickens (talk) 20:46, 8 March 2016 (UTC)