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Welcome to Wikipedia, Missionedit! Thank you for your contributions. I am Skamecrazy123 and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I thought I would take this opportunity to welcome you to the Teahouse. If I can be of any assistance at all, please drop me a line at my talk page. --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 02:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative: Come join us (and check out our new website)!

WikiWomen - We need you!

Hi Missionedit! The WikiWomen's Collaborative is a group of women from around the world who edit Wikipedia, contribute to its sister projects, and support the mission of free knowledge. We recently updated our website, created new volunteer positions, and more! Get involved by: Visiting our website for resources, events, and more Meet other women and share your story in our profile space Participate at and "like" our Facebook group Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel Volunteer to write for our blog, recruit blog writers, translate content, and co-run our Facebook and receive perks for volunteering Already participating? Take our survey and share your experience! Thanks for editing Wikipedia, and we look forward to you being a part of the Collaborative! -- SarahStierch (talk) 21:36, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

hi, i "fixed" the message sarah sent you per your comment on her talk page, apparantly someone broke the stylebox, very annoying. ;{ Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 23:32, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

This is really neat. Thanks for greeting me on my page. I'll be checking this out for sure. EditorAmanda (talk) 05:32, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Adopt-a-user

Hi, Missionedit! My name is Brambleberry of RiverClan, and I noticed that you were looking for someone to adopt you through the Adopt-a-user program. It's your lucky day! I am an experienced user and adopter and would like to take you under my wing. Please respond on my talk page if you are interested and I will set up your adoption classroom. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 22:21, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Adoption classroom

As part of the adoption process, I like to provide my adoptees with classrooms where everything gets asked and answered. Your particular classroom is at User:Brambleberry of RiverClan/Adoption/Missionedit. I recommend that you add it to your watchlist.

If you don't know how to add something to your watchlist, it's simple. There should be a hollow star on the same line that the "Read" and "Edit" tabs are. It will either be right after the heart or, if you don't have the heart, right after "View history". If you click that star, it will turn blue and a little notification will come up. Then if you go to "Watchlist" above that, you can see the last edit made. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 20:50, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

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General Theory of Everything/DNA speed through time

General Theory of Everything

The variable speed at which the DNA spiral travels through time and space results in several different effects:

a) Acceleration of gravity is proportionally slower from our point of view and presents a weakened force when compared to the rest of the lifeless universe. The diminished gravity experienced in water may be the reason behind the start of this process. Life is a watery business.

b) Galaxies, seeming to accelerate away from each other at the outer edges of space, don’t, it’s just that time is running slower for us compared to them.

c) We can actually see other planets with DNA cruising at the same rate and they appear to be dark, as light cannot travel through the shared timelines between us. It’s not slow enough. They look like black holes.

d) Approximately one sixth of the entire mass of the universe runs at our rate through time. The rest of it appears to be invisible as it runs at a faster rate and is commonly called dark matter.

e) Evolution. It is inevitable that creation should eventually come up with a being that is self-aware.

Conclusion As we can only see a sixth of the universe’s matter, we presumably get a sixth of the general gravity; chiefly because we spend a sixth of time in general space. I suppose it was always going to be that number.

Dear Anastasia, If you receive this theory could you get back to me on my talk page, I am completely new to how the encyclopaedia works and am having doubts. Kind regards, Michael David Howells (talk) 04:06, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Dear Anastasia, Thank you very much for getting back to me and having read my nonsensical (I think you mean) theory. I suppose it is a bit different. I'll forget about it now for a while, anyway, I'm in rehearsal soon for 'Harvey' and I've got the 'Elwood' part, which is a lot of responsibility. I suppose I just wanted to get it across to someone for the record. If it is correct, of course, which is highly unlikely, then at least I tried at the time I had the idea. As it was for me a slightly religious journey on this one, with the three sixes, I hope that I can feel more peaceful now, having delivered it. Anastasia, if you happen to come across any scientific types and you think my theory would amuse them please do not hesitate to pass it on. Unless you think it's complete garbage, in which case, forget about it. Kind regards, signing off, Michael David Howells (talk) 07:44, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you!

Awww! Thank you for my sparkly Teahouse profile badge! I pledge to sport it with honor and to introduce more WikiWomen! noranoodle (talk) 19:47, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Parineeti Chopra

Hey! I noticed you are going slow for Ce. Its not that large. I'm waiting for its complete ce from GOCE. Please, as soon as you can.Prashant talk 05:15, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, could you please restore my article of Derrion Tolanski please? Danicek06 (talk) 14:19, 19 March 2013 (UTC)danicek06

GOCE Requests

Hi Missionedit. Thanks for helping out at the Guild of Copy Editors. When you finish a GOCE request, the thing to do is to mark it {{done}} in the line below where you marked it {{working}} before. A coordinator will come along and arhcive the request and delete it then. Please don't just delete the request yourself, as it makes it harder to archive, and we may even overlook it. Cheers, --Stfg (talk) 20:36, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Sorry Stfg, I didn't know that. Well, you live and learn. Am I suppose to do something about it?

