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::It is certainly common practice to do such scans/photos. Not really an expert on the legalities of it. [[User:Morwen|Morwen]] - [[User_talk:Morwen|Talk]] 16:01, 17 May 2005 (UTC) |
::It is certainly common practice to do such scans/photos. Not really an expert on the legalities of it. [[User:Morwen|Morwen]] - [[User_talk:Morwen|Talk]] 16:01, 17 May 2005 (UTC) |
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There isn't a hard and fast rule. Have a look at [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)]] to see what I mean. Generally, links are there where they are most useful. In the case of a page as long as that one, it's probably useful to have the actor names linked once per main section, so that the reader doesn't have to scroll all the way back up to find it (especially if they're using the TOC to jump to a later part of the article). But having it multiply linked within the same section would be excessive, I think. My suggestion would be once within each section is the right balance to strike. --[[User:Khaosworks|khaosworks]] 16:54, May 25, 2005 (UTC) |
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I noticed you were new, and wanted to share some links I thought useful:
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Sam Spade 13:24, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Bobber2
Hi; I see you've recently posted something on User:Bobber2's talk page. FYI, this is a "problem editor" that I've kind of been keeping my eye on for a while, and he hasn't used this name since the end of April. He now goes by User:Bobber1. He's almost completely unresponsive to messages on his talk pages (Bobber1 or Bobber2), so don't expect a reply. If you see a problem with one of his edits, especially copyvio, just go ahead and fix it, but keep an eye on the article, because he has a tendency to undo other editor's fixes. Thanks, Soundguy99 15:13, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
- He may not entirely be a lost cause; I've actually noticed a little bit of improvement in the time I've been watching him (I've actually only been around a couple of months myself). And not all of his edits are junk, although the good ones tend to be pretty minor. I just happened to notice that you found him via "HhGttGalaxy movie" (so tired of typing the whole movie title); this appears to be one of his favorite subjects. I can't really fix too much in that article - I haven't seen the movie yet. (Not sure I want to, actually; loved the books/radio shows/BBC series and I've seen several reviews that say the movie's been "Hollywoodized" and is missing all the offbeat goodness of the originals.) I figure that if more people see his edits and fix them and leave messages on his talk page(s), he might actually learn something by example. Soundguy99 16:10, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure that Bobber's real young, like 12 or under, so I doubt that he grasps the concept of "copyright". Also, AFAIK, putting copywritten material on any Wikipedia page, "Talk" pages included, w/out permission of the copyright holder is a violation of copyright, so I'd say you can probably feel free to delete any of the stuff he's adding that's copyvio. Soundguy99 11:22, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
hitchhiker's
glad to see the radio and tv series get their own pages at last. thanks! :) Morwen - Talk 20:52, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
- No worries. If I objected to my stuff to being edited I wouldn't submit it ;) Going to add a summary of the 6th episode. Glad I'm not treading on your toes there. Morwen - Talk 21:06, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
- It is certainly common practice to do such scans/photos. Not really an expert on the legalities of it. Morwen - Talk 16:01, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
Hitchhiker's links
There isn't a hard and fast rule. Have a look at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) to see what I mean. Generally, links are there where they are most useful. In the case of a page as long as that one, it's probably useful to have the actor names linked once per main section, so that the reader doesn't have to scroll all the way back up to find it (especially if they're using the TOC to jump to a later part of the article). But having it multiply linked within the same section would be excessive, I think. My suggestion would be once within each section is the right balance to strike. --khaosworks 16:54, May 25, 2005 (UTC)