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Infobox for Triple Town

What is the "state:" part of an infobox for?

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September 2013

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Rangiora High School

Hello Ollieinc,

It seems to me that an article you worked on, Rangiora High School, may be copied from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZM7jaQSwII. It's entirely possible that I made a mistake, but I wanted to let you know because Wikipedia is strict about copying from other sites.

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Speedy deletion of "The most amazing town ever"

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Hatnotes

Please don't create hatnotes pointing to school houses. The school houses are not notable, and if you tried to create articles about them I think they would be deleted very promptly. They also do not have the same name as the person they are named after - the house name might be "Hillary", but the article on the person is at Edmund Hillary. It is unlikely that anyone will go the the Edmund Hillary article looking for information on the house. Finally, there are often numerous items named after famous people. See Ernest Rutherford#Items named in honour of Rutherford's life and work as an example. It would be silly to try to create hatnotes for all of the things listed in that section.-gadfium 01:44, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

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File:I Have A Dream sample.ogg ‎

I reverted the addition of {{closed cap}} to File:I Have A Dream sample.ogg because that template does not exist on the English Wikipedia. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:37, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

In regard your recent posting at Teahouse

Hi, Ollie. I am one of the Teahouse hosts. Thanks for coming by and asking your question. I am glad you got your question answered somewhere.

The reason I am writing you is to let you know that you cannot just remove something you say in a forum here. It is certainly ok for you to copyedit it; it is ok for you to remove most anything from your own user talk page. But it isn't ok to take things back elsewhere. You see, every edit you make on Wikipedia becomes Wikipedia's as soon as you press that save button. If you will notice at the bottom of the edit window it says "By clicking the "Save page" button, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL." I put your question back, and here is why: Even though I cannot answer your question ( I haven't a clue when it comes to audio files), someone may be able to answer it and the answer may help educate another editor. Teahouse is actually about new users learning how to use Wikipedia, not about answering specific questions from new users. The idea is that many may benefit from an answer directed at one. Hope you understand that. It is a great question! Welcome to Wikipedia, Ollie. We are glad you are here! John from Idegon (talk) 09:10, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

You know, I need to apologize for this. You are more than welcome to redact your comments anywhere. It is however, my feeling that removing a question from a help type page like teahouse serves no purpose, because even if it got answered for you elsewhere, the answer there could still serve to educate another editor. As a matter of fact if you feel up to it, given the situation, it would be great if you were to go back there and answer your own question. This is a collaborative project and it is always a good thing to educate another editor! Sorry if we got off on the wrong foot. I do a lot with US schools; if I can ever be of assistance, please drop a note on my talk page. Happy editing! John from Idegon (talk) 03:14, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

School trivia is non encyclopedic

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a memorialization for a school. There is nothing about the school house competitions that makes the school important or notable.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:50, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Conflict of interest rules

Based on your statement on your user page,

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because you have not provided a reliably published source for the claim

see WP:V. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 04:26, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

I don't have an XLS reader so I cannot see what the contents of the spreadsheet are. the site's URL www.educationcounts.govt.nz would be a general indication that it is probably "reliable" but also a that it is a primary source document that should be used with great caution so it is not misused. and the fact that it is in a spreadsheet format gives concern that it is a working document and not some sort of published format. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:11, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

in that case it should only be used for a statement like "as of [X date] Rangiora has an enrollment of Y"

making comparisons using a constantly dynamic document would not be "verifiable". -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 23:04, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

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Multi image pdfs

How how do i put pdfs in a multiple image template (see User:Olliechick/Multi image pdf test )? I can do it but don't know how to change what page shows for each image (ie I want page 4 of the pdf File:NCEA example paper.pdf to show for the second image).

Use the syntax [[File:NCEA example paper.pdf|page=4]] standalone, or NCEA example paper.pdf{{!}}page=4 inside templates. I made the necessary change to User:Olliechick/Multi image pdf test for you; you can see exactly how it's done there. Jackmcbarn (talk) 14:56, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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