No thanks, nothing more to do. No need to apologize, I just wanted to let you know how we do it, for future reference. Keep well, --Stfg (talk) 20:43, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

A7

Possibly the most misunderstood category at Speedy Deletion... A7 is for lack of significance, but the things that can be speedied under it are limited. Basically, it's people (King Johannes the Idiot of Upper Slobodia) and groups of people (The Church of the Invisible Hamster). Then there are named animals (Gertie the Dancing Ocelot). And web content (dancingocelot.com). And since just recently, we've added organised events (The Festival of the Dancing Ocelot). Note that Churches are not always churches. There are groups of people called churches, and buildings called churches. People, yes, A7 is OK. Buildings, no. Also, while dancingocelot.com is subject to A7, the file dancingocelot.gif that you can download from there isn't. (Actually, as I've made it all up, you can't anyway...) OK? Confused? Don't blame you. With churches, if the church has arms and legs, it's A7. If it's got a door and a roof, it's not A7. Don't be afraid to ask if you don't understand or do think we're being silly. Peridon (talk) 20:58, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

You had tagged Sør-Fron Church under the speedy criterion A7 - but it's a building type of church not a group of people type of church. For example, the Roman Catholic Church is a group of people, but St Peter's Basilica (which is a church) is a building. Churches that are groups of people can come under A7, but churches that are bricks and mortar can't. I was illustrating what could and couldn't be tagged A7 (lack of significance) with made-up examples so as not to offend any real people (or ocelots). Peridon (talk) 09:00, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

John Mason Clarke

Hi.

Please clarify why you tagged the John Mason Clarke article as you did? It is a brief article and already has sections. Praemonitus (talk) 02:00, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

John Mason Clarke is no doubt a very good article. I just thought that the "Biography" part could be divided into smaller sections to make it more accessible. Do you disagree? ~ Anastasia (talk) 02:09, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

My sense of the guidance from WP:BODY is that short sections are generally discouraged. As there are only four paragraphs in the Biography section, I don't feel that further sub-division would be beneficial in this regard. Once the article is expanded further, additional sections will then be needed. Praemonitus (talk) 02:13, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Much Appreciated!!!

Thanks Missionedit, although I like your other name better!! I'm glad that I'm a part of the Teahouse and thank you for the badge you have me!!! Hope we get to discuss lot more things!!! Thank you once again!! The Wikimon (talk) 02:54, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

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I might as well give myself this badge since I made my Teahouse profile awhile ago. ~ Anastasia (talk) 21:01, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

A cheeseburger for you!

thank you Uncletomwood (talk) 07:46, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

I AM SO SORRY!

I neglected to see your short reply to lesson 4 at our adoption page! I didn't forget about you, I just didn't see it and then I went on vacation and I came back and I wondered why you hadn't replied and I found out it was because you DID reply and I just didn't see it! I'm SO sorry!

You were awesome at Parineeti Chopra, and for that you deserve a whole barnstar!

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For your awesome work at copy editing Parineeti Chopra. Too bad your adopter is blind to her watchlist. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 15:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Keep editing! I'm pretty sure lesson 5 is supposed to be templates, unless you're interested in something else. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 15:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for the heads-up about the Guest page at the Teahouse. You are also welcome to fix things yourself if you feel comfortable. Thank you for all of your great work!

heather walls (talk) 16:58, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello!

I am Sanchez_2142 from Spain, a kitten for you!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanchez 2142 (talk • contribs) 19:33, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Hello, I am Sanchez_2142 again, and thanks once again for wellcome me to the wikipedia teahouse, here there is a special barnstar for you! Sanchez 2142 (talk) 19:37, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Dev Ross

Anastasia, Thanks for reviewing my article on Dev Ross. Please also see my talk page on why this article is not copyright. I wrote the IMDb page AFTER I wrote '[The Rocks]' Wiki Page so I can link everything together. Ms. Ross is an award winning writer already referenced for her work throughout Wiki. She just does not have her own page. I am still in the process of creating the page and this is just the stub. Please read my talk page for more info. I truly appreciate the work you do to keep up the integrity of Wiki! It's why I do what I do to supply information that is accurate. Many blessings. to you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smacorder (talk • contribs) 21:34, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for copyediting the article about the Swedish Magazine Publishers Association. Great job. P. S. Burton (talk) 20:21, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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The Anti Saloon League

This was a duplicate article, we already have Anti-Saloon League (remember we rarely start titles with 'The'). I've redirected it. It was also copyvio from various sources. Just thought I'd let you know. Dougweller (talk) 03:37, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

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Cookies!

