User talk:PrismAira
Gramatical changes[edit]
Hello, PrismAira. I see you have made some grammatical changes in the Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix page? PrismRhythm (talk) 13:09, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Yes, PrismRhythm. I am just around to fix grammar, unless I see something that needs a major update. PrismAira (talk) 13:11, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Welcome![edit]
Hi, PrismAira. Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Our intro page contains a lot of helpful material for new users—please check it out! If you need help, visit Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Francinum (Talk) (Contrib) 13:20, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Thank you, Francinum. I will do my best to learn the ways of editing. PrismAira (talk) 13:25, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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Translations[edit]
Hello PrismAria and welcome to the Wikipedia! I saw your question at the Teahouse about translations, they can be a bit more tricky that suggested at Wikipedia:Translation as I myself found out when I started here. I also set out with translating articles from other languages to English and there are a few "traps" along the way, but by now I have translated quite a bit so if you have any questions about translating, just ask me on my talk page. :)
Here are some of the things you may have to think of:
- WPs in different languages have very different rules. Articles and facts that are good to publish on one WP are not automatically OK for the English WP.
- If you translate texts from another WP you must also "bring along" the references for that text. If the text in the original language is unreferenced, you must find references yourself to support the text you have translated.
- A translators role on the WP is very different from translators in other places. When you translate a piece of text to the English WP, you become responsible for that text in the same way as if you have written it yourself, you can't blame the first editor who wrote it if anything is wrong in it.
- You must put a template on the English articles talk page about the translation. These can be a bit tricky to understand, please ask if you have any trouble with it. :)
What language/languages are you going to translate from? All the best, w.carter-Talk 09:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
- Hello @W.carter:. Thank you for the guidance. I'm trying to translate part of an article in Japanese to English. The article in question is List of Beatmania video games and I've put a template as per suggestions in Talk:List of Beatmania video games, though I would appreciate it if you could recheck it to see if I have done it correctly. It was actually not much information; just some release dates I came across in the Japanese beatmania article that this one didn't have. PrismAira (talk) 13:23, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
- Hi PrismAira. First of all if you want me to know that you have answered you must "ping" me (see how I wrote it in the post above). I will leave a little guide on how to do that a bit further down on your page. I only saw your response since I know that you are new and I'm keeping a friendly eye on you. :) I looked at your edits, and while the may seem small, they still needs to be verified by references, that is you have to tell others what sources they come from such as magazines, websites, etc. and not just from the Japanese WP. You can read about such in Help:Referencing for beginners. I see that you are doing the WP Adventure. Very good! :) You will learn a lot. Best, w.carter-Talk 13:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure![edit]
- Hi ! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
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How to alert other editors[edit]
When someone is posting on your talk page you get an automatic notification. That notification is a red square followed by a long yellow box (for most browsers and settings). In all other cases you have to alert the other editor in some way, either by "ping" or by mentioning them in a link. This will result in a just the red box notification on that users pages. So even if you respond on your talk page you still have to alert the editor you are addressing. If you want to get hold of me you write {{ping|W.carter}} resulting in @W.carter: or [[User:W.carter|W.carter]] resulting in W.carter and sign with the four "squiggles" ~~~~ at the end and hit "Save". There are some more, but these are the basics. And when you ask something on someone's talk page, you also create a new section so your question don't get entangled in some other conversation. If you are having a conversation with another user on some page, it is also customary to add that page to your Watchlist in case someone in the discussion forgets to alert.
The policy is to leave an answer on the same page as the question, keep the conversation intact unless there is some reason for moving it elsewhere. Like complicated questions at the Teahouse can be continued on the appropriate talk page. w.carter-Talk 13:47, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
- Oh, sorry. I didn't know about that. Thank you for alerting me to this feature User:W.carter. PrismAira (talk) 14:16, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
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