	Here's a plate full of cookies to share!
	Hi Missionedit/Archive 1, here are some delicious cookies to help brighten your day! However, there are too many cookies here for one person to eat all at once, so please share these cookies with at least two other editors by copying {{subst:Sharethecookies}} to their talk pages. Enjoy! Mediran (t • c) 00:49, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Abul Abbas Ahmad Mustanzir

I see you flagged this page as having an unclear citation style. As with a book, each citation in the article names the source and page number, and links to the source description. This is a professional style that is fully compliant with WP style guidelines. What do you find unclear? Aymatth2 (talk) 02:26, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Well, it seemed unusual to me that you marked specific pages in the book without citing them in the text. I believe you are suppose to put book references in their own section, called Further Reading, if they are not cited in the text. Sorry if I disturbed you, it is really a very well written article over all. ~ Anastasia (talk) 02:48, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

The article is sourced from the cited book pages. The citations are in the References section below the text. Thus if you click on the link ^[1] to the first citation it takes you to the short citation: Lane-Poole 2004, p. 58. Click on that and you get the full description of the Lane-Poole book. This is the standard approach when citing multiple pages from one book. Each short citation of a page can refer to the same full description of the book itself. See Frank Bottrill for an example when there are about thirty links in the text leading to 10 citations that refer to only five sources: ten pages from the five sources are being cited, with most pages cited from several places in the text. Aymatth2 (talk) 11:35, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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Archiving

Hey, I noticed your talk page was getting a little full. Maybe it's time to start archiving. There are some really good instructions at User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo on how to start archiving, but if you need any help don't hesitate to contact me. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 22:26, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

O.K., I'll look into it, but won't that make it harder to find things? ~ Anastasia (talk) 22:29, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Not necessarily. If you include a search box, then you can type in keywords to help find articles. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 22:41, 24 May 2013 (UTC) (P.S. I had your deletion lesson almost finished, but then I pressed backspace and the computer went back to the lost page. I lost everything! I'll get it up tomorrow.)

I'm sorry about the lesson, how frustrating! O well, don't worry, I can wait until tommorow :D. ~ Anastasia (talk) 22:48, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

OK, I think I set it up. Can you check to see if there's any problems? ~ Anastasia (talk) 21:49, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

It looks good to me; we'll see if it works soon enough. öBrambleberry of RiverClan 21:59, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

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Guestbook

Thanks for signing! I signed yours... Matty.007 10:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

steps to control masturbation

Hi, What are the steps to get rid of masturbation? Please answer my question. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sajjad143 (talk • contribs) 13:15, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Sajjad, for one thing, this is a Wikipedia Talk Page and talk pages are not forums for discussion of just anything. When I said you you could ask me questions I ment that you could ask me any questions relating to Wikipedia. Continuing to use talk pages as forums for discussion of un-Wikipedia related subjects could result in your account being blocked. Another thing you should start doing is signing your posts with ~~~~ at the end. Do you have any questions related to Wikipedia? ~ Anastasia (talk) 18:49, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Okay I get that, If I need help in using Wikipedia then i will definitely contact you. Thanks for such information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sajjad143 (talk • contribs) 10:23, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

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References

How i can provide the references to my articles? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sajjad143 (talk • contribs) 15:25, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

A very good question. Everything that you to know about sourcing in articles can be found at Wikipedia:Citing sources. Sourcing is rather too complicated a process to write out a short how-to about, so why don't you check the page and see if it answers your questions first? Again, don't forget to sign your posts on talk pages with ~~~~. ~ Anastasia (talk) 19:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for such a good guidance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sajjad143 (talk • contribs) 11:08, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

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talk aish.ego

Hey thanks for ur edit n my talk. Yes i need help here. See my talk again please. U will find a teahouse link on it. My question on it is named "Gender inequality" Thanks dear. aish.ego (talk) 06:56, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Problem resolved. Heditor6 (talk) 17:49, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Teahouse badge for you!

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Hi Anastasia, I noticed that you send almost every Teahouse guest a welcome badge and I think that's awesome. I wanted to thank you so I made this new badge especially for you. Anyone else can earn one now, but you are the first and you inspired it! Thanks for your friendliness and effort! heather walls (talk) 00:28, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks so much Heather! I am very honored. ~ Anastasia (talk) 20:18, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Proper technique for editing a live stub article in userspace

Hi Anastasia! Thanks for welcoming me here. Overall, I seem to be doing pretty well for myself, finding most of the documentation and playing around in Userspace. For the most part, almost all the answers to my questions are already out there, I just need to search for them, and find time to read it all. There is one thing, however, that's leaving me perplexed. I think the reason for that, is that the editing model used for Wikipedia may not have anticipated my kind of usage though, in software development, it's done every day.

Generally, when you edit a code module in a large project that's under a revision control system (RCS, which is actually quite like a Wiki), what you do is first "check out" the code (like checking out a library book), edit it as much as you like, then "check it back in". It seems like Wikipedia has only half this model.

All the new user articles seem to be geared for creating brand new articles out of thin air. But it's much more likely, these days, that a new user, like myself, will want to expand an existing stub article into a full feature. I'm not talking about a minor edit. I mean essentially a whole new article, but built on an existing stub, rather than just thin air. I understand the idea of creating a new article in userspace, submitting the article for review, then moving it into mainspace. I think that's a very good model, giving newbies a chance to get their feet wet, taking as much time as they need, before the experienced folks start criticizing them, but then being able to get constructive comment when they're ready, working cooperatively with experienced editors. Excellent model, imho.

But what if you want to take a live stub into userspace (retaining the edit history), turning the ugly ducking into an ugly swan (Very rough draft, nowhere near finished! The majority of the stub text appears in the Transparent Anatomical Manikin (TAM) section.), submitting the article for review (thereby turning it into a beautiful swan) and then move it back into mainspace? The first move, live stub to userspace, (actually a copy, not a move) is known as a "check out" and the second move, userspace to finished article in mainspace, is known as a "check in". If I understand things correctly, WP only implements the "check in" part, but not the "check out".

Of course, one foreseeable shortcoming of this approach is that the live stub could be edited independently while the userspace copy is being developed. This can be avoided by placing a banner template indicating that an article has been "checked out", with a link to the userspace page, and recommending that proposed edits be discussed on the appropriate talk page. Another shortcoming is having one user monopolize a page for an indefinite time, but there are ways to control this.

The problem of not checking articles out is that the edit history of the original stub gets lost, like in my case. I actually stopped developing this article, once I realized about the edit history problem, so that I don't get myself in too deep into having to re-do it properly. I'm sure I'm not the first, nor the last, to join WP with an RCS mindset. I suspect it's been debated long and loud, but as a newbie, I'm blissfully ignorant of such debates. What has been the consensus on this issue?

Perhaps some of you experienced and wiser folk could create a page on expanding a stub article for newbies, with the model of editing in userspace and seeking review, like you currently do for new articles. As part of that idea, I noticed that the {{stub}} template links the words "expanding it" directly to the edit action, encouraging newbies to make their first draft on the live article. I'd think it should link, instead, to the article that I'm asking for someone to write, to guide us newbies on how to do this safely. Of course, anyone who really wants to, can just dive in, and directly click the edit tab. But the link on the template seems to beg for a how-to article. I know I could really use some guidance on how to do this properly.

Any thoughts / ideas / pages on this??

Thanks!!

Djdubay (talk) 20:22, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Well, Djdubay, you have a very good question. Everyone is generally encouraged to edit and expand articles in the article's namespace. That takes care of the edit history problem. When you are expanding, you can use the {{under-construction}} template to let everyone know that you are working on it. If you are going to use this template, make sure that you are going to making changes to the article frequently, otherwise someone may remove the template.

As for pages, Wikipedia:Writing better articles should help a little with guidance. I don't know of any essays or debates on your your problem, but I would not be suprised at all if there are many that I am not aware of, as I have only been editing Wikipedia for 6 months :)

If you want a how-to page made, I would suggest that you contact one of the Wikipedia Administrators, such as User:SarahStierch or User:Heatherawalls for more advice, as that is not really my forte. Does that answer your question? ~ Anastasia (talk) 02:05, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

• Not quite, but I definitely give you an A for effort. I hadn't realized you're a bit of a newbie, yourself. I'm already starting to cause a bit of a stir at WP:SPLIT, and I'm realizing, where else can you go and ask the author of an article or a guideline or template or tool and say, "Hey, what did you mean by all that?" and have them actually explain it to you. It can be a bit addicting, actually, and I think I'm starting to get the bug. I can imagine in six months from now, I'm going to have a full-blow case of Wikipeditis, and loving it, too. Thanks again for the friendly welcome!

Djdubay (talk) 13:05, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

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